Off Topic - Arks are you Grinning Yet?

Arks said:

Not yet. Still in labor. Their notice on my "My Tesla" web page has changed from "Your car has entered the production queue" to "The Tesla Factory is building your Model S." They current estimate is "Late March delivery". Hope they use gallons of "new car smell" it!!
But I am smiling about the blue skies and 70 degree day we're having. Didn't want it to arrive in the snow!.

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Jon Sable said:

Arks said:

Not yet. Still in labor. Their notice on my "My Tesla" web page has changed from "Your car has entered the production queue" to "The Tesla Factory is building your Model S." They current estimate is "Late March delivery". Hope they use gallons of "new car smell" it!!
But I am smiling about the blue skies and 70 degree day we're having. Didn't want it to arrive in the snow!.

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We were in a showroom on Saturday. Trunk space where the engine is normally.
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Jon Sable said:

We were in a showroom on Saturday. Trunk space where the engine is normally.

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Arks said:

They are supposed to bring my car to me Monday or Tuesday. Since I'm 4 hours from the nearest dealership in St. Louis, they deliver it to my door on a trailer.
I spent the weekend, 20 full hours, installing my "high power wall charger" delivering 80 amps of Arkansas-made nuclear-made power to keep my baby topped up on extra good, premium grade nuclear electricity.(For those who don't know, most houses in America run on 100 amps, so I've just added a second house to my grid.)
Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.
Lucky to have survived this? Perhaps. But it's a man thing. I feel like the Hulk tonight.
I saw my insurance agent Friday to get it covered. He punched around in his computer a while then said, "Who makes the Tesla?" I said, "Tesla makes the Tesla." He said, "Oh." He'd never heard of it.
He called the insurance home office. They'd never heard of a Tesla either, but were happy to insure it, for $92/month which I found amazingly cheap.
Then he gave them the price. It came in exactly $30 below the level above which they will not insure a car. So it's insured. Barely.
Yes, Innkeep, I've heard of the "Tesla smile". I'll let you know!.

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Arks said:

Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.

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Arks said:

They are supposed to bring my car to me Monday or Tuesday. Since I'm 4 hours from the nearest dealership in St. Louis, they deliver it to my door on a trailer.
I spent the weekend, 20 full hours, installing my "high power wall charger" delivering 80 amps of Arkansas-made nuclear-made power to keep my baby topped up on extra good, premium grade nuclear electricity.(For those who don't know, most houses in America run on 100 amps, so I've just added a second house to my grid.)
Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.
Lucky to have survived this? Perhaps. But it's a man thing. I feel like the Hulk tonight.
I saw my insurance agent Friday to get it covered. He punched around in his computer a while then said, "Who makes the Tesla?" I said, "Tesla makes the Tesla." He said, "Oh." He'd never heard of it.
He called the insurance home office. They'd never heard of a Tesla either, but were happy to insure it, for $92/month which I found amazingly cheap.
Then he gave them the price. It came in exactly $30 below the level above which they will not insure a car. So it's insured. Barely.
Yes, Innkeep, I've heard of the "Tesla smile". I'll let you know!.

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Joey Bloggs said:

Arks said:

They are supposed to bring my car to me Monday or Tuesday. Since I'm 4 hours from the nearest dealership in St. Louis, they deliver it to my door on a trailer.
I spent the weekend, 20 full hours, installing my "high power wall charger" delivering 80 amps of Arkansas-made nuclear-made power to keep my baby topped up on extra good, premium grade nuclear electricity.(For those who don't know, most houses in America run on 100 amps, so I've just added a second house to my grid.)
Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.
Lucky to have survived this? Perhaps. But it's a man thing. I feel like the Hulk tonight.
I saw my insurance agent Friday to get it covered. He punched around in his computer a while then said, "Who makes the Tesla?" I said, "Tesla makes the Tesla." He said, "Oh." He'd never heard of it.
He called the insurance home office. They'd never heard of a Tesla either, but were happy to insure it, for $92/month which I found amazingly cheap.
Then he gave them the price. It came in exactly $30 below the level above which they will not insure a car. So it's insured. Barely.
Yes, Innkeep, I've heard of the "Tesla smile". I'll let you know!.

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Arks said:

Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.

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I do believe this calls for a new nickname "SpArks"

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Joey Bloggs said:

Arks said:

Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.

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I do believe this calls for a new nickname "SpArks"

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Arks said:

They are supposed to bring my car to me Monday or Tuesday. Since I'm 4 hours from the nearest dealership in St. Louis, they deliver it to my door on a trailer.
I spent the weekend, 20 full hours, installing my "high power wall charger" delivering 80 amps of Arkansas-made nuclear-made power to keep my baby topped up on extra good, premium grade nuclear electricity.(For those who don't know, most houses in America run on 100 amps, so I've just added a second house to my grid.)
Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.
Lucky to have survived this? Perhaps. But it's a man thing. I feel like the Hulk tonight.
I saw my insurance agent Friday to get it covered. He punched around in his computer a while then said, "Who makes the Tesla?" I said, "Tesla makes the Tesla." He said, "Oh." He'd never heard of it.
He called the insurance home office. They'd never heard of a Tesla either, but were happy to insure it, for $92/month which I found amazingly cheap.
Then he gave them the price. It came in exactly $30 below the level above which they will not insure a car. So it's insured. Barely.
Yes, Innkeep, I've heard of the "Tesla smile". I'll let you know!.

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Silverspoon said:

Arks said:

They are supposed to bring my car to me Monday or Tuesday. Since I'm 4 hours from the nearest dealership in St. Louis, they deliver it to my door on a trailer.
I spent the weekend, 20 full hours, installing my "high power wall charger" delivering 80 amps of Arkansas-made nuclear-made power to keep my baby topped up on extra good, premium grade nuclear electricity.(For those who don't know, most houses in America run on 100 amps, so I've just added a second house to my grid.)
Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.
Lucky to have survived this? Perhaps. But it's a man thing. I feel like the Hulk tonight.
I saw my insurance agent Friday to get it covered. He punched around in his computer a while then said, "Who makes the Tesla?" I said, "Tesla makes the Tesla." He said, "Oh." He'd never heard of it.
He called the insurance home office. They'd never heard of a Tesla either, but were happy to insure it, for $92/month which I found amazingly cheap.
Then he gave them the price. It came in exactly $30 below the level above which they will not insure a car. So it's insured. Barely.
Yes, Innkeep, I've heard of the "Tesla smile". I'll let you know!.

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I'm impressed with your ambition, but aghast at your risk taking. If you are going to splurge on a top-notch car why take chances with your life? But I'm glad you managed to finish the job without frying yourself in the process!
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Silverspoon said:

I'm impressed with your ambition, but aghast at your risk taking. If you are going to splurge on a top-notch car why take chances with your life?

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Arks said:

Silverspoon said:

Arks said:

They are supposed to bring my car to me Monday or Tuesday. Since I'm 4 hours from the nearest dealership in St. Louis, they deliver it to my door on a trailer.
I spent the weekend, 20 full hours, installing my "high power wall charger" delivering 80 amps of Arkansas-made nuclear-made power to keep my baby topped up on extra good, premium grade nuclear electricity.(For those who don't know, most houses in America run on 100 amps, so I've just added a second house to my grid.)
Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.
Lucky to have survived this? Perhaps. But it's a man thing. I feel like the Hulk tonight.
I saw my insurance agent Friday to get it covered. He punched around in his computer a while then said, "Who makes the Tesla?" I said, "Tesla makes the Tesla." He said, "Oh." He'd never heard of it.
He called the insurance home office. They'd never heard of a Tesla either, but were happy to insure it, for $92/month which I found amazingly cheap.
Then he gave them the price. It came in exactly $30 below the level above which they will not insure a car. So it's insured. Barely.
Yes, Innkeep, I've heard of the "Tesla smile". I'll let you know!.

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I'm impressed with your ambition, but aghast at your risk taking. If you are going to splurge on a top-notch car why take chances with your life? But I'm glad you managed to finish the job without frying yourself in the process!
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Silverspoon said:

I'm impressed with your ambition, but aghast at your risk taking. If you are going to splurge on a top-notch car why take chances with your life?

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I'll just say that you don't completely understand men, just as I don't completely understand women!!
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Arks said:

Silverspoon said:

I'm impressed with your ambition, but aghast at your risk taking. If you are going to splurge on a top-notch car why take chances with your life?

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I'll just say that you don't completely understand men, just as I don't completely understand women!!

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Arks said:

They are supposed to bring my car to me Monday or Tuesday. Since I'm 4 hours from the nearest dealership in St. Louis, they deliver it to my door on a trailer.
I spent the weekend, 20 full hours, installing my "high power wall charger" delivering 80 amps of Arkansas-made nuclear-made power to keep my baby topped up on extra good, premium grade nuclear electricity.(For those who don't know, most houses in America run on 100 amps, so I've just added a second house to my grid.)
Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.
Lucky to have survived this? Perhaps. But it's a man thing. I feel like the Hulk tonight.
I saw my insurance agent Friday to get it covered. He punched around in his computer a while then said, "Who makes the Tesla?" I said, "Tesla makes the Tesla." He said, "Oh." He'd never heard of it.
He called the insurance home office. They'd never heard of a Tesla either, but were happy to insure it, for $92/month which I found amazingly cheap.
Then he gave them the price. It came in exactly $30 below the level above which they will not insure a car. So it's insured. Barely.
Yes, Innkeep, I've heard of the "Tesla smile". I'll let you know!.

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Samster said:

Arks said:

They are supposed to bring my car to me Monday or Tuesday. Since I'm 4 hours from the nearest dealership in St. Louis, they deliver it to my door on a trailer.
I spent the weekend, 20 full hours, installing my "high power wall charger" delivering 80 amps of Arkansas-made nuclear-made power to keep my baby topped up on extra good, premium grade nuclear electricity.(For those who don't know, most houses in America run on 100 amps, so I've just added a second house to my grid.)
Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.
Lucky to have survived this? Perhaps. But it's a man thing. I feel like the Hulk tonight.
I saw my insurance agent Friday to get it covered. He punched around in his computer a while then said, "Who makes the Tesla?" I said, "Tesla makes the Tesla." He said, "Oh." He'd never heard of it.
He called the insurance home office. They'd never heard of a Tesla either, but were happy to insure it, for $92/month which I found amazingly cheap.
Then he gave them the price. It came in exactly $30 below the level above which they will not insure a car. So it's insured. Barely.
Yes, Innkeep, I've heard of the "Tesla smile". I'll let you know!.

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Yowza! Sounds like quite a job. A lot more than the charging station that my neighbors were required to put in for their Niss an Leaf. ;-)
Glad you're safe, SpArks!!
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Innkeep said:

Samster said:

Arks said:

They are supposed to bring my car to me Monday or Tuesday. Since I'm 4 hours from the nearest dealership in St. Louis, they deliver it to my door on a trailer.
I spent the weekend, 20 full hours, installing my "high power wall charger" delivering 80 amps of Arkansas-made nuclear-made power to keep my baby topped up on extra good, premium grade nuclear electricity.(For those who don't know, most houses in America run on 100 amps, so I've just added a second house to my grid.)
Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.
Lucky to have survived this? Perhaps. But it's a man thing. I feel like the Hulk tonight.
I saw my insurance agent Friday to get it covered. He punched around in his computer a while then said, "Who makes the Tesla?" I said, "Tesla makes the Tesla." He said, "Oh." He'd never heard of it.
He called the insurance home office. They'd never heard of a Tesla either, but were happy to insure it, for $92/month which I found amazingly cheap.
Then he gave them the price. It came in exactly $30 below the level above which they will not insure a car. So it's insured. Barely.
Yes, Innkeep, I've heard of the "Tesla smile". I'll let you know!.

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Yowza! Sounds like quite a job. A lot more than the charging station that my neighbors were required to put in for their Niss an Leaf. ;-)
Glad you're safe, SpArks!!
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Well Sparky, the Virginia innmates get together included test drives. All occurred before 11am on Monday. I can't figure out how to upload from my phone so photos will have to wait.
So now that you're experienced in all things electrical are you going to provide a plug at your guesthouse?
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Innkeep said:

Samster said:

Arks said:

They are supposed to bring my car to me Monday or Tuesday. Since I'm 4 hours from the nearest dealership in St. Louis, they deliver it to my door on a trailer.
I spent the weekend, 20 full hours, installing my "high power wall charger" delivering 80 amps of Arkansas-made nuclear-made power to keep my baby topped up on extra good, premium grade nuclear electricity.(For those who don't know, most houses in America run on 100 amps, so I've just added a second house to my grid.)
Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.
Lucky to have survived this? Perhaps. But it's a man thing. I feel like the Hulk tonight.
I saw my insurance agent Friday to get it covered. He punched around in his computer a while then said, "Who makes the Tesla?" I said, "Tesla makes the Tesla." He said, "Oh." He'd never heard of it.
He called the insurance home office. They'd never heard of a Tesla either, but were happy to insure it, for $92/month which I found amazingly cheap.
Then he gave them the price. It came in exactly $30 below the level above which they will not insure a car. So it's insured. Barely.
Yes, Innkeep, I've heard of the "Tesla smile". I'll let you know!.

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Yowza! Sounds like quite a job. A lot more than the charging station that my neighbors were required to put in for their Niss an Leaf. ;-)
Glad you're safe, SpArks!!
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Well Sparky, the Virginia innmates get together included test drives. All occurred before 11am on Monday. I can't figure out how to upload from my phone so photos will have to wait.
So now that you're experienced in all things electrical are you going to provide a plug at your guesthouse?
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Innkeep said:

Samster said:

Arks said:

They are supposed to bring my car to me Monday or Tuesday. Since I'm 4 hours from the nearest dealership in St. Louis, they deliver it to my door on a trailer.
I spent the weekend, 20 full hours, installing my "high power wall charger" delivering 80 amps of Arkansas-made nuclear-made power to keep my baby topped up on extra good, premium grade nuclear electricity.(For those who don't know, most houses in America run on 100 amps, so I've just added a second house to my grid.)
Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.
Lucky to have survived this? Perhaps. But it's a man thing. I feel like the Hulk tonight.
I saw my insurance agent Friday to get it covered. He punched around in his computer a while then said, "Who makes the Tesla?" I said, "Tesla makes the Tesla." He said, "Oh." He'd never heard of it.
He called the insurance home office. They'd never heard of a Tesla either, but were happy to insure it, for $92/month which I found amazingly cheap.
Then he gave them the price. It came in exactly $30 below the level above which they will not insure a car. So it's insured. Barely.
Yes, Innkeep, I've heard of the "Tesla smile". I'll let you know!.

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Yowza! Sounds like quite a job. A lot more than the charging station that my neighbors were required to put in for their Niss an Leaf. ;-)
Glad you're safe, SpArks!!
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Well Sparky, the Virginia innmates get together included test drives. All occurred before 11am on Monday. I can't figure out how to upload from my phone so photos will have to wait.
So now that you're experienced in all things electrical are you going to provide a plug at your guesthouse?
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Innkeep said:

So now that you're experienced in all things electrical are you going to provide a plug at your guesthouse?

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EmptyNest said:

Innkeep said:

Samster said:

Arks said:

They are supposed to bring my car to me Monday or Tuesday. Since I'm 4 hours from the nearest dealership in St. Louis, they deliver it to my door on a trailer.
I spent the weekend, 20 full hours, installing my "high power wall charger" delivering 80 amps of Arkansas-made nuclear-made power to keep my baby topped up on extra good, premium grade nuclear electricity.(For those who don't know, most houses in America run on 100 amps, so I've just added a second house to my grid.)
Hardest. Work. I've. Ever.Done!
I had to take aspirin tonight to placate my throbbing 60-year-old muscles. Yes. I still have muscles. Throbbing ones.
But, hire an electrician to do this job in 4 hours? No way! So what if it took 2 full days, plus, and a little blood (I banged my head on floor joists about 5 times). I've pulled 3 wires, each the size of a finger, through 90 feet of conduit. I've pounded my way through a 20 inch thick foundation and feed all that conduit and wire through, then crawled through low crawl space to bring it all to a breaker box above 3 inches of water (we've had so much rain our basement is currently flooded).
Yes, I stood in 3 inches of water and connected the wires to a 100 amp circuit breaker.
Lucky to have survived this? Perhaps. But it's a man thing. I feel like the Hulk tonight.
I saw my insurance agent Friday to get it covered. He punched around in his computer a while then said, "Who makes the Tesla?" I said, "Tesla makes the Tesla." He said, "Oh." He'd never heard of it.
He called the insurance home office. They'd never heard of a Tesla either, but were happy to insure it, for $92/month which I found amazingly cheap.
Then he gave them the price. It came in exactly $30 below the level above which they will not insure a car. So it's insured. Barely.
Yes, Innkeep, I've heard of the "Tesla smile". I'll let you know!.

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Yowza! Sounds like quite a job. A lot more than the charging station that my neighbors were required to put in for their Niss an Leaf. ;-)
Glad you're safe, SpArks!!
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Well Sparky, the Virginia innmates get together included test drives. All occurred before 11am on Monday. I can't figure out how to upload from my phone so photos will have to wait.
So now that you're experienced in all things electrical are you going to provide a plug at your guesthouse?
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So great to meet some inn mates. I did not get to test drive but I know JB sure wanted to. Thanks for the opportunity to meet our friends from Hawaii.
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EmptyNest said:

So great to meet some inn mates. I did not get to test drive but I know JB sure wanted to. Thanks for the opportunity to meet our friends from Hawaii.

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Mary at Bridgewater Inn and Cottage said:

Tesla was here yesterday and this morn, got to ride in it with Joey driving ( CAUTION a wannabe race car driver ) Car has spunk ! driver too. Innkeepers are lots of fun , lets do informal gatherings more often . Good to hear what works for them and learn from them.... ; ).

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Mary at Bridgewater Inn and Cottage said:

Tesla was here yesterday and this morn, got to ride in it with Joey driving ( CAUTION a wannabe race car driver ) Car has spunk ! driver too. Innkeepers are lots of fun , lets do informal gatherings more often . Good to hear what works for them and learn from them.... ; )

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