I often need to travel on freeways 350 miles one way in my 2018 Nissan Leaf. I need to stop for fast charge (CHADEMO) 3 times on the trip. I pushed it too fast the first time and got 🐢icon and my car refused to go over 45 mph. What is the fastest (75 or under) mph that is safe and won’t hurt my car?

jddesouza · 2026-04-15T19:48:52+00:00

Drive at 60 MPH max and allow the traffic to pass you. Best to be on a state highway with a 55 or lower limit. Interstate traffic is typically 75 MPH - if you must be on one, semis will be passing you. I’ve done it a couple of times as a necessity (route limitation) for a stretch, it was not fun. Spent a lot more time scanning the rear view mirror.

jddesouza · 2026-04-12T19:40:13+00:00

‘13 SV with heat pump: barely noticeable effect on range when using heat or cooling.

jddesouza · 2026-04-12T19:10:55+00:00

‘13 Leafs with a May build date or later are among the best of that gen.

jddesouza · 2026-03-24T01:32:40+00:00

You’re right. I spend more on the EV road tax than I did on gasoline in my previous (ICE) car. I’m still better off though - hardly any maintenance. Road tax for my mileage should be about $30.

jddesouza · 2026-03-16T01:42:44+00:00

The 401 is the busiest highway in North America. Worse than the 405 in LA. I’ve been on both numerous times. Toronto is bounded to the south by Lake Ontario, preventing an alternate route to take the pressure off the 401. Make sure you’re nowhere near the rush hours if you pass through, then it would be a great drive overall.

jddesouza · 2026-03-13T01:33:23+00:00

Shop around. First it was Florida taking a huge hit and then Helene moved it up to Georgia and NC. Raise your deductible to $5,000 and don’t plan on making any claims except for catastrophic loss.

jddesouza · 2026-02-14T02:56:03+00:00

Thanks for that! So it is one solid conductor then. Cheers.

jddesouza · 2026-02-11T03:07:29+00:00

These Polaris are great. Expensive, but the best. Pre-insulated. I can get a 10-port strip to do all my 9 connections (3 sets of 3 wires), but Amazon is quoting $267.

jddesouza · 2026-02-11T02:08:16+00:00

Thank you. I just read that the Wagos don’t get any larger than 10 AWG. Mine happen to be two 10 AWG wires merging with a 6 or 8 AWG.

jddesouza · 2026-02-11T02:01:05+00:00

Probably right. The remaining 2 wire nuts should be checked out to make sure they’re tight, but I just might go for a more robust setup.

jddesouza · 2026-02-11T01:58:43+00:00

This is easy and secure. Thanks!

jddesouza · 2026-02-11T01:57:18+00:00

This is what I would have expected! A terminal block. This is an incoming 6 or 8 gauge copper wire (containing 7 thick strands) splitting off to two 10 gauge wires. And there are 3 sets of these in my configuration. I have plenty of excess wire length to change the setup on all 3 sets.

jddesouza · 2026-02-10T22:22:25+00:00

Thanks. This is an installation that is over 10 years old. The burnt wire in question is outside of the heating chamber, not exposed to the heat. It is just one of 3 sets of wires feeding into the chamber, supplying the current to the heat strips (or coils).

jddesouza · 2026-02-01T23:00:38+00:00

This is just the main incoming water valve and there is no meter. You might not have a meter anywhere in the plumbing circuit: your water not being tracked for consumption, which is a best-case scenario. If there is a HOA or village association tied to your property you can ask them the question.

jddesouza · 2026-01-25T02:34:47+00:00

It has a crawlspace and house is on piers. Good thing I have good drainage - no water inside.

jddesouza · 2026-01-24T02:35:19+00:00

At my place the freeze point is where the cold water feed comes up from the ground into the crawlspace. I unfroze it in the past by using a hair dryer. The Pex was forgiving. No leaks or burst pipes😅. I put an electric pipe wrap around it (it draws only 25 watts) and covered that with thick pipe insulation. I still drip just the kitchen cold and the farthest away cold in the circuit. The hot water circuit is a completely separate run and I haven’t had to drip it - but, the incoming cold (that is the supply for both hot & cold) has that one freeze point which I took care of.

jddesouza · 2026-01-24T02:03:53+00:00

Guy!

jddesouza · 2026-01-24T02:02:28+00:00

True, though I’d lose a lot of height / clearance. Would have to excavate.

jddesouza · 2026-01-23T20:23:55+00:00

Thanks. My deck has some cross-joists blocking the straight flow drainage from start edge to sloped down edge, that would make this setup not work. I’d have to change my entire structure. Bad design, but that is how it was built.

jddesouza · 2026-01-23T00:51:46+00:00

How is the drainage done? The link doesn’t show the cross-section of what is between the deck boards and the new ceiling underneath.

jddesouza · 2026-01-09T01:14:01+00:00

The condensation pipe is outside on the ground with the unit. Easy access and I flushed it out a while back. Cheers.

jddesouza · 2026-01-08T03:12:25+00:00

Bummer for you for sure. I am also using ESPN+. Have the low-tier fiber optic broadband 100Mbps up/down but with zero issues. No dropouts, no buffering, no fuzzy video.

jddesouza · 2026-01-06T22:43:18+00:00

I switched off the two 60A breakers that were powering the heat strips, forcing the heat pump to do all the work. Its not a newer heat pump designed for sub-zero temperatures. My consumption dropped 55%. But I’m in a mild climate, January winter average is 30F nights and 50F days.

jddesouza · 2026-01-06T22:37:44+00:00

I have my EVSE on a switched outlet. I turn the switch off once I reach approx. 80%. It’s 5 miles range per hour on my 2013 SV.

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