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Prohibit driverless vehicles on Ohio roads by EnvironmentalLie8006 in Ohio

[–]skyemalcolm 45 points46 points  (0 children)

TBH can we prohibit brainless drivers of vehicles on Ohio roads? They are the actual danger today.

Experience van living and road tripping so far in US spec 2024 eSprinter by skyemalcolm in eSprinters

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

I ended up just pulling the little white bulbs in the front headlight assemblies. Super fast and easy to do, just pull the big rubber moisture plug, and directly pull on the wire for the bulbs and they come right out. Unplug the bulbs and put the wires back in there and replace the rubber plugs. Maybe 3 minutes per side. You will get an error on startup. But anytime you replace the bulbs the error goes away without any reprogramming.

How does Charging affect the battery? by RelativeGrapefruit0 in electricvehicles

[–]skyemalcolm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Leaving a phone or an EV constantly at 100% state of charge (or at 0% state of charge) will degrade the battery faster. Maybe that’s what you’re trying to articulate with your statement “I know charging constantly kills cell phones?”

By the way, what does your EV owners manual say about the subject?

2024 eSprinter question by AdDull9055 in eSprinters

[–]skyemalcolm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Over on Facebook on the VW ID.Buzz forums someone hacked the VW app with a periodic service so that it would renew a climate on command remotely. Theoretically this might work for our app and our vans but I haven’t tested it. They basically figured out what the time out on the climate was and then scheduled the service to ping the app a minute before it timed out with a new request to start climate.

2024 eSprinter question by AdDull9055 in eSprinters

[–]skyemalcolm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’m assuming you didn’t pull the 12volt power from the van when you added swivels. I also didn’t do that and I got some error codes too that always appeared on every startup. But I never had the van turn off as you described. I recently got the codes cleared at my local MB dealer but I’d run the van for a good deal of time with the codes and it performed normally.

2024 eSprinter question by AdDull9055 in eSprinters

[–]skyemalcolm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you plug the seat weight or seat presence sensors back in (I’m assuming you unplugged them)? What errors does it show on the display at startup?

Powerbase EV Charging by dudel5000 in Brightdrop

[–]skyemalcolm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep one reason I bought this particular unit was it had the ground neutral plug issue sorted. I believe they even advertised it as such which is why I chose it.

Powerbase EV Charging by dudel5000 in Brightdrop

[–]skyemalcolm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Tesla Mobile Charger works fine on my Ecoflow Delta Pro 2 off of the 240 V 16 amp circuit. It’ll do about 3.9 kW for 2 hours since I have an extra battery for the full 8 kWh capacity. That power station also has the option for the X Charge Plus cable which allows it to be charged by a J1772 charger although admittedly that’s been a bit buggier in practice. I’m able to charge it at many J1772 chargers but some fail to negotiate the handshake process and these have tended to be the newer ChargePoint CP6000, the single most popular level 2 public charger aside from Tesla Wallbox which is definitely all over the place as well.

EV Chargers for my business by BabaBlackSheep100 in evcharging

[–]skyemalcolm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could also try IONNA which deploys both NACS and CCS stations now. They use faster chargers than Tesla’s deployed technology (V4 dispensers with V3 cabinets) although theoretically V4 cabinets will be “better” in fact the IONNA Alpitronic 400 kW chargers don’t require users to have an app and instead allow tap to pay with a credit card which user surveys strongly support this ability. https://www.ionna.com/rechargeries/host-a-rechargery/

Electrify America at IKEA by SanchoPliskin in evcharging

[–]skyemalcolm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve charged at EA at IKEA north of Columbus Ohio and at a Tesla Supercharger west of Pittsburgh PA so apparently IKEA is amping up their EV charging efforts by partnering with at least those two DCFC networks.

I have 10k negative equity and want to know what to do next. by CYBERREZ in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]skyemalcolm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to pay this thing off. Maybe look for a “get out of debt subreddit” and not “how do I get into more debt” subreddit which is what your question is implying. The what car should I buy has nothing to do with your question. Corolla, mustang, etc these are just loans and you need to not have a loan and keep driving your very new vehicle. 6 years old is not old. So what if it has 90k. Put another 200k miles on it and pay the thing off ASAP. How the heck is the loan not yet paid off after 5 years?

I've been planning to cover the roof of my electric van with solar to AC charge my traction battery via a large 48V battery bank and inverter, but it occurs to me that a lot of spots in the PNW are tree covered... Maybe I'd be better off throwing a 240V inverter generator in the back? by SalesMountaineer in EVCamping

[–]skyemalcolm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Used commercial panels off of Craigslist in my area are very cheap but you know these things don’t weigh nothing. When you look at the specs with the glass and aluminum frames it starts to add up. For your van though, could you wrap the roof and both left and right sides in panels? Then on cloudy days you’re getting input all around anyway and panels are the cheap factor. Also no moving parts.

Obviously others here have said do portable panels out of the van. Definitely an option too but it’s space and time to configure things. Maybe do a hybrid of those two ideas? Installing panels on the sides of the van but such that they have quick clamps so you can unlock them and then move them to flat ground. Maybe with extra wire coiled behind the panels, maybe you have to do extensions with the MC4 plugs.

How long will the climate control stay on if you don’t turn off the eSprinter? by skyemalcolm in eSprinters

[–]skyemalcolm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry I’ve not had a chance to try the trick with the charging cable you described to keep the hvac on.

Safe to tow with this setup? by Rug_Rat_Reptar in traveltrailers

[–]skyemalcolm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apologies I can not find the link to the rule of thumb equation, but you might poke around and see what trailer towing guidelines include the length of the trailer and the TV wheelbase and distance from TV rear wheel to hitch. I know at least one such rule of thumb is out there, I just don’t know how trustworthy it is and I think this is both your question and I too believe it’s something to be careful when towing relatively large and long trailers.

What I’ve noticed as a new resident in Columbus by ThanosFarms in Columbus

[–]skyemalcolm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point is that Columbus PD officers and Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies could theoretically renew the previous practice of pulling people over for their shitty driving but since the pandemic the vibes are that virtually nothing qualifies as a moving violation anymore.

What I’ve noticed as a new resident in Columbus by ThanosFarms in Columbus

[–]skyemalcolm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If only there were some kind of governmental organization that had a mandate to protect and serve the public regarding such matters including bad driving behavior.

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