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ZeusDriver replied to the thread plug in hybrids rarely plugged in.Most of my Chevy Volt''s 75,000 miles were on electricity. Interesting that even in Germany, where people are given company cars more...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....This is the weirdest thread I've seen in quite a while. I'm finding it pretty repulsive. Given that it does not appear that Shmoe...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....They are neither claiming nor demonstrating 4.17 volts as a nominal voltage. Read the report. Find the right figure. You are clueless...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....Show the fricking math. Show their claim for volumetric energy density and show that the pack is too small. (Do you think that the...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....If you are going to make outrageously extraordinary claims, then you need to, at very least, show your math. What figure are you using...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....I realized this is ambiguous. I was intending to say: 1. There is nothing unusual about motors of 90% - 95% efficiency (or even 97%...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....This is nonsensical. Does not parse. Charging at 5kW? Discharging at 5kW? That's less 10 hp, which a pretty small pack can feed.
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....There seem to be many very literal-minded and gullible people contributing to this thread, so it is worth pointing out, explicitly...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....Of course. I was being facetious. VTT is well-known in much of the world by battery engineers, most automotive engineers, etc. In...
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The only reason I posted that is that @mr.Magoo said fires happen to those that worry the most so I thought if I can make everyone else...
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Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics Statistically there's 0% vehicle fires in my driveway, but statistically that means theres a greater...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....We must be talking about different companies. Donut Lab is famous for making funny looking rear wheels for motorcycles that look like a...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....Consider this: People were nearly as skeptical about the LFP cells I used on that little car 15 years ago... especially re their...
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ZeusDriver reacted to El Duderino's post in the thread Something about this really stinks... with
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The Lightning was a far cry from a scam compared to Donut. 100k Lightnings in the wild and this guy has two YouTube videos. A wide... -
ZeusDriver replied to the thread Lightning vs old tech (or so they say).It's fun to imagine that it does, but that is not the case in real life. The Insight is far more efficient at moving one or two...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....I am also skeptical, but have been in Marko's position on a far smaller scale. His slightly early original announcement, (originally a...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Ford really is all-in on the $30K BEV.Of course, a dealer can ask any price he feels he can get away with, just as anyone does when selling a house. Only a fool would pay...
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ZeusDriver reacted to MountainAlive's post in the thread Ford really is all-in on the $30K BEV with Like.
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Ford really is all-in on the $30K BEV.To continue my rant: Who are you up against in negotiating a vehicle price, direct vs dealer: 1: A huge corporation with multi-million...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Ford really is all-in on the $30K BEV.If MSRP is 30,000, only a fool would pay more than 27,000, no matter what the dealer is trying to sell you. Among numerous other...
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ZeusDriver reacted to El Duderino's post in the thread Something about this really stinks... with Like.
I still Donut believe him
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....Heck No!!! I would not want to insult Donut Lab like that.
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....The intentional shadiness of staying dark, only revealing partial information. Accusing everyone else of being the problem because...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....Nor is this very confidence inspiring: " South African native Elon Musk, who claims he is a Cultural Christian, built Zip 2, a city...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....You are probably wrong about the "trusting" part. I've participated in putting a couple frauds out of business; I didn't believe in...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Calm screen making me.. Not calm.I keep my truck on the calm screen all the time, but have had it switch rarely to some other screen -- which I attribute to operator...
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Thank you, my thoughts exactly...one step forward . . two steps back.
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The Chinese are selling their EVs all over the planet, not just in China...except America...in other cultures that enjoy all the things...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....I see UFO's almost every day. Sometimes I think it is an osprey... or maybe an eagle. sometimes, it becomes identified: "Oh, it's just...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....yes, and pretty highly regarded.
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....What does "that" refer to? The fact that they are publishing test results?
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....More on this: I have about 24 old 60 AH LFP cells, all of which have lasted longer than I anticipated when I bought them 15 years ago...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....Suppose you were a small company with a breakthrough technology. Do you go to Ford and say "We want you to put our batteries in your...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Something about this really stinks....From VTT in Finland: "VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has conducted measurements on the properties of Donut Lab’s battery in...
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I'm in the middle of credit card disputing this obviously fraudulent, defective, not fit for advertised purpose Ohmmu piece of crap...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread My Lightning burned to the ground.In the particular case from Reddit, the Ohmmu BMS is clearly at fault, if the post is to be believed. There is no way that one cell of a...
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Nobody knows what the cause is. The fact is the truck burned.
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread My Lightning burned to the ground.No one should ever try to charge any lithium chemistry battery that has one cell at one volt. That cell is shot, and is well below the...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Generac 6854 with 120 VAC input.An edit to the above, more or less: The things that I have called variable resistors are much more likely to be varistors, which are...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Generac 6853 trips truck GFCI.On looking at the schematic more closely, I've concluded that the things I called variable resistors are actually varistors (like the...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Generac 6853 trips truck GFCI.In Oriental NC, a tiny town near the coast, we had 12"! A typical winter is maybe 1" of snow, one time.
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Generac 6854 with 120 VAC input.I LIKE the meters! A flash from the past! I still have a couple analogue VOM's that can be handy for transients that digital meters...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Generac 6854 with 120 VAC input.I think that when I first tried it, I had already tied together E1 and E2. When it warms up, I'll try (and document) a few...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Generac 6854 with 120 VAC input.AI ! Such potential. But so frequently weird. The "One touch" paragraph is spot on. So is the Future proofing" paragraph. But...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Generac 6853 trips truck GFCI.It is break before make. The limit switches are different: The limit switches that provide power to the SW1 rocker switch and the...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Generac 6853 trips truck GFCI.I am posting the schematic for these switches (or a link to it)...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Generac 6854 with 120 VAC input.Sadly, when I went to the hardware store I picked up the wrong 30 A plug, thinking it looked like a TT30, which fits my inverter. But I...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Generac 6854 with 120 VAC input.Thanks! Above and beyond.
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Generac 6854 with 120 VAC input.Yes! Thanks again. I have a to do list, and failed to put that on it. I need to replace a 14 g wire with a 12, and a coupe other...
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ZeusDriver replied to the thread Generac 6854 with 120 VAC input.Hi Chi. Huge thanks for looking into this. Far more detail than I have any right to expect. I wanted to have neutral switching (and...