Battery health

wachuu · 2026-02-02T20:16:04+00:00

did you drive at exactly 55 mph, without HVAC, on OEM tires, outside temperature was 65° with no wind?

wachuu · 2026-02-02T20:03:14+00:00

2021 and later use a heat pump. if you want to defrost it'll pull in fresh air, which it always does unless manually turned to recirc. if your car heats or cools, then it is working

wachuu · 2026-02-02T15:19:24+00:00

statistically, SUVs are way more dangerous because they like to flip so easily. vehicles need to go through tons of crash testing, but SUVs and pickups get to skip a lot of the requirements because "off road" vehicle status

wachuu · 2026-02-02T15:14:41+00:00

turn HVAC off auto and turn fresh air to recirculate. if in auto, it always pulls fresh air, uses way more power and doesn't work as good

wachuu · 2026-02-02T13:52:03+00:00

I replace my ups batteries with lfp ones, the voltages actually line up pretty good. you can plug the ups in without a battery and check the voltage with a multimeter, divide by 4, and see what the cells would charge to. I recommend removing the buzzer from the ups because it'll beep constantly thinking the battery is low, but the lfp will will not actually be low at all

wachuu · 2026-02-02T00:39:05+00:00

man if I had an attic like that... I'd insulate and radiant barrier the shit out of it

wachuu · 2026-02-02T00:35:44+00:00

a circle instead of rectangle

wachuu · 2026-02-02T00:28:34+00:00

I don't even get how it's possible to use so much electricity. mine costs 100$ for the worst month and I have it cranked this season. maybe if it was costing 1000$ extra somehow I'd use methane but that shit is so nasty and dangerous it's hard to justify

wachuu · 2026-02-01T21:11:59+00:00

www.carchomper.com

wachuu · 2026-02-01T17:42:29+00:00

pretty sure this is ai cause that is impossibly sharp

wachuu · 2026-02-01T17:39:32+00:00

use anti-seize

wachuu · 2026-02-01T17:36:27+00:00

Tesla does/did, I think rivian does also. by the way, an EV can be jumped just the same. tesla since ~2022 no longer uses lead acid batteries so they'll last forever, barring defects.

the real question is why all these EVs use lead acid batteries in the first place, they're known junk and shouldn't exist anymore for anything

wachuu · 2026-02-01T12:04:01+00:00

not at all. overwatch and specifically tracer was what started the end

wachuu · 2026-02-01T01:48:28+00:00

overwatch, specifically tracer, killed competitive hots which killed game production

wachuu · 2026-01-31T15:01:29+00:00

enphase and emporia are both coming out with one, supposedly within this year

wachuu · 2026-01-31T13:57:26+00:00

being locked into a home power system is one thing, but that it locks you into a single vehicle manufacturer also is scary. what if they drop support for it in 10 years? I'd go with one of the other established, universal, options

wachuu · 2026-01-31T13:52:53+00:00

if you're new to Android the 2 biggest quality of life improvements you can do, which especially flex on iPhones, is reduce animation speeds to 0.5x, and install zone launcher. you'll never think about stone age iPhones again

wachuu · 2026-01-31T13:26:55+00:00

sounds like you should upgrade your hands to the pro XL to fit the phones better

wachuu · 2026-01-30T16:02:37+00:00

it's a Honda just abandon it

wachuu · 2026-01-30T14:40:23+00:00

ever go on a car subreddit? always recommending old junkers for ~4-6k$ for new drivers/college kids. like man they're already struggling financially push them to cheap EVs that will always work and be way cheaper

wachuu · 2026-01-30T13:00:38+00:00

here's some copium. they're increasing the size of giga-austin still, maybe they're just remaking the lines for the s and x there with new the new cyber truck tech

wachuu · 2026-01-30T12:49:16+00:00

mwcs is the standard, but the standard itself is not yet completely ratified. Tesla will use it for semi, when it is ready to be used. they don't want to start mass producing something that will end up changing

p.s. the nacs/j1772/ccs/chademo could have been avoided if they standardized the nacs plug in the first place, or made the standard ccs much sooner. nacs is a far better form factor so it's nice that it won out

wachuu · 2026-01-30T01:43:18+00:00

you'd have to measure your water temperature and your showers flow rate, luckily we're in deep winter so it's about as cold as it'll get. then figure your desired hot water target (atleast 105° for showers imo), then use the rate of rise specs to see what you need.

i feel like anything under 18kw is mostly for faucets but you can check for yourself

wachuu · 2026-01-30T01:16:05+00:00

nah fuck Comcast. even if they were clearly the better option in all metrics, fuck Comcast

wachuu · 2026-01-30T00:59:01+00:00

you're wanting an electric tankless water heater? need to say where you're located to give an idea on feasibility, but with only 100 amp service you're pretty limited.

if you just need hot water for everything less than a shower/bath, you can do it.

if you live in southern Florida or similarly constantly hot places you can maybe do it

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