Only one EV charger at home?!

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Near Hartford CT a runaway truck with bad brakes killed the driver and 3 others, and the owner was jailed. Total of 19 vehicles involved. Bottom of the downhill is a traffic light and was red.

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ramp is new.

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retired1
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Fortunately for us, it snows nice clean white stuff here. You can even eat it.

Reply to
John Larkin

Less than a minute and you call that a long time? If you walked away from the pump, got in your car, closed the door, then immediately opened the door and got out again and walked back to the pump, it probably would already have finished.

And ours are 50 litres per minute (that's my full tank). You have bigger cars with slower petrol....

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Commander Kinsey

I love snow and want some. How much including shipping and taxes?

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Commander Kinsey

Seems popular.

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Commander Kinsey

Only America is stupid enough to leave it on.

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Commander Kinsey

I encountered one when on holiday in England last summer. I asked him why and he said it's incase he can sell more stuff. All he amanged to "sell" me was advice on where to get a replacement tyre, as he had none that peculiar size in stock.

I'm now dealing with a peculiar sized driveshaft. Renault Scenic driveshaft? Not that easy. Mk 1, 2, 3, 4. Times 3 petrol engine sizes and a diesel in each. And even then, they changed it half way through each Mk. So 32 possibilities. Then for some reason left and right are different?! Maybe one side needs a left hand screw to stop it coming off the wheel. So the shops are stocking 64 driveshafts just for Renault Scenics.

Somebody once told me supermarket stuff has less additives and less mileage. I didn't believe them.

Does he pedal it?

I didn't notice a difference when I've had petrol and diesel cars. Or LPG.

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Commander Kinsey

Discharging is never a problem and certainly not for an hour.

I am 2 miles (elevation @100ft) from a charger near sea level, but have to go through a hill at @150ft. Even with brake downhill (acc from 20MPH to 40MPH), I can get there without any energy. If no cars are around, i can probably get another 20MPH over the limit and gain some energy.

Unfortunately, take around 2KWhr to get back home.

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Ed Lee

Irrelevant to that claim about which catch fire.

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Rod Speed

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Scott Lurndal

So many guys think and talk compulsively about pee and poop... all the time.

I think that's strange.

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John Larkin

A the current prices, the last thing I'm concerned about is the time taken to empty my bank account.

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Commander Kinsey

I've seen about 100 videos of it on Youtube, often with an immense fire. Once the fire starts, it must get into the petrol underground.

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Commander Kinsey

And those hoses cost a fair bit to replace, and there's a pump out of action.

Why would the pump shut off? There's no longer a valve on the end.

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Commander Kinsey

A decent amount of discharge, using the heater, would take a lot longer.

The Sierra crest on I80 is 7227 feet. The descent is steep on both sides.

It must be tough on electrics when it's stop-and-go in a blizzard headed uphill. I don't see many Teslas at the ski areas.

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That charger is rarely used. When Safeway is busy, other people park there.

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John Larkin

Yes, we know that Americans in general are too thick to drive a manual And these days the autos are so good they mostly don't need to.

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

Neverthless cars can and do catch fire in crashes, and a gasoline fire can detonate if the fuel air mix gets within a critical range. Ok its not like on the movies, but its pretty bad all the same

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The Natural Philosopher

That's not the gas cars being discussed, in this case gas is an abreviation for gasoline.

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Rod Speed

I have 'jane' - my tomtom navigator in my smart phone. God she nags if I don't go her way. I know where the speed cameras are. To be sure so does she, but she isnt programmable to avoid them.

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

The gas is stored in a tank underground. It takes an electric pump to push gas up to the surface and through the hose. The pump shuts off when the nozzle is not fully seated in the car filler and making a vacuum seal. You can hear that.

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"If an absent-minded customer drives away with the nozzle still inserted in the tank, the hose is designed to break into two pieces. One remains with the car and the other with the dispenser. Check valves on both sides of the breaking point prevent fuel from leaking out of either half."

Really, this stuff has been thought about.

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John Larkin

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