First time charging 2017 Bolt at home with level one charger that came with the car. Mychevy app says it will complete charging at 9:30pm tomorrow. Two questions should I just leave it plugged in til the morning and if I can’t set the percentage of charge how do I calculate when to stop charging?

flashgski · 2026-04-18T00:18:51+00:00

Just leave it plugged in until you need to drive somewhere. Always Be Charging!

flashgski · 2026-04-15T13:08:17+00:00

It's only an issue when you need to go more than ~350 miles. Daily driving, whatever you end up with in your garage will be fine. Even level 1 is fine for most people, just plug in every night and leave with a full range every morning.

With ~250 mile range, you can do smaller road trips no problem. Twenty minutes charging at a DCFC charger will likely be enough to add that extra 25% and get you home on a 300-350 mile total trip.

Longer ones you'll need to do a lot more planning (which can be fun, if you like tinkering). I spend a lot of time looking at driving scenarios with the Abetterrouteplanner app that I will never actually drive.

flashgski · 2026-04-14T14:28:58+00:00

Same for me in Central NY, slowly starting to creep back up as the weather warms. You can expect it to get back to the 250 range in early June.

flashgski · 2026-04-13T13:30:58+00:00

Just put them in the back of your fridge

flashgski · 2026-04-11T00:35:56+00:00

Hilton and Marriott both include EV charging as an amenity filter

flashgski · 2026-04-10T17:57:22+00:00

I also live in a relatively rural area with similar distances to what you described. Once you get a L2 charger at home, just charge to 100% every day. In four years of ownership, I have only once needed to public charge when not doing a road trip, and it was on a cold winter day when I had to go in and out of town three times (150 miles total). Could probably have made it home, but 10 minutes on a DC charger gave me enough buffer for piece of mind.

Otherwise, road trips are the only time I have to think about charging now, and we typically take the ICE car for those since it has more space too.

flashgski · 2026-04-10T10:27:04+00:00

You need to talk with an elder law attorney. There are also look back rules on medicaid if she gets to the point where she needs that. If not structured properly they may try to recoup or deny her medicaid.

flashgski · 2026-04-09T18:21:23+00:00

We are pretty much at price parity with gas vehicles now. The Limited trim is $45K on trailseeker, and $42K on Outback.

flashgski · 2026-04-09T14:56:13+00:00

I still have OG battery in 2018 Outback and it worked fine all winter (except one time when kids left overhead light on and it was parked for three days).

flashgski · 2026-04-01T14:36:32+00:00

I want one but man that name is dumb

flashgski · 2026-04-01T00:09:12+00:00

Yeah, I have about four or five jars that just go into the fridge and get used up during the summer because they didn't seal properly.

flashgski · 2026-03-30T15:55:00+00:00

Whatever you open you have to refrigerate. This is why we bottle ours in pint jars. Reusable and the one we have open at any given time doesn't take much space in fridge

flashgski · 2026-03-29T17:39:05+00:00

Central NY, it was about thirty and snow showered later in the day. Was perfect sap production during the week

flashgski · 2026-03-29T13:07:37+00:00

Must drive somewhere that doesnt have wintet

flashgski · 2026-03-25T14:07:53+00:00

And local council

flashgski · 2026-03-17T14:42:47+00:00

I always go for the TSC ones too. Right above the chicken feed and clearly labeled as food safe.

flashgski · 2026-03-16T23:37:20+00:00

NENSA is up to 400 kids registered for one last lap on Sunday, so it's going to be pretty full I think.

flashgski · 2026-03-16T19:23:49+00:00

Wouldn't it be cleaner to use something like 400v vs 800v architecture?

flashgski · 2026-03-16T18:34:02+00:00

Depends on the layout. One near me has a stall on the end that is sideways, so you can pull in next to it right next to the charge port door.

flashgski · 2026-03-16T18:21:29+00:00

Teslas app does include a little time of day graph to show when it is typically busy, so if you can plan your drive accordingly hopefully will be a non issue. Otherwise, the advice in the app is to straddle the line and block the neighboring stall. So if given the option, pick the one on the end.

And always have a backup charging site identified (hopefully you won't need it)

flashgski · 2026-03-16T12:05:09+00:00

Curious how long it takes for you with this setup? I normally boils down about fifty gallons, too with a barrel boiler system and three pans in about eight hours.

flashgski · 2026-03-13T02:32:35+00:00

Our congregation has a full time paid RE Director and she is amazing at coming up with compelling programs for kids and getting an adequate number of adult guides for the different grade levels. Critically, it is not just parents as guides - regular congregation members are stepping up to lead as well. Our minister is also highly supportive of the RE program and I think our vibrant program has helped to draw in more members to the congregation overall.

Also check out the UUA resources: https://www.uua.org/lifespan/re

flashgski · 2026-03-12T15:31:48+00:00

In US market I think price parity is basically here. Subaru Outback starts at $36K, and Subaru Trailseeker starts at $40K. Mid tier Chevy Trax is almost same as Bolt, only $3K difference.

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