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Tell the kids they’re on their own for college and go take your trip. They only have a 60% chance of graduating while you’d have a 100% chance of the experience of a life time. Spend their booze money on your trip.

Wind will cause whatever it is to lose heat faster than without wind so the time to cool will be faster and the time to heat will be longer. It’s still a valid concern.

I saw that choice as a benefit actually. While they took longer to begin charging the next day I didn’t lose up to 600wh (half an 100ah battery) overnight keeping the battery warm for charging when I wasn’t trying to charge anyway (no sun).

That’s how most heated lithium batteries function. They use input charging power to heat themselves rather than stored power. You have the same limitation I described - at night when temperatures drop and the batteries cold soak there is no input solar charge and you probably won’t be running...

My assumption was you’d be mounting them on the exterior of a trailer where they’d be exposed to cold temperatures. If you put them inside the heated cabin area then self heating would not be a requirement. The Renogy batteries use 50wh to power the heaters but if there is no incoming charge...

Keep in mind that self heating requires constant input of power in order to heat. On cold winter nights in Colorado my self heating lithiums wouldn’t begin charging until around noon each day after several hours of solar input to power the heaters. During extended 0° periods the batteries...

I don’t want to have to explain to people why I was out in the woods Moonlanding with my buddies.

To be fair he’s talking about that cost/range in a LMTV. With a diesel LMTV getting about 6mpg that’s a cost of $616 to go 1000 miles (paid $3.69 for diesel yesterday).

It’s not that complicated. A house has electricity already and in many areas they all have electric stoves. Induction is just a more efficient version. Many travel trailers are built with solar panels and batteries more than capable of running induction stoves. On a lot of modern trailers/RVs...

I saw that. Nice looking bike, hopefully the rebuild was a thorough as it looks and all the 40 year old wiring/sensors/components were replaced. I can see the appeal of a nice, simple bike for the traveling she does.

If you get a 2500 make sure it's a gas engine. With a diesel you're right back in 1/2 ton payload capacities.

Inflation is a bear. It also doesn't help car prices when everyone wants the latest and greatest tech crammed into them along with a 32" flatscreen TV on the dash. No one will ever be happy with what they have. The new Tacomas are a great example. People have ************** for years about Tacomas...

I’m not following your math here. On the basic plan I pay $12/month. The equivalent new plan I will pay $15/month but includes an extra $20 in texts I would have been charged for under the current plan. All it takes is sending six messages over the currently included ten and I’d be at the price...

Yep, driver error or not caring I guess. It’s not much different than waiting until the gas light comes on to fill up rather than planning a little ahead and topping off. The couple hours was definitely an excuse to go shopping and get lunch. Otherwise 20-30 minutes and they’d have been back...

Instead of just spamming your videos how about a write up/discussion post to accompany them?

No one forgets that. One of the key advertising points for most EVs is exactly that statistic.

I received the Starlink USB cable and tested it out. It doesn’t work with my 65w powerbank but does work with the 100w one. When the power is too low it lights up a red LED to let you know.

Mine shipped from Hawthorne CA and took four days to arrive in Alaska. The USB cable ordered 5 Sep hasn’t shipped still and shows an estimated delivery of 23-27 Sep.

Again, not wrong but overly complicating things for basic users. An 8amp charger delivers 8ah of charge per hour (the basic math). For the basic user there is no difference to what that means to them.