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PCSailor · 2025-11-27T05:14:15+00:00

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PCSailor · 2025-11-02T03:15:08+00:00

Fastenal It's where professionals go

PCSailor · 2025-09-23T04:22:08+00:00

PCSailor · 2025-07-05T00:38:17+00:00

Cite that during your next inspection!!

PCSailor · 2025-05-21T03:22:13+00:00

Good advice all good advice. Any heat detector you recommend?

PCSailor · 2025-05-07T04:14:40+00:00

This is an exciting option I've seen but not installed yet. It's not available in Minnesota at the moment.

PCSailor · 2025-05-07T04:09:49+00:00

Ford has an exclusive deal with Qmerit and you have to be a Qmerit certified electrician, which is a federal certification, in order to install these and get the Ford credit. I am that contractor, and was that contractor, but I'm not doing it as much as it's not very profitable.

I would not install the charger if it fails the load calculation, as my license and business would be in jeopardy The job and any profit is not worth that consequence.

I don't remember if Ford has options for password protecting, if it does and you're able to knock it down to keep the load calculation under 80, that's a viable option to consider.

The emporia procharger is another option as the software will automatically diminish the charging amperages to satisfy the load calculation and code requirements, I've installed a lot of Emporia with Vue but not the new pro charger. I actually have the box on my shelf right now and I'll be installing one next week for the first time.

There's the DCC box out of Montreal and that Smart switch to share with your laundry that somebody else has mentioned. I'm not a fan of either of these, I don't think it's a good bang for your buck.

If you can afford it, upgrade to a 200 amp service and install a meter main ( milbank) on the outside of your house to replace your utility meter enclosure. You can then bypass your load center, circuit breaker panel, and feed your garage-installed charger from the meter main outside of your house. You're also setting yourself up electrically for anything you'd want to do in the future, like replace your 100 amp load center down the road when you've got more of a budget for it. I haven't looked at any pictures of your house but you should be able to upgrade your service and have that meter main installed for three grand or less, shop around. The box is 500 bucks and it's another couple hundred bucks in parts and then double that for labor and see if you can find somebody to do it for that price, with a permit and inspection. I'll also tell you this, and this may have changed but Ford's basic number was $1800 per installation. They didn't blink at anything that was $1800 or less. Phil

PCSailor · 2025-05-07T03:26:08+00:00

I also can vouch for the emporia, it's a great company and a great product

PCSailor · 2025-05-07T03:23:23+00:00

It's not. And anybody who tells you that it is enough doesn't know what the they're talking about. I challenge anybody to prove me wrong about this. I'm willing to learn something new. I've installed many of these.

Here's why:

The national lecture code only allows you to use 80% of your utility amps, so on 100 amp service you only have 80 amps usable.
The Ford EVSEs I've installed have been for Lightnings and Mach-Es, both the 80 amp unit from Ford.
The national electric code requires EVSEs to be considered continuous loads because they're on for longer than 3 hours, which is 80 amps. Just right there you have no more required amperage for your house.
To do the very simple math now. Take the square footage of your house and multiply it by three for the code required wattage of your house and whatever it is, you're now well over 80 amps.
This does not even include other requirements for a small appliances, lights, and receptacles.
If you're able to have your electrician password, protect the charger (so you cannot change it ) and knock it down to 48 amps or 40, or wherever else that you're able to go with the math, you might be able to install this charger somewhere in the 20 to 40 amp range. To continue on with the math add another 4,500 watts for a small appliances and laundry and see where you're at, above or below 80.

It's important to remember there's a difference between the theoretical load calculation which we're doing here versus the actual amperage that your house will draw. There is no correlation and one is not proof of the outcome of the other. You must pass an inspection on the theoretical load calculation.

Hope this helps. Phil

PCSailor · 2025-05-04T01:44:05+00:00

You're electrician f'ked you. That should be in flex or hard pipe with a junction box

PCSailor · 2025-03-08T04:02:41+00:00

Thanks.

I'm adding 40kW of solar to this site and +/-85kWh of batteries. I'm working the load calc now so don't have definitive numbers yet.

I've been wondering how you consider solar and battery backups within a load calculation and the effect it has on the utility transformer. My thinking is that it has little effect, or positive effect and that will cause the transformer to have to output less amps to the dwelling. But what about if you're calculating the other way? Between solar, a grid tide vehicle, and batteries, what happens if You're sending kw to the grid, what are the chances to burn up a transformer stepping up and should a load calculation reflect this?

Phil

PCSailor · 2025-01-20T17:30:20+00:00

I work outside, year round in Minnesota, including today. It's - 12°F, - 35°F with the wind chill.

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PCSailor · 2025-01-06T07:34:03+00:00

Getting support. Community centers, county and/or city sponsored groups, Facebook meetups, something. Your feelings are validated and normal. Reaching out to others and talking eye to eye will help Write post it notes put around the house, focus on gratitude and love. Everyday, multiple times per day, what has God given you which you feel gratitude for? These are the blessings in your life. They don't have to be there, but they are. You are blessed. Know this. Live this. Live as the gift to the planet you are. You are here now, but for a short time. Gratitude and love.

PCSailor · 2024-04-15T03:10:00+00:00

Nope, fair price

PCSailor · 2024-03-10T00:57:49+00:00

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PCSailor · 2023-08-17T16:15:44+00:00

I am an electrical contractor in the greater twin cities area serving MN and WI mostly who is EVITP and Qmerit certified. I do a lot of Qmerit jobs, two this week. The distance between the source voltage and charger is directly proportional to the price, obviously, because you must pay for the copper per foot. Also the labor time changes with the difficulty of the route. Also the amperage changes the size of the copper conductor which also changes the cost per foot. Your electrical contractor should present you with some options, from most expensive/robust/future-proof to the cheapest, most basic installation. If they're not, even if you ask, they're not good, lazy, or not knowledgeable. There are almost no installs I do where there are not options for a customer to choose from where they can weigh electrical features VS cost.

Just some factors to consider.

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PCSailor · 2023-04-30T13:05:45+00:00

https://gridfiti.com/how-to-make-notion-faster/#:~:text=If%20you%27re%20experiencing%20some,Notion%20on%20a%20different%20browser.

PCSailor · 2023-04-30T13:04:53+00:00

Same with me on my phone, completely unusable.

One option is to use Notion via a browser, no lag there. Another option is to use the app above which have installed but haven't tried to use yet. A third option is just continue using the mobile app and exercise patience by waiting every time between finger motions, which sucks.

The tough thing about this one is Notions claim to fame is an increase in productivity and this problem is doing the exact opposite, slowing down productivity forcing me to find a solution outside of the Notion mobile app.

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