Recent content by Murphyslaww

I bought it for my son. Paid $6k for it and it's in great shape with nearly 70 of the original 84 miles of range.

Our leaf has lost connectivity, it will be awhile before the Lightning does, but the Leaf functions fine. We have a Bluetooth app that tells us just about anything we need to know about the car and battery, people have built a similar app for the Lightning.

Well, one of the higher mileage F150 lightnings at 93k is showing only 3% battery degradation. Brakes degrade slower, tires, 20% faster. What we don't know, is what the life will be of the motors. I guess if you don't take a shot at it, you won't know. All I know, is that I won't be paying for...

It's going to be a slap in the face when China blows past the US due to doubling down on EV's and renewable generation. Moving away from reliance on imported fuel, and an eventual cleaner environment and increased better health outcomes, will be an insurmountable lead, added to the lead already...

our 10 x 360w longi's from santan are producing over 3.1kW peak times now 100 feet on 8awg to an EG4 6000ex. Wasn't expecting only 15% loss from used panels. Our new panasonics on the roof with enphase micros at best produce 4.6ish on the 5.4kw system. Just had a one day production record of...

Our 3.6kw, 10kw batt, EG4 6000ex, EV charging specific system is doing pretty well, a couple months in. We used used panels, Powerqueen LiFePo4 batts, and a refurb EG4 inverter, and I have to say, it’s doing everything we hoped for. We work from home, so we don’t put a ton of miles on, but have...

One thing. I bet the guys that designed the Pontiac Aztek get together every now and again and probably have a few and mention, “Yeah, we could have done better…” I wonder if they guys that designed the VeDirect cable connector conclude they could have made that assembly more robust, as it’s...

Blew out a new record today. Cold day, perfect sun. Previous highest output was 16.3kW, and hit 19.5kW today. Added 55 miles to the Lightning today also a new record.

I think the 6000ex lists a minimum ah of batteries of 300ah.

I've built an off-grid EV charging system with an EG4 6000ex- 48HV. I'm thinking of mobilizing it, but also moving it outside. This is Central Texas with the associated high heat. I'm concerned it may overheat, even when pushing only 2500-3000 watts to the batts/EV. Then there is building...

Ultimately, my refurb 6000ex from them seems to be perfect and is performing flawlessly. When there was some confusion about neutral to ground settings/configuration, they responded. Got it for half of what they we're initially new, so, three months later this purchaser is pleased. Nearly 200kW...

six total, two in the shed that have been going for close to two years, running a 9k btu mini-split, and now these 4 for the truck charger project. We'll likely add another 4 here by March. I don't have to tell you all, how much time it saves. Just checked prices, and it looks like they are up...

Once I got to 1.5 years of no issues with powerqueen 12v 200ah batts, I stopped DIY on batts. Takes too much time from the rest of projects. Now that they are down to $475, (or like $450 for lightly used returns) I don't see myself going back unless I get into EV mobility packs at some point. We...

We have 5 ecoworthy 18" actuators now left over from upgrading our truck charger project to Progressive Automations actuators. They may be too long. We'll see. The originals are 12" Should get installed in the shed with both sides done by around march, to achieve our goal of 7.5kW/Day out of...

Solid new record of 16.3 kw yesterday up from 15.2kW with the increased range, even though we lost 20 mins of around 2kWH production midday when the batts filled up. Another full sun day today, so we'll be looking for 17kW today. That will be 34 miles put back into the Lightning, which will also...