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  1. Any tests done on Vampire battery drain?

    Both my X and R1T pull about 1% a day. I’d say they are there. This is in heated garage at 65F.
  2. Pleased with Conserve mode's efficiency over 900 mile trip

    No, they aren’t. In conserve the front wheels are delivering all the torque and are, therefore, turning faster (slipping). No slip = no torque. They wear faster than the rear wheel tires.
  3. Charging speed vs. Tesla for same hardwired charger

    The Rivian requires almost twice as much energy to cover a mile as some Teslas thus for a given charge capacity it will take twice as long to load the same number of miles into the Rivian.
  4. Education on Nema 14-50 (50 amp) plug vs 60 amp hardwire

    It is the fact that it can be adjusted (and it can) that disqualifies it. Adjustable EVSE can not, under code, be energized with a plug.
  5. Looking for home solar advice

    That's what a lot of them do but there is a lot more to it than that. The direction your roof facets face, shadowing trees, the weather in your vicinity etc. But before getting into that you need to determine your requirements. You have a truck with high consumption - close to 400 Wh/mi. The...
  6. The Max Pack Will Most Likely Be Canceled - IMO

    Remember that you don't need an 800 volt architecture (motors, inverters,... )to charge at 800 v.
  7. Show off your Level 2 Home Charger installs here

    Yes. Now as to why it would sit there and work fine for years and then fail in this mode I have no idea.
  8. Show off your Level 2 Home Charger installs here

    I've never had this failure with a plug-in unit but I have had it with a hard wired one.
  9. Show off your Level 2 Home Charger installs here

    Poor contact between that "pin"and the socket causing it to get hot when 40A was drawn through it. Some plug in EVSE have temperature sensors in the plug to detect this or will detect the voltage drop under load and reduce allowable current draw if this happens. Definitely not a short - that...
  10. Would you buy now (yes) or wait (no): Poll

    If you buy now you WILL wait.
  11. AC Charger, Frunk, Tonneau

    But not, evidently, so amused by people referring to the EVSE as the "charger".
  12. Home Charging Speed

    The choice between 208 and 240 V isn't made at the whim of the electrician. It is imposed on him by the nature of the service to the building. Residences are usually served by a single center tapped 240 V winding on a transformer whose primary is connected to a single phase of the distribution...
  13. Am I doing something wrong?

    No, the guy that was there first gets the ion's share and the new guy gets perhaps 60 kW until the first guy goes into taper (which happens pretty early with Tesla). Also note that this is only the case with the older Tesla SC (150 kW). The newer ones are not paired. The CCS standard requires...
  14. Vampire drain vs Lightning (& EV6)

    The main competitor is clearly Tesla who didn't get it right as their phantom drain is about the same and who are currently outselling the other competition (who did get it right) by orders of magnitude (but who knows what the future holds). It's hardly a huge problem as most drivers are fine...


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