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I am now able to order so I guess I am in the third wave. No email yet.

These are all grounding points and are correct and meet code. They are however not Neutral Ground bonds. The neutral ground bond is where the white neutral wire is connected to the green ground wire. This junction is usually on the main panel and there is only one connection point (bond) in...

By ground I am referring to the ground wire, not earth. On a house there is one point in the main panel where the neutral and ground are bonded in the house. (tied together) The ground rod is attached to the grounding wire. Generators or inverters may also tie the ground together with the...

Did you take into account that the truck may have a neutral-ground bond on it and if you connect it to a house which also has a neutral-ground bond in the main panel you may end up with a ground fault situation in the truck which will stop the power from flowing. This is what happened to TFL...

This actually show a lack of knowledge on how grid tie systems work. Grid tie systems turn off when the power is off so as not to back feed the system which is dangerous to grid workers. Electricity flow in the direction of lowest potential. The solar always has the highest potential in a...

I have one as well and yes it can monitor both total usage (whole house) while also monitoring individual circuits at the same time.

Actually the code calls for moving up to a higher rated plug rather than down if no equal rated plug is available. So a 14-50 plug on a 40 amp breaker is what the code calls for.

Yes there are currently two portable charging systems available. The Sparkcharge Roadie is a DCFC portable charging system that can add up to 56 miles of range. The Zipcharge (currently in Europe) is a J1772 portable charger and adds a bout 40 miles of range. Below are some videos and...

Mine also shows XLT, Though thats probably what I will order

The Lightning has permanent magnet motors which are not suitable for flat towing. Since the motor always rotates when the wheels rotate it is either being driven (electricity supplied to the motor) or generating (electricity coming from the motor). There is no neutral with a permanent magnet...

I not sure where you get 90%? 30Ah/40Ah =0.75 That's 75% of original capacity and that at 7 years. If degradation was linear, which it is not, it would be 50% at 14 years. I would not find that acceptable and would think the battery would need replacing. Yes the battery could be repurposed...

The problem here as I see it is the assumption that the life time hours of an ICE engine is related to calander time. It is not. Its related to operational time. I have a 27 year old f 250 4x4 with just over 100k miles it runs fine and has never been apart. It degrades with hours of...

On Plug share you can turn on a filter for hotel and lodging and it will show only those chargers with Hotels or lodging close by. You can also filter by dining, restrooms, groceries and several other options.

I using a apple mac book air an Ipad and an Iphone so that may make a difference but the information is available on all three devices. I don't have a PC so I can't verify that the information is available in that format. It is also avaible on apple car play which is nice so it can be seen...

PlugShare lists the cost to charge, the number of chargers and gives a rating of 1-10 for reliability. I think this covers most of the items you are looking for. To get the information just click on a particular charger and the information is listed above the comments. Reading the comments...

The equation is ((cost/ kwh )/(2miles/kWh))* miles driven/month= cost of electricity/ month. If we estimate the Lightning gets 2 miles/kwh . And electricity is $0.10/ kwh we get. kWh/2 miles*10/kwhr=$0.05/ mile . Muiltiply by miles per month and you get the cost per month Use this equation...

It has to do with proper GFCI operation. The truck most likely has a bounded neutral which would need to be converted to a floating neutral to work with a house interlock. Below is a description from my generator manual on how to set up the generator for use with a house interlock. This...

I also use Emporia https://www.emporiaenergy.com/emporia-smart-plug. I have it on the main as well as on individual curcuits such as my well pump guest house and garage. It seems to be very acurate. I can see the spike when my well starts as well as the steady state current. It reads every...

Emporia makes a nice energy monitoring system that can be installed with amp clamps on each circuit and send the data to an app. I have been using one for about two years to monitor my tenants energy use. They are inexpensive and easy to install and provide real time energy usage as well as...

Haven't used it much so I had to go check the amps again. On 240volts Maximum is 7 kw which is 30 amps Reduced is 6.3 kw or 26 amps Minimum is 4.3kw or 18 amps Can be used easily on a Nema 14-30 plug at the minimum setting You can also set it for 120 volts but then the amps are getting...