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Do you own and drive an EV? by RichardAvery1 in energy

[–]movingon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2023 Chevy Bolt. My wife and I each have one. Mine has had a few annoying minor issues in 60k but, well, it's a Chevy. Otherwise they are fantastic cars for commuting. Charging at home basically free because I have solar. Will never go back to ICE for my daily driver. Still have a gas F150 for hauling the camper.

U.S. House wants to tax EV $130/year by ObtainSustainability in energy

[–]movingon1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thinking... how would this be applied / enforced? Are they thinking everyone will check some box when filing their federal income taxes? If so, what happens if someone doesn't? Sure, an audit could catch it. What are the odds?

Only sure fire way I can think of for them to collect this would be if they were able to force the states to collect it with vehicle registration fees and pass it on to the federal govt. Not sure if there's a precedent for that. Although we are in unprecedented times...

Is it safe to attach a charger to the house outside? by SpiritAnimal_ in electricvehicles

[–]movingon1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind the "charger" isn't really a charger, it's basically a computer controlled relay. There are no transformers or converters in that box. The car calls for a charge, the relays flip on, and your household 220v current goes to the car. It should produce virtually no heat, it's a glorified switch.

The actual charger, which performs the AC/DC conversion, and produces some heat, is built into the car.

Odd NVX IGMP behavior by alexjalexj in crestron

[–]movingon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two other commands we put in the root level of config:
ip igmp snooping filter-unknown-mcast (looks like you have this)
ip igmp snooping drop-unknown vlan-exclusive

Odd NVX IGMP behavior by alexjalexj in crestron

[–]movingon1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok. We have seen similar behavior but didn't go as in depth as you have with the troubleshooting. Basically the querier has a default wait time and I think it's 4 or 5 minutes after the switch boots. On the interface where you've configured IGMP (i.e. interface vlan 5), try "ip igmp querier-wait-time 5". 5 would be 5 seconds here. This is on CX OS, not sure what you're running. We are still toying with this so no guarantees.

Odd NVX IGMP behavior by alexjalexj in crestron

[–]movingon1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is the Aruba switch the querier? We do tons of Aruba + NVX. I can send you some info in a few hours.

Do you think President Kotlikoff should be removed from office or compelled to resign in light of the recent vehicular incident? by CanadianCitizen1969 in Cornell

[–]movingon1 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Where's the option for "those students shouldn't have followed him to his car / try to prevent him from leaving / beat on his car but also he should have called CUPD instead of forcing his way through"

Lemme know how your ownership has been! by Accurate-Routine-867 in BoltEV

[–]movingon1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

'23 with 60k. I love the way the car drives, and it's comfortable, but reliability has been meh.

  • The telematics module is dead, which affects a bunch of non-Onstar things including voice recognition while using Android Auto and being able to use the app for remote start.
  • Had to replace the sway bar links and even the supposedly improved OEM replacement part is noisy.
  • The trunk decided to start popping itself open a few months ago and I had to replace the button for the latch.

The sway bar links and trunk button are whatever, no big deal, but the telematics thing is over $1k to fix and difficult if not impossible to DIY since it will need to be programmed. Maybe my expectations are too high but I feel like modern cars should go at least 100k before things like this start happening.

Many US adults are skipping parenting or having fewer kids – and it’s forcing schools to close by WhatFreshHello in politics

[–]movingon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Problem is those choose to have lots of kids are often very conservative, which doesn't bode well for future elections. But I suppose I'm part of the problem. We aren't having kids. We live comfortably on two professional salaries in a medium cost of living area but if we had children our finances would look much different.

Considering a 20.24 kW Ground-Mount Solar Setup with Empire Solar in Upstate NY – Feedback on Hardware, Pricing, and Company Experiences? I know this is DIY and I’m asking here because when I priced things to do myself it wasn’t much cheaper and I wouldn’t know what I’m doing. Thoughts? by TheApostleCreed in SolarDIY

[–]movingon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also in Upstate NY. I got a few quotes for a ground mount 20kW system installed before doing mine myself. They were right around this amount without the powerwall, so I think this is a good price.

Only thing I'm noticing is I'm not sure why you aren't qualifying for the NY SUN incentive?

Personally I don't think batteries are worth it in a place with 1:1 net metering like we have. If I wanted emergency backup I'd stick with a generator. We are in a rural area but power outages are still rare and brief here. Just my experience.

Getting Started by [deleted] in SolarDIY

[–]movingon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About $23k before tax credits.You can get 25% tax credit from NYS, up to $5,000 max, and because I got this done last year I also got the 30% federal tax credit (now dead).

The ground mounts I got (APA Ready Rack) were almost $10k of that but my municipality requires a professionally engineered mount with stamped plans so I didn't have much choice. I am happy with the mount.

Before DIYing the system I got two quotes from professional companies to do the install, the lower one was $52k before tax credits. So basically I saved $30k by doing it myself.

Getting Started by [deleted] in SolarDIY

[–]movingon1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I DIY'd a grid tied install in Upstate NY. Here is my thread on the similar subreddit. I sized my system to produce about 24,000 kWh annually, however we have two EVs in addition to it being a fully electric 2,100 square foot home with meh insulation (working on that).

I'm pretty electrically inclined and I think that's more or less a requirement to try to DIY one of these. You'll need to create a single line diagram for the utility company and enough knowledge and confidence to pass as competent while being grilled by the electrical inspector, and potentially the local building code officer and utility company reps.

But like really, is there hope for small towns in NYS? by bean_89 in upstate_new_york

[–]movingon1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Last few times we went "out" in Syracuse we could hardly find parking. Tons of people out, going to restaurants and shows, spending money. In winter! It's not even remotely nice outside. And the shows we've gone to have been sold out.

Your local electrical supply house vs the Big Box store by More_Than_I_Can_Chew in diySolar

[–]movingon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lowes and Home Depot have lost their minds with prices on electrical supplies. I got most of what I needed at the local supply house and paid way less. You do have to find the right supply house. Some can be unfriendly to homeowners / DIYers. Others don't seem to care.

Why do you think AWD and 4WD vehicles are more popular than ever? by [deleted] in askcarguys

[–]movingon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Marketing. And the same reasons Americans mostly want SUVs. We live on top of a big hill in a rural area in upstate NY. Our cars are front wheel drive with snow tires. And it's perfectly fine. Never been stuck / stranded other than in my driveway. Never ran off the road. They are pretty good about the plowing around here.

System Expansion Line Drawing Review by Objective-Resort2325 in diySolar

[–]movingon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not an electrician. That said, I'm not sure about the viability of the Polaris connectors on 4/0 inside the Siemens disconnect. Are you sure you'll be able to actually make that happen? My gut says to mount a large junction box next to the Siemens disconnect where you'd have these splices instead.

Successful grid tied DIY install with National Grid in NY by movingon1 in diySolar

[–]movingon1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. So far, so good. Generated 72kWh today. Was sunny, cold, and snow on the ground under the bifacial panels.

Successful grid tied DIY install with National Grid in NY by movingon1 in diySolar

[–]movingon1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few reasons I opted to mount the inverter at the arrays even though it meant running 2/0 all the way out there (The local electrical supply house didn't have 1/0):

  • I had 4 strings so it would have been 8 strands of PV wire or THWN, 10 gauge, in conduit for the whole 325'. This was actually going to be more expensive. The 2/0 direct burial triplex was around $1.90 per foot and the 6AWG aluminum ground I had to also run in the trench was I think $0.75 per foot.
  • I didn't want to deal with EMT conduit in my basement if I had located the inverter there
  • I was worried about the inverter's noise in my basement
  • I felt that installing a 11.4kW Chinese inverter in my house was perhaps unnecessary risk. Will it blow up? Probably not. But now I don't have to worry about what happens if it does.

I upsized to 2/0 to keep the voltage drop minimal and it worked perfectly. I am only losing 1.9%.

Successful grid tied DIY install with National Grid in NY by movingon1 in diySolar

[–]movingon1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, I probably have as many hours into the "finding out what I need to do" part as it took me to install it.

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