Recent content by camasleaf

The current model with regional power authority, utility, consumer is getting obsolete. The power from utility will be subscription based, constant power to user. User has local storage for peak. User can sell/buy from neighbours both from his stored and his utility allocation. Virtual power...

Our Clarity is on the second gas tank this year, and is still full. My main concern with the car is the gas going bad. Close to 18000 miles since the beginning of 2018 and I do not believe we filed the 7 gallon tank more than a dozen times. Half of the gas was used during two 1000 miles each trips.

I like to use this site for data and charts: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/sweden?country=~SWE

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Years back, on a different Nissan car, to reset the air bag codes you had to put the car in Aux, an push the diver door open switch like 7 times in rapid succession. The switch on the frame that senses door open. I am not kiding, it worked for me on a 1999 Nissan Frontier.

That is what I understood. They did ask what the status of my current battery is. They are on Portland Craigslist under auto parts, search "battery".

I just talked with this outfit in Portland, OR: EV Rides LLC 3230 NE Columbia Blvd Portland OR 97211 DL0827 call or text 360-674-4545 Currently they offer the 40kWh for $6k and the 62kWh for $8k. Tempting, but I need to pay off the Tesla first.

At this time, in my area, the CSS and Chademo infrastructure is barely used. The three fast chargers, EV America, in the parking lot of Camas Walmart have been there for almost two years now. I have only seen one car charging there. I charged once my 2011 LEAF and paid $8 for the 5kWh. On...

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel7/6287639/8600701/08669748.pdf An interesting paper. A 50A breaker with 40A load will trip at 75C ambient. So my setup 100A breaker, #4 wire at 80A will work but only because #4 is rated 85A/75C and at 80A should not quite reach 75C and therefore not trip the...

The ampacity table is for 3 current carrier conductors in the conduit. I do not believe we are allowed to rate up for only 2 current carrier conductors. But it is good point, I will look to see if NEC allows any up rate. For quick conduit fill I usualy use...

Here is an example: 80A EV charging load that should never go over 80A since that is the limit of the chargers. Current code requirements dictate #3 line wires, #8 ground, 1" conduit with 100A breaker. Since the load "never" goes over the 80A a #4 wire with the proper insulation material, that...

I did not experience this condition. I am trying to see if the EVSEs performs a similar overload protection as a motor starter. If they do then electrical code could be updated where the breaker in the panel only provides short-circuit protection and thev overload (overtemp) protection is...

Looking at Dousida on Amazon: Control Box Leakage protection(Restart recover) Over-voltage under-voltage protection (self-checking recover) Overload protection (self-checking recover) Lightning protection It seems that it has its own overload protection. I am not sure if is required by...

Resurrecting this old tread because I could not fine a title that better matches my question: What is the EVSE going to do if the car goes over the set current limit? For example the EVSE says 24A but the car keeps/jumps charging current to 32A. Does the J1772 standard include any required...

Any update? Or it just too good to be true?