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You only need a 30A L14-30P on the generator end to a 30A 14-30P on the dryer end. It's safe as long as you follow the right sequence to hook it up: 1) Turn off house main breaker 2) Turn off breakers to unnecessary loads 3) Plug both ends of cord 4) Start Generator And then disconnect it in reverse order. |
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There are equipment that need to go to your panel and the car needs to have a proper connection/design that just a mere 240v/30amp connector can provide. By having a few plugs, it means having a huge powerbank that you connect whatever needed to be powered to the vehicle, but that's not a true V2H/V2G (vehicle to grid) that many have asked Tesla to do with their vehicles. Ford does have a planned Hardware kit to do just that, but it's an expense nonetheless and it won't be cheap: https://www.sunrun.com/ev-charging/ford-f150-lightning "Home Integration System hardware price: Coming soon3 Home Integration System installation price: Coming soon3" |
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What you're describing is a "transfer switch". A very common piece of electrical gear that's been around for years. They can be installed for like $1000. Just FYI, I'm an electrical engineer, this kind of stuff is my bag. |
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There's another piece of equipment which is called "Home Integration System/Package" that's required in order to draw power from F150 Lightning. It's actually available here (a link pulled from Ford) https://www.sunrun.com/ev-charging/ford-f150-lightning Yes, it CAN be done. But Ford market it as a function... but it's not really a simple plug&play kit that any F150 owner can do when they pick up their car. Ford in USA is partnering with Sunrun to install that "Home Integration Package". And so far seems to be the only provider as it was mentioned that Sunrun would sell you the integration package even if you don't install solar (Sunrun's main business) Think it more like an option. Yes, the Ford F150 is capable of that... but if you want to add such function, please add $xxxx to your bill. So, either Ford is trying to money-grab or there's something they are getting wrong if your $1000 switch is all what's needed. |
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The cyber truck will have multiple outlets including a 220 volt outlet. |
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However, if all you want to do is power up your house from your F150 for a couple days in the event of an emergency power outage, all you need is a transfer switch and a 30A cord (or no transfer switch at all if you do it via the Dryer receptacle method I described above, just have to be more careful that's all) |
I went to a Hyundai dealership this weekend and the salesman told me the EV grants are rumoured to end by this Spring? Any truth to this or they just want me to go for the top line trim |
^^ they were supposed to "run out" so just depends if the gov wants to top it up |
Caught a glimpse of a Eqs today looks pretty cool like a space ship and they did that front light bar thing. I'm surprised those are legal like the new golfs :ahwow: |
What's coming down the pipeline in the next 3 years when it comes to fully electric SUV's similar size to X5, GLE, Q7, Pilot, highlander, etc? |
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BMW has the IX. They had a commercial for it during the Super Bowl with Arnold. He's gonna pump you up. |
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...ototype-drive/ 1st drive of the ID.Buzz - short wheelbase version is 186in long, IMO, perfect for urban Canadians but it's unlikely to make it here as they said the US will get the LWB version which means we'll probably get that too. Figure another 10 inches long. |
ID.Buzz is suppose to be 50k-60k to start. I love the retro styling but that's a shit ton more than the id.4 which it's based. |
https://www.toyota.co.uk/new-cars/bz4x/grades Still not many details regarding the Toyota BZ4X But here are the trim levels on the UK website Base model comes with an 8 inch screen Hopefully when it hits our shores, it's priced aggressively enough to qualify for both rebates. |
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022FIN0005-000251 Looks like the bc gov is pumping more money into the EV program so hopefully those fed and provincial rebates will still be around for 2023/2024 Another good news is that they are bumping the luxury tax from 55k to 75k. Good news for us because we just ordered our Ioniq 5 Ultimate which would have been hit with the existing luxury tax (extra 3%) |
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^ If an older Model S is around the same price point $45-50K ... would the Model 3 still be the better choice just simply because of better shelf life? Assuming other things being somewhat equal like kms and range. |
^ I drove a 17 model x, and everything felt clunky and slow, the screen was laggy and the button placements were weird. Also the seats weren't comfortable. Hard and didn't have any support. |
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My wife and I took an ID4 for a test drive in Langley on the weekend and I was really impressed with the car. I'm coming from a dual motor M3 so I found it fairly slow but it was still fairly good. The build quality on it seemed fairly good (current models being sold are made in Germany but soon enough they will be made in the USA) and I liked the material choices they used on the interior. I wasn't a fan of the interface coming from a Tesla but i'm sure I could get use to it soon enough. One thing I found confusing was that they chose to do one pedal driving in a weird way. In a Tesla, you go into a menu through the screen and set how aggressive you want the regenerative braking to be. On the ID4, you need to put the car into drive (it's a little knob next to the screen with the speedometer on it) and then you twist the knob a second time to put it on one pedal driving. This seemed a little odd but then you need to do it each time you put the car into drive as well. I don't know why they would make it a physical button that you would need to turn on each time, it really seems like a mistake on their part that I hope they can resolve in the future. |
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