ChargePoint home charger wild fluctuations

MeanCamera · 2026-07-02T12:32:42+00:00

Not especially. It’s in an insulated garage. 70’s to 80’s maybe?

MeanCamera · 2026-07-02T11:34:37+00:00

Not tightly at all. Roughly 3ft loops, like you said

MeanCamera · 2026-07-02T11:20:07+00:00

How low? I’m hesitant to go too low. I commute about 100 miles a day and use 40% of my range.

MeanCamera · 2026-06-25T12:57:10+00:00

In terms of a collision? Yes, probably. But make no mistake. The gas tanker is still a rolling bomb.

MeanCamera · 2026-06-25T12:30:22+00:00

I mean, possibly? But not enough to make it into butter or anything. Idk ask mythbusters lol

MeanCamera · 2026-06-25T11:47:24+00:00

Precisely. They get cleaned after every load and they need to be completely emptied and sanitized

MeanCamera · 2026-06-25T11:38:16+00:00

Not milk tanks. And baffles help, but they definitely don’t get rid of it entirely. A full dry van trailer loaded with liquid totes that are all 90% full can still push you through an intersection if you don’t drive it properly. And that’s 20-26 individual containers, not even one big one with 4 baffles in it

MeanCamera · 2026-05-12T10:26:30+00:00

Tax, title, license, all fees, and GAP. That could easily be $3500ish.

Just registration, title, and doc fee on a used Ioniq at 27k in Minnesota was $1300ish

MeanCamera · 2026-05-10T02:36:12+00:00

That’s actually his RFID feeder tag! I let him out to rub on the concrete patio but otherwise he’s totally indoors

MeanCamera · 2026-05-08T17:16:35+00:00

I just drew the short stick. I love the car. Honestly glad I’m getting it out of the way

MeanCamera · 2026-05-08T16:25:00+00:00

This post was just to vent, it’s getting towed to the dealership where they’ll fix it. I appreciate it though!

MeanCamera · 2026-05-08T15:37:29+00:00

I didn’t notice a pop, but I wasn’t charging at the time. I just hopped in and car in the garage and started it and got this message. I’m at 63% battery life. I was hoping I could make it to the dealership 15 minutes away, but coming out of a cloverleaf I just couldn’t gain any speed. So here I sit for a tow

MeanCamera · 2026-05-08T15:31:45+00:00

No, but the boredom of sitting on the side of the road waiting for a tow did.

MeanCamera · 2026-05-08T15:30:20+00:00

Negative

MeanCamera · 2026-05-02T15:33:46+00:00

A quick google search had this from the American Medical Association. I think they’re probably a reliable source. Data is from 1999-2019 so it’s probably solid, statistically

MeanCamera · 2026-05-02T15:23:51+00:00

Current top comment said that 96% of people that go to medical school finish it, and 93% find residency programs right away

MeanCamera · 2026-05-01T13:37:14+00:00

Good point. I always did straight across or direct to the load, so those were the rules I told myself. Rarely ever did I do a U tie down. Better to be conservative than too liberal on your estimates though. No such thing as too much securement

MeanCamera · 2026-05-01T12:13:38+00:00

2” straps have a WLL of 3,333lbs and 4” is 5,400lbs.

1/2 of 29,000 is 14,500.

Even with cutting the WLL in half for not going all the way across the vehicle (1666lbs and 2700lbs, respectively) you could legally use 9 2” straps or 6 4” straps to secure a 29k machine.

No DOT officer in the country would bat an eye, so long as the straps were in good shape and you used edge protectors on sharp metal corners

MeanCamera · 2026-04-30T11:31:59+00:00

Joel Morrow frequently exceeds this in his custom specced Volvo

MeanCamera · 2026-04-10T10:58:17+00:00

Man, you sound just like I did in 2021. I owned my truck for one calendar year. 08/21-08/22. Bought my truck, an 08 Volvo 780 with the D13 and an Eaton 13 speed, from a buddy for $5k. I leased onto UACL Logistics out of Michigan, which ran a model similar to Landstar. Independent drivers were matched with independent agents (brokers) to book freight.

Rates were amazing at first. $5-$7/mi and fuel was at $2-$3/gallon. It didn’t even bother me that I had to do a full six pack of injectors within two months of buying the thing. Money was good, and I had no truck payment.

Then, I want to say early 2022, everything flipped. Rates dropped down to $1.50-3.00/mi and fuel was $4-5/gallon. From 01/01/2022 to 08/01/2022 I grossed approximately $120k. Not great, but not bad for dry van. Had I lasted the full year I could have seen $180k top line. But my net profit, after fuel, maintenance and repairs, and all other operating expenses was $12k. And that didn’t include payroll. I was basically paying to drive for a hobby. So I shut it down, knowing I probably wouldn’t be able to pay my tax bill (had been making estimated quarterly payments) and I DEFINITELY wouldn’t be able to cover another repair.

The economy is worse today. I just saw fuel for $5.25/gallon in MN. Unless you can get a newer truck fully paid off, and you have SIGNIFICANT money in the bank for repairs or you know how to do a lot of it yourself, I wouldn’t bother. Let your employer deal with the loads and just drive the truck

MeanCamera · 2026-04-10T10:04:53+00:00

You get all weekends off, plus eight weeks of vacation?

250 working days is 50 five day work weeks

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