Self-Cleaning Lightning Mobile Detailing Truck

Yeah... the onboard 120V outlets are rated to 20A max, but will trip if there's any sustained load in excess of about 1800W or so. A quick spike won't trip them if it's under 20A. The guy's power washer is easily pulling 16A+ -- we have one just like it (different labeling) but it's a 2100W unit and needs a proper 20A circuit.

I didn't watch beyond that... I guess I'm just not into detailing that much and there was no useful technical info presented to address his first issue other than his power washer pulling too much power.

Monkey said:

Yeah... the onboard 120V outlets are rated to 20A max, but will trip if there's any sustained load in excess of about 1800W or so. A quick spike won't trip them if it's under 20A. The guy's power washer is easily pulling 16A+ -- we have one just like it (different labeling) but it's a 2100W unit and needs a proper 20A circuit.

I didn't watch beyond that... I guess I'm just not into detailing that much and there was no useful technical info presented to address his first issue other than his power washer pulling too much power.

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The easiest solution is to power a spider box with the 30A, 240V outlet.

There's enough power for an entire home, so it's assumed it can handle a pressure washer and vacuum for a short time.

The funny thing is he made it a point to show the range when he started (166 miles), but he never followed up because he must've charged it again and the range at the end was over 180.

IdeaOfTheDayCom said:

There's enough power for an entire home, so it's assumed it can handle a pressure washer and vacuum for a short time.

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An "entire home" is debatable, but yes there is plenty of power. It's just that it's not all available from any single outlet and the onboard 120V outlets, while rated at 20A, have an operational ceiling at about 1800W -- or at least the ones inside the cab do. And that's where he was running his pressure washer from. Most all pressure washers we buy at the Home Depot or similar will all run in on a 15A circuit or < 1800W, so no problem. If he would have backed the truck into his shop and plugged into the rear outlets, I wonder if it still would have tripped?

The funny thing is he made it a point to show the range when he started (166 miles), but he never followed up because he must've charged it again and the range at the end was over 180.

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I thought that was odd when he showed his SOC at the beginning. I didn't watch to the end to see he didn't update. But I'm figuring the actual cleaning of the truck didn't use that much power.

How is the Lightning a "self cleaning" truck with a guy hanging out of the Frunk with a random orbit polisher?