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Our garage is separately metered w/100 amp panel. I set my CP for 40 amps, delivering about 9KW which in 7 hours 10PM-5AM, is more than enough for my (now former) commute of ~93 miles a day. I’ll need to upgrade that panel to 200 amps as it was adequate 40 years ago… not so much today. Off...

My work was 4 decades in the public sector & across 6 public agencies. Fortunately my pension was transportable. 25 years ago my S.O. and I more formally “mapped“ our retirement goals: Age, family, house, farm, investment, etc. Both of us decided to work till age 69 (though my last job was so...

My driving style is changing 🙄 I retired April 1st though really back in March as I had a lot of PTO built up. 40 years in a gaggle of jobs. Averaged about 25K miles a year rural highway commuting. Drove vehicles an average of 100K (variable year to year). A couple at 60K, several 150K-200K or...

The weird thing is it’s a physical gauge with a float but on an apparent logarithmic scale (perhaps due to the tank being slightly narrower at top?). I‘Ll never forget rolling into South Bend at 6:05 pm on a Friday night and the Shell station was closed. I drove the next 56 miles at 30 mph...

Every time I see “GOM“ I think you youngins are a lost cause. Here’s what a ‘62 VW Beetle gave you for a GOM to roll down the highway on. I drove 56 miles on “R” and gassed up to 10 gallons the next morning. It took real math & experience to use the gauge.

An old school take produces an efficient hybrid modular & scalable engine. The secret is the steady state generator operation. https://flip.it/Eds9eU

Having just retired, I‘m no longer laying down 90-100 miles a day… more like 10. Consulting will add some as does being a college trustee. At my current rate I’ll hit 100K in 12 years. I'm a sort of “set & forget” type and limit big screen use to time and distance calcs (I’ll be home by x.xx...

If you look at each state/ county you’ll find the utility provider and their rates/info. Some utility providers don’t participate, they show in gray. Any person contemplating on moving should do research. BEV ownership has many cost factors and local rates are one. Also… the sweet spot for BEV...

https://flip.it/7L0P4u Thinking of moving and having a BEV? Study up buttercup! We live in coastal WA state and our rate is $.064/KWh. The above link might just indicate your dream state-county….eh.. not going there! A state by state heat map that can get you to the county level if your...

‘23 ER Lariat with 56K miles…original LVB that Veepeak says charging at 14.01 V. This may be connected to a bug as noted: My phone app battery charge level normally set to 85%. This morning I checked and it’s still set for 85%… but charged to 100%. Then I jumped on the Forum to see what’s up...

I just saw that! Sweet.

I’m looking at $240 to fill up my ethanol free 40 gallon ($6/gal) Sea Swirl. That 305 SB is thirsty 😬.

Beat me to it… you were up early. A 7.3 diesel-electric would be more fun… Pulls like a freight train!

Towed (w/Lightning) small tractors like these, typically ~2500 lbs. A yard of gravel, say 3,000 lbs. plus trailer all under 5,000. Towed my 24’ boat to the launch 5 miles distant on 25-35 mph roads. Boat & trailer near 7,000 lbs. at the limit. Would I tow more… sure, growing up on a farm, I’d...

Really depends on a BEV users situation. I’m a 93 mile a day commuter…Charging from home.. piece of cake. Charging on x-country trip.. far easier today than in 2021, 2022, 2023. Optimal charging as opposed to “fill-up” charging reduces time. My range varies 270-330. Good enough for me. But...

https://flip.it/CHvk5z Great article. I commuted 6 years at 92 miles a day and 5.5 years with a BEV (Mach E then Lightning). Power at $.064/KWh and gas at $5.69/gal now makes it a no brainer although not anything predictable like Iranian War. With Hormuz shutdown and no one knows where this...

My ‘23 had a BMS go wonky at 25K miles. Only real issue. Regular 10K checkups & no other issues other than TSB-Recall(s). Original tires (Hankooks) on lasted 45K. Would‘ve lasted 50K-55K if not for hard cornering…😬

2.38 mi/kwh in 56K miles. Just under 80 mpge. At $.064/kwh… saved some $$$. 93 miles a day in coastal Wa. Rural 2 lane, variable small town speeds, open country roads 55 mph max but curves keep avg under 50, about 48-49 mph. I’ve averaged 2.4 on warm days w/tailwind on Interstate 90 East of...

Ha! In 1976 a gang of us rode our bikes from Seattle to New York… via Canada. Via Jasper and Banff/Ice Fields Parkway. Then east across the Great Plains, dropping into Minnesota at the “Angle”, then through the UP and east to Manatoulin Islands, Tobermory Peninsula, Niagara, NY. 4000 miles in 60...

The community I was raised in (50’s-60’s-early 70’s) had a half dozen “gas stations” with single pump and two pump (regular and premium), a total of 10 pumps. The single pump stations were pre WW2 and typically in front of a post office-country store-old school garage. The two pump stations were...