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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.Yeah I think Iām going to send it to Martin Meek who I do our podcast with he wanted to tear it down and check it out. He does Martin... -
One in a million failure, tear it open look for fractured contact or bar running between the wire lugg and the ground spring clip...
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Wowā¦.thatās bizarre. I take from looking at your installation that you donāt plug/unplug often, which takes fatigue failure out of the...
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A good argument for hard wiring. If you do need to plug and unplug often you will see more failures in the receptical
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.I canāt really put both the probe and plug in at the same time I donāt think it would be in the way.
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.I might open up the outlet and see what is going on inside. Iām not too sure internally what happens when the plug is pushed in to the...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.Here is a follow up testing the Hubbell outlet check out how strange this failure was š Iāve Never Seen a Hubbell NEMA 14-50 Fail Like...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.Iām going to take some meter readings tomorrow and see what I get. Iām at work now but Iāve had some folks curious about that so Iāll...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.Definitely never checked the torque of the lugs š¬
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.The thumbnail is just a thumbnail there also werenāt any lightning bolts coming from it either lol š it was actually bizarrely normal...
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Cbowe posted the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed! in Charging / Chargers / Battery / Vehicle-to-Vehicle Charging.I knew betterā¦ and yet ā¦. š ā” After 4 years of EV charging, my setup finally failed. If youāre using a NEMA 14-50, youāll want to see...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.People have V4 dispensers but the actual power cabinets were still the V3s and could only do 250kW per post the actual V4 cabinets where...
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Cbowe reacted to Scorpio3d's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with
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Are yāall just getting V4ās now or just the superfast version? I posted a pics over a year ago?? January 4, 2025! -
Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.That was just went the Superchargers were empty finally. Because they load share across all the vehicles plugged in, if we wanted to...
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Cbowe reacted to astrand1's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
What happens at midnight charge wise thatās different than any other time?
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.That would be amazing for sure!
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.Are you thinking because everything will be NACS or because chargers will be everywhere or both?
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.This is so next level man! Thatās awesome š³
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Cbowe reacted to K6CCC's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
It's getting there...
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Cbowe reacted to DavidS's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
Iām hoping for the day this all becomes unnecessary.
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Cbowe reacted to K6CCC's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
Me too. Prior to my October trip (detailed in this thread...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.Itās tough when there is only 8 at a v3 I do get anxious hoping I wonāt block anyone. When I roadtrip I try to target the big sites if...
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Cbowe reacted to K6CCC's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
The V4 pedestals are nice with the longer cable. Unfortunately we can't benefit from the higher charge rate. Maybe I've just been...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.Yeah that part is amazing!
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Cbowe reacted to Heliian's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
The cable actually reaches! I used one on Friday night, Parry Sound, Ontario. AND... it's in a mall parking lot with food options and...
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Cbowe posted the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas in Charging / Chargers / Battery / Vehicle-to-Vehicle Charging.We took a Ford Lightning and Chevy Silverado EV to the first true Tesla V4 Supercharger open to non-Teslas, then met up with Tom...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Fordās Future Role in Affordable EVs.Totally agree seems itās one extreme or the other. Super exciting or a huge let down
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Cbowe replied to the thread Fordās Future Role in Affordable EVs.Yeah thatās the one !
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Interesting, thanks.
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Cbowe replied to the thread Fordās Future Role in Affordable EVs.Current thoughts from most is a type of carbon nano tube that uses a screen printing type of manufacturing. Check out the video from...
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I put together a video on why EVs have to get more affordable, and what Fordās new 27 platform could mean longterm. At 6:30, Iām at...
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Cbowe posted the thread My take on Lightning deals & what history tells us about the cancellation in General Topics.Made this video hoping people who love the truck and those who have wanted to get one donāt get scared off by the cancellation and still...
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šØ Ford shocks the EV world! The BEV F-150 Lightning is gone, STX & T3 cancelled, next-gen is EREV, $19B lostā¦ but what does it really...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Tonneau Cover Range Improvement numbers.Pretty much and the open bed ends up filling with an air bubble that allows the air to flow right over it so it ends up not really...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Tonneau Cover Range Improvement numbers.If you stuck to the weight limits of the truck correct it would have very little impact as compared to aero for towing as an example or...
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I wouldn't quite say no impact on range. Really depends on speed. More stop and go and that weight will certainly matter. At interstate...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Tonneau Cover Range Improvement numbers.Weight has almost no impact on range as shown by the video that Aging Wheels did
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Cbowe replied to the thread Solar tonneau cover !.Thanks for the support. I try to be honest and transparent and hopefully most people see that.
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Cbowe replied to the thread Solar tonneau cover !.Solid āvaporwareā you have there š¤ super cool youāre getting to test it out !
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I really admire how you don't let people ruffle your feathers. Good job man.
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Cbowe replied to the thread Tonneau Cover Range Improvement numbers.I did a video on this did it on an off and it made no difference
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Man, tough crowd in here! :cwl: Back when I was first looking into the Lightning, I watched several of your videos and found them very...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Solar tonneau cover !.I appreciate it man! I enjoy sharing the experiences for sure! Iām certainly good with disagreements and discussions on how effective it...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Solar tonneau cover !.Thatās not really the format for a Podcast, they are going to be hour long episodes, but I hear maybe post a more succinct short which...
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You might have at least read the OP's response to those who thought that the vendor is proposing charging the truck's battery. The...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Solar tonneau cover !.Every comment helps thanks for your contribution even if you already think you know it all š
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Cbowe replied to the thread Solar tonneau cover !.Hopefully I can get one at some point next year and verify the data but just because you donāt like the facts and data provided from...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Solar tonneau cover !.This is on the Podcast channel not my personal YouTube channel. Itās shared with 5 hosts. What little money the channel makes goes to...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Solar tonneau cover !.I make no money from this product at all. Zero. but you do you my friend. I hope your day gets better you seem to be upset a lot. I...