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GenerLink is technically OK provided your local fire marshall or building inspector approves (and utility company.) In 2005, I used contractor and...
My late, homebound, non-technical wife needed an automated system especially the last years I was still working. Back then, I would just back the...
What I call a home transfer switch: ABT (Automatic Bus Transfer) power circuit A similar function that prevents back feeding emergency generator...
Curious symmetry: I too share the ‘good news’ especially in Mathew 25 that is too often honored by its absence. Bob Wilson
Perhaps “grid-to-load” should not be avoided as much as “there be dragons here!” The nearby lightning strike that temporarily glitched my...
My solar roof system has a 13.5 kWh battery but I normally keep the charge level at the low limit, ~5%. It does handle brief power glitches with...
It appears 4 of 33 engines failed to light, 4/33=12%, failed to start. Good reason to find and fix before flight. Bob Wilson
A year in Okinawa Japan, overnights in Canada, and day trip to Mexico, a good life can be had pretty much anywhere. Born and grew up in...
I appreciate your efforts to get real world data. Just sharing my ‘lessons learned’. Caution: State gas pump inspectors are intermittent...
100,000 km = 62,137 mi The 90% matches my memory of my first traction battery before the failed coolant valve ‘cooked’ the pack at 140,000 miles....
Funny number as +$29 k is what I paid new for my former 2017 Prius Prime. Later the trade in $18,300, for my current 2019 Tesla Model 3. I hope...
I had two years in a parochial school, 7th and 8th grade, and hated it because of the “silver spoon” pukes and thin library. Public school had its...
A failed thermal valve cooked the original traction battery that Tesla replaced for $9,000. How much would a new engine and transmission cost on a...
I am replacing my former 2017 BMW i3-REx: 108 mi EV range - enough for all my urban driving. 88 mi ICE range - enough when traveling between...
Having sold my backup BMW i3-REx to my brother, I began looking for a “beater” Model 3 and found one on eBay. I did inspect it only to realize, I...
My understanding is mid-grade gas in Russia runs about $3.42/gallon … if available. 3.8 liters per US gallon AI-95: 77.5 RUB ($0.90) per liter...
I just hope unlike our dinosaur forebears we are bright enough to detect and deflect rogue asteroids before our extinction event. Bob Wilson
“… enjoying the summer with the dogs …” I was dog sitting last night as they don’t enjoy fireworks. After dark when festivities kicked off, I...
Part of their problem is what is the alternative? When my $9,000 Tesla battery got ‘cooked’: Can I buy a replacement EV for $9,000? Can I afford...
Well someone should turn him on to the “Golden Egg Goose” mutual fund. Bob Wilson
