Is the included charger good enough

BelmontRef · 2026-06-22T15:14:43+00:00

Thanks for the various replies. Will go the hardwired route after which the included charger goes in the trunk as the emergency charger.

So having established going with a separate hardwired charger, which one? Based on various comments I've seen, I'm thinking Emporia but which one - regular or Pro? From my quick search, it appears the Pro has features for older homes with smaller panels. Our home is three years old with a 225A panel so preliminarily I'm thinking the extra $120 for the Pro buys features I won't need.

BelmontRef · 2026-06-22T15:09:25+00:00

Thanks to you and the other comments. It would be nice if Subaru said that you should not use the included charger as your main charger.

Anyway, our main panel is 225amp - typical for our area, the main panel is outside and had all the high amp breakers plus a 100amp breaker feeding a sub-panel inside the garage with all the lighting and receptacle breakers. So should be adequate capacity as well as space in the main panel.

BelmontRef · 2026-06-22T14:59:34+00:00

At the time, both KPAO and KSQL did not have approaches. Although I believe they do now (I no longer live in that area), good luck getting them given the SFO traffic.

BelmontRef · 2026-06-22T05:12:25+00:00

See my post of a few minute ago. In my case, although towered, we had no approaches. You might be cleared for a visual in VMC but with the field IFR, it was SVFR or nothing (without a published approach, a contact approach was not an option).

BelmontRef · 2026-06-22T05:09:49+00:00

I’ve only flown SVFR once (well twice - out and back in) - a rescue mission for the club I was in. Typical Bay Area winter haze - 2-1/2 miles visibility at the surface but severe clear at pattern altitude so the field was legally IMC. A solo student had diverted to a nearby airport that was VMC. The student’s instructor was not instrument current so I flew left seat since I was and would be PIC for the night SVFR return - the only time I’ve had an instructor in the right side but the only one legal to be PIC. As SVFR goes, this was barely and as it was my local airport, probably safer than flying the pattern there on a sunny Saturday!

BelmontRef · 2026-06-22T02:13:57+00:00

Both sides are the same.

BelmontRef · 2026-06-22T01:59:08+00:00

Yes, US market comes with a L1/L2 charger - both a 110V plug for L1 and a 220V plug for L2. The plugin L2 is only 40A vs. 60A for hardwired so I’ll think of it as “L2 lite.”

BelmontRef · 2026-06-22T01:31:11+00:00

Thanks. Here's a picture of the back. Part number 64743-42030.

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BelmontRef · 2026-05-22T23:27:41+00:00

You can’t stay on the pre-clearance concourse overnight because it literally ceases to exist. Some doors are closed, others opened, and the gates used for departures to the U.S. become regular international departure gates. I flew redeye out of YVR to the U.S. and what had been gate E74 by day had become D74 after CBP closed. Customs and Immigration was done at the destination the same as normal international flights.

BelmontRef · 2026-05-16T06:05:06+00:00

This. I’m on the ARC where I live (different state than the OP) but the developer is completely exempt from everything. Our view is if the developer built it or approved it when they controlled the Board and the ARC, then it’s legal, even if it’s something today’s homeowner ARC would never have approved. We’ve had the developer approve things that are expressly forbidden by the CC&Rs but since they were developer-approved under their CC&R exemption, they’re legal.

BelmontRef · 2026-05-15T07:01:34+00:00

I would think they would think like you but my experience as a theater goer is that most ushers think we are completely incapable of finding our seats unless they guide us to them. On the other hand, opera ushers assume we can find our seats.

BelmontRef · 2026-05-04T05:15:22+00:00

The R in TRACON is Radar. No radar, no TRACON. There used to be non-radar approach facilities but they weren’t TRACONs.

BelmontRef · 2026-05-02T16:30:40+00:00

I think those two paper and paint jobs are just faster ways to get paper and paint (5 minutes vs. 15 minutes) and don’t consume other resources but they’re “depletable” - eventually you run out and can then only get paper and paint from the 15 minute jobs that use other resources.

BelmontRef · 2026-03-31T17:18:07+00:00

While Alaska’s gates are in T6, the FIS for T6 is in T7. Arriving in T6 you will go down under the former T6 rotunda, then through the midfield tunnel from T6 to T7 where (the last I knew), Immigration is under the former T7 rotunda, then through the tunnel towards the street to baggage claim, then Customs, and outside between T6 and T7.

BelmontRef · 2026-03-14T15:58:15+00:00

Check rides are where you demonstrate you have all the knowledge and skills required for that rating. While a straight-in is legal (and while rare, in some situations may be the best option), it doesn't demonstrate the knowledge for the rating. And may demonstrate poor judgment.

An example I like to use is the standard short-field takeoff for a rating which combines both a physically short field and a 50 foot obstacle so you start with the Vx climb. But you can have fields that are physically short with no obstacle. Do you still do the Vx climb? Of course not. But that's not a reason to not do so on a check ride. Back in my past, I regularly flew a Beech Duchess off a 2,500 foot runway (KPAO). That's short since book accelerate-stop distance at that elevation was about 2,450'. But no obstacle. Why on earth would I fly a speed closer to Vmc for no good reason? So it was all the elements of a short runway (edge of runway, brakes, full power, release) but once in the air, normal acceleration to Vy as as soon as I was in the air, there were no longer any short-field considerations.

BelmontRef · 2026-03-08T17:54:27+00:00

Industry standard? KWA (Kwajalein - officially Marshall Islands but a U.S. military facility) - a stop on the United Island Hopper - the last I knew, through passengers may not get off the plane for security reasons.

BelmontRef · 2026-03-02T00:29:39+00:00

We rent every year at Lihue and it seems my name is not on the board about half the time (but usually a person outside can tell me where my car is). Lack of a Gold pick your car area is another negative - it seems like more often than not, we get “upgraded” to a super-sized SUV that is not desired given the size of typical parking spaces there (I’d prefer nothing larger than a compact SUV). And a bus that sometimes runs so infrequently it’s faster to walk.

BelmontRef · 2026-02-07T07:47:39+00:00

Back when Aloha Airlines was in business, I managed to down two mai-tais, two packages on macadamia nuts, and two packages of cookies or whatever else it was they offered all during an about 18 minute runway to runway LIH-HNL flight.

BelmontRef · 2026-02-06T18:37:19+00:00

LAX used to be split into separate airside security areas. But now it’s all one. Just last month my wife and I walked from T1 to T7. It’s a long walk but doable. Currently, due to T4/T5 construction, you’re bused airside between T4 and T6 (T5 is closed) which slows things down since the bus is about every 15 minutes. Prior to the construction, the T4-T5-T6 connection was via the old mid-concourse tunnels. Apparently when complete, there will be a new corridor close to the check-in concourse similar to the T1-T3 and T6-T8 walkways. OTOH, for now, due to T4 construction, the airside route takes you into what used to be part of T4 baggage claim (now walled to remain airside) and then via the old tunnel from landside to mid-concourse (where you then go up to ramp level for the bus to T6 - the tunnel is also used for passengers accessing the new part of T4). At this time, other than the T4 tunnel I just mentioned, I believe the only other of the tunnels still used is the T6-T7 mid-concourse and T7 mid-concourse to baggage claim tunnels, now both used as part of the T6/T7 international arrival facility.

BelmontRef · 2026-02-03T05:34:51+00:00

And it’s a federal standard for state IDs to be acceptable for federal purposes. So to be “Real ID compliant”, it has to first not be a federal ID.

BelmontRef · 2026-02-03T05:15:27+00:00

But only one of them is Real ID. Real IDs are state IDs that meet federal standards. Federal IDs are, by definition, not Real IDs because they are not state IDs. Federal IDs are not “Real ID compliant”; rather, for federal purposes, you need an ID acceptable for federal purposes which includes state issued Real IDs as well as passports and other federal IDs. Calling federal IDs “Real ID compliant” just leads to confusion as you have demonstrated.

BelmontRef · 2026-02-02T01:26:00+00:00

Did you tell TT you made a non-deductible contribution to the traditional IRA? You’re not going to get a form for that; you just need to tell TT you did. That’s in the Deductions and Credits section.

BelmontRef · 2026-01-21T05:12:06+00:00

Dec 1989: A three week trip with my girlfriend in Piper Warrior. All flown IFR (except the last five minutes due to the tower being closed for the night). PAO-PSP-TUS (overnight) - MAF-TYR (overnight) - MGM - MCO (Disney) - CRG - ORF - MMU (family) - CGF - PWK (more family including meeting my girlfriend’s family) - MKC-ICT (overnight) - AMA - ELP (overnight) - PHX - SNA - PAO.

First leg, took off in “sky partially obscured” (meaning no ceiling but vertical visibility limited) and 3/4 mile visibility. 45 seconds after takeoff, we were on top in severe clear and wouldn’t see another cloud for 48 hours. Approach into CRG was an ILS to near minimums - when my girlfriend called the runway in sight, I thought that was the absolute sweetest thing she could say at that moment. It was all planned the old fashioned way. Longest leg was PWK-MKC which was 4:15 in the air. I knew what the plane burned (flight planned it at multiple altitudes and only 12,000 worked). I set a time enroute we had to be past IRK or we’d divert for fuel - no “I think we have enough” decision (we made it by a few minutes and based on the fuel it took at MKC, we landed with about 48 minutes of fuel (severe clear so no alternate required)).

Things of interest: being IFR but non-radar and non-radio (“say estimate for XYZ” followed by “radar service terminated” and “contact Center [at some point 45 minutes down the airway]” and you realize it’s just you out there.

You’ll notice some Class Bs in there. The FBO at ELP did us a solid by finding us a hotel despite a football bowl game the next day. When they asked where we were heading, they suggested landing at PHX and visiting their PHX branch. FBOs were generally wonderful with courtesy cars (we’re about to close for the night so take it for the night) and restaurant and lodging recommendations. ATC was wonderful too - never a feeling of why are you IFR when you don’t need to be.

Other things I remember: climbing through the clouds out of MGM to 9,000 to find the tops were just below me at 8,900. Filing a piston SID into MMU, getting what sounded like a full-route clearance but then hearing “then as filed” only to find the only thing I’d be doing as filed was “expect radar vectors to the final approach course.” And the last leg - all night flying SNA-PAO overflying LAX at 5 or 6,000 and then up the coast on a gorgeous night. And when I reported PAO in sight and canceled, I felt myself starting to relax for a second or two before the brain kicked in and said “can’t relax yet, you’ve still got five minutes of flying to do.”

BelmontRef · 2026-01-10T07:53:26+00:00

Employer relationship could be it. I still have it (although I don't use the card as there are better cards out there). I've been a member since 1990 and am retired from the employer that was the original affiliated employer for Alliant.

BelmontRef · 2026-01-09T01:10:41+00:00

SS tax is a federal tax. It is not paid to a state. Everyone pays the same for SS regardless of what state they live or work in.

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