Recent content by foobert

Thank you all for the thoughts. I'm off this evening to look at a 2017 SL. 28K miles w/ all the options. Private party, original owner and he's not had the BMS update recall applied to it. See how it goes...

Yup -- I get that it's possible to game the capacity bars w/ possible BMS updates, etc. Is there a chart for the 30kWH battery showing expected real-world AHr targets to expect each capacity bar to drop? If I understand correctly, that's the only indication that remains true following a BMS...

My purchased-new 2012 SL was rear-ended and sold off this summer. We enjoyed it -- it's more-or-less a known quantity. I've read LeftieBiker's excellent used buying guide, and I'd like to hear the collective wisdom on this. Assume an 8 bar 24kWH pack would suffice for our foreseeable...

Sorry for the threadsurrection here, but, was the 80% charge option (or similar) ever restored on later models, or is the option "gone for good"?

That's exactly what I do. I'll look at the other references. Thanks for pointing them out!

Thanks for the confirmation. I get the tiering usage. I didn't even consider this before your comment: take the data from the net-metering summary bill and plugging that directly into my program as a validation. "What forest, there's only a bunch of trees" :P The real problem is that...

BTW -- if any one is curious I find the new EV rate to be the most favorable compared to E1, E6, or E9a: http://foobert.com/temp/power.html Obviously, I have solar w/ net-metering. Top chart in the link above says it all. Your mileage will vary. I hope to one day release my program so other...

Thank you Ray. I skimmed through Schedule S, and clearly I should have studied it in detail.

Are you making the 1 megawatt statement based on Special Condition 5 or some other reference? Most residential solar will likely use net metering (NEM), therefore the exemption in #5 is not applicable. Curiously, I see similar schedule S requirements in the other residential rate plans, and it...

Has anyone noticed the fine-print in the EV schedule regarding "Standby reservation charges"? Special conditions 5 & 6: :?: Firstly, what exactly is a "standby reservation charge"? Can anyone translate special condition 6 into plain English?

I'm writing a program that downloads PGE Green Button data and calculates the bill for each of the available tariff options, with consideration of net-metering, etc. I've yet to find any detailed algorithm published on how exactly PGE performs its bill calculations. If anyone has such a...

New "Leaf Battery App" user joining the party: Build: 2011-10 In service: 2011-11-13 Miles: 17.8K A bit disappointing since I own the car and have babied the battery as much as reasonably possible. Question about what data to believe. Drove into work this AM, here's the stats: Distance...

Hmmm... Let's just take a 737-800 at a landing weight of 64000Kg and a landing speed of 125 knots (64.3 M/s), a bit on the slow side for that weight... Anyway, that's a kinetic energy = 0.5*m*V^2 = 132 MJ = 132 MW seconds So, if you wanted to absorb just 1/3 of the kinetic energy through...

How many chargers have we seen blown that were not related to lightening?

Where does this number come from?