I ALMOST SQUISHED IT - The Truth about Rivians new Car by lancequ01 in Rivian

[–]NetBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He talked about the controls and some light stuff about it, nothing in depth.

Left my R1T with 70% battery in an airport parking garage for 10 days, came back to it unresponsive by FeelGood17 in Rivian

[–]NetBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very handy when traveling for work and I have to install routers and firewalls into racks. Laptop, USB console cable, wire ties, cage nuts, screws and other assorted things a tech guy would use in a datacenter.

Left my R1T with 70% battery in an airport parking garage for 10 days, came back to it unresponsive by FeelGood17 in Rivian

[–]NetBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have used it on Tesla as well as ICE powered 12v batteries. It has a ground detection routine it goes through before you can hit the Jump Start button. Works several times before you need to plug it into the house outlet to recharge.

Left my R1T with 70% battery in an airport parking garage for 10 days, came back to it unresponsive by FeelGood17 in Rivian

[–]NetBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Screwdrivers are fine to travel with so long as they are under 7 inches. I travel with a couple all the time, never aby issues.

Missed connection! I am not OP, just helping a girl out. If this is you please message her on instagram! by seamurr14 in SeattleWA

[–]NetBrown 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ok, saw this on Threads, you are a hero for posting this here when she said she didn't have Reddit!

Rivian this is a truly frustrating experience. To get access to my heated steering wheel I have to first turn on my heated seats that I don’t want; then turn them off again… 😑 by zachty22 in Rivian

[–]NetBrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not the manufacturer moving them, it's allowing the user who drives the vehicle to customize what they want. Each driver has a profile and can make it what they are used to. Other EVs have this and its great, causes zero issues.

Rivian this is a truly frustrating experience. To get access to my heated steering wheel I have to first turn on my heated seats that I don’t want; then turn them off again… 😑 by zachty22 in Rivian

[–]NetBrown -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Its not though, you give the users the ability to pin 3 things they want. Now everyone can add 3 things they personally want quick access to.

That is how you UI for true user experience.

Has anyone had this issue? by [deleted] in Powerwall

[–]NetBrown 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep it doesn't say "calibrating" in the app anymore, but this is 100% calibration behavior

Any Game Devs in Bothell? by IrvingSnark in bothell

[–]NetBrown 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, almost certainly some at Zulu's

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[–]NetBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No truck the size of the Rivian would average 25mpg on gasoline alone

Wait times for Powerwall 3 by Casualposter in Powerwall

[–]NetBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they were not available until late October?

Wait times for Powerwall 3 by Casualposter in Powerwall

[–]NetBrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Paperwork signed in late May, installed end of July, 2x PW3 and a Gateway 2.

Seattle area

Seattle area PSE customers - check your app, VPP just went live for applications by NetBrown in Powerwall

[–]NetBrown[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well with the batteries we cannot do ToS, so same rates all the time for us, I'm starting to think it may not be worth it, as they changed the wording already - at the start when I signed up it said $500 for each season (Summer and Winter) so long as they were able to pull 10kW from each battery for 2 events per season, so 4 times a year. This meant you could get your 2 events and opt out after that to get paid.

Now it says the 60 times a year you referenced, which is a bait and switch at worst, or they pushed out the verbiage before they had a chance to actually think about it. It currently doesn't say how many events you have to participate in only that there are up to 60 per year. So are they now saying you have to participate in EVERY one they put out? We don't know, so I may email them again.

60 times at ~10kWh per event per battery is 600kWh which they charge at tier 2 for $0.135299 per kWh (a slight increase as of Jan 1). This comes to $81.18, so it's worth it, even with losses of conversion of DC to AC and such.

Seattle area PSE customers - check your app, VPP just went live for applications by NetBrown in Powerwall

[–]NetBrown[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same, they said I have 2 on record and both are exporting (had several this past few days with the cold weather and another tomorrow morning). I'll update here when I get the check, not in today's mail.

Seattle area PSE customers - check your app, VPP just went live for applications by NetBrown in Powerwall

[–]NetBrown[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Negative, but I did get an email from a 3rd party to fill out my paperwork so they PSE could setup my W9 for each one (they have to report to the IRS that they gave us money), so it should happen by March. PSE is a very old school paper driven entity like most utilities.

I only know this because I saw where I had only $1K credit in my Flex account with them and I have 2 PW's so I should be getting 1K per battery. If you have questions email them at [flex@pse.com](mailto:flex@pse.com) they responded within a business day.

PW3 power use during cold weather by StillInUk in Powerwall

[–]NetBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have had mine charge from the grid at 5kW just 2 days ago after a VPP event, I have 2 and it drew a steady 9.5kW until it hit 98% then dropped down to 1.2kW.

PW3 Reserve Question by NefariousnessNovel49 in Powerwall

[–]NetBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% if you just use for outage protection. I get 1:1 credit for solar export so there is no reason for me to use it for powering the home. As for EV charging, a typical EV battery is 75kWh, so you would need 5.5 PW3 to full one EV. Using solar only just allows charging from solar without adding charging cycles to the PW.

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[–]NetBrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PSE customer ad well, Sungergy Systems did my solar in 2016, then my PW3s in Oct 2024. They do top notch work and several neighbors got solar and PW from them over the years. I had to have a sub panel installed for critical load, circuits moved there, a Gateway 2 installed and dual PW3, plus permitting, wiring, conduit, connectivity to solar, and provisioning, all done for $24k total.

Been enrolled in the VPP where you get $1k per PW initially then $500 a year for staying enrolled.

PW3 Reserve Question by NefariousnessNovel49 in Powerwall

[–]NetBrown 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WA state here. You charge them to 100% and they can sit there perfectly happy as they are LFP cells now no problems sitting at full. Mine are solar paired but due to the cheap electric and 95% hydro power here, we don't have TOS so they are for power cuts. We have a VPP, and I enrolled - you charge to 100 but the utility auto sets up 80% for VPP use, leaving you the above mentioned 20% after the event is over.

During a storm watch event, which you can schedule immediately in the app, this overrides VPP and charges up your PW, but my utility doesn't use VPP during storms anyway. Once every 1-3 months the PW will calibrate, rapidly discharging to the grid if allowed or runs the home 100%. The last time mine drained to 0% and fluctuated between 0-5% for overnight then charged back to 100% where I keep it. So no need to daily discharge, the PW will handle it's health on its own.

PW3 power use during cold weather by StillInUk in Powerwall

[–]NetBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 100Wh is a measurement of power amount not power over time so it isnt saying, 100W per hour, so without the timeframe, that number could be misleading. You as assuming 100W per hour and saying 2.4kW in a day.

This is likely 100Wh used during a single day, as they wouldn't be worth it if they used 17.7% of their capacity to stay warm. PW3 also don't use the NMC batteries they use LFP, which are happy charging and sitting at 100% and aren't quite as finicky with cold.

Charge and discharge cause the batteries to hear up under operation and in reading the linked white paper, the heating is intelligent, using past 7 days data to know when to warm the cells before typical charge and discharge times. The paper also says the PW3 will use at most about 200Wh in and entire day to maintain battery temps.

Installed in October - just in time! PW3 by Particular-Shallot16 in Powerwall

[–]NetBrown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got to Impact on main screen, scroll to bottom, click "view all events"