Pier
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Phximiev said:What's snow?
Poor people who don't know about snow.
Pier in a nice white cold I-Miev
Phximiev said:What's snow?
I doubt you will. I get spirited with good music playing and hit my heel pretty hard on the block with the beat of the song (hard enough to shake the car :lol:tigger19687 said:Would hate to smush that block.
bennelson said:I was at a great store today that I haven't been to in a long time. It's called American Science and Surplus, and it's exactly what you think it is.
For me, it's a fuel tank..... AND a good joke about booze.
There is constant 12 volt power available at the dome light if you feel adventurous. The thing to watch about running wires down the pillars are any airbags, though I don't think there are pillar airbags, only side curtains.databeestje said:I think just above the rear view mirror is sufficiently out of way to distract. Not sure if I have 12 Volt power there that is switched by ignition though, the outside temperature sensor can probably go into a side mirror if I can get the wire through.
It is not true. As I can see you are used leds with canbus resistor, it means that led has resistor which is shorting power to increase consumption and to prevent canbus error apear, because system checking bulbs by consumption. If consumption is low it thinks that bulb died and shows error. So led with canbus resistor shows consumption very close to bulb consumption. I used led without canbus resistor and my leds shows 50ma curent (0.6Wt).bennelson said:I figured that the power savings would be SO MINIMAL that I didn't even bother to do one. Just for fun, let's do it right now!
The normal license plate bulbs are 5 watt bulbs.
The new ones are 220ma. 22ma at 12V is 2.64 watts. So, not a huge savings The LEDs are slightly less than twice as efficient as the incandescent bulbs.
Lic, would you mind educating us? Where exactly is the resistor? For my DRL LEDs, I simply measured the input current and saw 0.2A for the LED instead of 1A for the incandescent bulb.Lic said:...As I can see you are used leds with canbus resistor, it means that led has resistor which is shorting power to increase consumption...
Phximiev said:I enjoyed your videos, but couldn't help notice on your last video that you had a big crack in your garage floor.
bennelson said:On the roof will be 5kW of photovoltaic solar panels. I've run the numbers, and that should be just about right for powering the electrical needs of my house AND powering an electric car on average, every month, year-round.
For those wondering, using solar electric energy to power an electric car INSTEAD of buying gasoline brings down the financial R.O.I. of purchasing solar panels to about 4 years.
Think about that. Buy solar panels now. Have them pay for themselves in 4 years, and have free electricity and no need for gasoline for the rest of your life.
Cool stuff.