Recent content by Newton

What I would like to see (or more importantly, what an inspector would like to see) is the specific wording of NEC that allows this. They might claim 406.4(D) 2 but it is pretty clear that the wording is for recepticals. I’m not saying that it is wrong, but you need something to convince...

I think that Ford owes us a bit more of an explanation than “it can fail“. I have charged using DC fast chargers many times on extended road trips (over 50) with no problems like this. If they have isolated it to a software issue I’m sure that they can tell us more. Brian? 1). Is the...

I notice that the heater core temp is only 91 degrees which I think would be hard to do if the engine coolant was 400, unless they are completely separate systems on the Ford.

Did it ever smell hot? My heat pump hot water heater has the sensors go out regularly and it reports crazy high temps like that. At 400F I‘m pretty sure stuff would smell hot, there is a unique smell to melting wire insulation or even high temperature insulation that is approaching the...

I got to test out Pro Power for real recently when my power company decided to replace power poles to my neighborhood (on the hottest day of the year so far). It used surprisingly less power than I expected. From 1:11pm to 7:54pm I used 1.3 kWh (that is when I thought to put on the...

I disagree with you about the battery size - 51kWh would be a robust home battery backup system. The AnkerSolix E10 that I’m considering starts out at 6kWh and maxes out at 90kWh - which is a pretty big stack of batteries. The only question is amperage, please Ford make it at least 50A...

Have you tried the EVplay dongle to get CarPlay onto a HM car?

... Or an AC shop could just fix the assembly if anybody still knows how to braze fittings.

Don't you mean "Lightning"?

Good question! AI hallucinates things, it will take many different analyses of different terms of service and produce words that sound similar. It has no actual understanding of the legal terms. This is why it is so bad for, well, anything, but especially legal stuff. Lawyers using AI to...

Yes. It is probably a good tire for the OP’s request although I like Defenders.

Be careful, out of spec reviews and others have found that the Ford BMS has some ‘drift’ and there are reports of the truck dying while still showing range and nonzero battery percentage. It seems to be related to fast charging on the road. We all know that the guess-o-meter is not exact...

It isn’t very creative but if you do not have other uses for the Frunk at least stick in a WolfBox portable cooler. It has a compressor so it can freeze, it is pretty nice to be able to get an ice cream on a hot day in the middle of nowhere. I consider it to be part of the truck now, when...

I’ll go against the grain here and admit that I like it!

Also check the weather forecasts, it really can snow up there in March and it can be pretty grim on those little roads with logging trucks wizzing by you in whiteout conditions. When I was a kid we would snowmobile along the rim (getting there in a VW Bus!) and it is not for the faint of heart.