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It's seems pretty easy to pull off. I get concerned that if I have a fire related to electrical will my insurance try to deny a claim because a licensed electrician didn't perform the work. Otherwise I think I'd do more electrical myself.
I have an electrician coming out next week to see what options I have for a hard wired EV charger. I have 200A service but it's split 100A back of house and 100A in garage. The back of house has all the heavies on it, but 100A is overkill. I'm not sure the wire running to the sub is rated for more than the 100A it's carrying. Ideally I'd like to make the sub panel 125A and leave the other panel 75A. Garage only has lighting, fridge and microwave. Lights are all LED. I'd like to be able to put in an 80A breaker for EV charger
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10-18-2024, 02:46 PM | #9484 |
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Yes. And I'm not sure what you mean.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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10-18-2024, 06:08 PM | #9486 |
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There's not much risk to ac wiring as long as you don't hook anything up wrong. Its the DC wiring that really takes skill and good tools to put together when you get to the high current levels.
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10-19-2024, 06:22 AM | #9487 |
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Getting the wiring wrong for a EV charger in your home could mean an additional fire risk as well as the EV itself, much better off with a hybrid that uses a normal electric socket or just a plain gas car, your home is then not at risk.
Does the home insurance cover should an EV charger station catch fire even if fitted by an approved electrician... |
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The new Porsche 911 GTS is hybrid and weighs only about 100 lbs more than its non hybrid predecessor. That is pretty impressive to me, though I will probably be watching hybrid and EV development for a few more years rather than buying.
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What Porsche do to save weight on that hybrid is amazing but is it worth the big extra price tag for having an electric boost that soon runs out, an extra battery being carried as well as the lithium one on a relatively compact sports car.
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I drove a family member's ioniq 5 yesterday... pretty fun to drive and it's amazing what they do with ev's suspension wise to mask the weight. I hope as many people buy EVs as want them, but there is zero chance we go anywhere near full EV because I'm only 35 and I'm not going to be buying an ev... ever?
Characterless, and I feel like all EVs feel basically the same to drive. Engineers will try to make them differentiated but it will be a very uphill battle.
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I just let my car drive us home from a state park. Pretty cool. Even handled an area of construction with a lot of cones and stuff well.
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That being said it’s quite impressive in what it can do. Would I actually let it drive me around town on it’s own? Fuck no! That doesn’t mean it’s not really cool though. I do wish the steering worked more like the comma ai where you don’t have to yank the wheel from it, but rather as you give input it simply lets go. I think it feels much more natural than having to yank the wheel even for minor adjustments. |
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Honestly standard autopilot on the highway is fine. Unless I’m going into Miami which is basically destruction derby, I have no issues with standard autopilot on the highway and really that’s all I want it for. It’s really good adaptive cruise and lane centering. Now if you have the FSD you can set how aggressive or not you want it to be. The times I’ve used it (they have offered a free trial a couple times, I wouldn’t pay for it) I always set it to chill and minimal lane changes. On the city streets its a totally different thing. It’s super cautious and most of the times I disengage it is because it’s taking too long or is going to miss a light etc. Having it cross a main road to make a left, with traffic coming from both directions, now that will make you pucker up real good! Then again I pucker up when my gf drive also so… I guess I just like being in control and knowing what I’m going to do next. |
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