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  1. OIBScout

    Home charging setup costs

    Our Tesla Destination Charger on a two-pole 60A breaker in our 200A main panel was $750 installed by a licensed EC.
  2. OIBScout

    Integrated Trailer Brake Controller

    We had to get a custom wire interface for our Tekonsha Prodigy controller for our tow-package Touareg. Not crazy about this as an after-market accessory, and having to lean down toward the footwell for manual actuation is less great. Would love to have this included as factory standard when...
  3. OIBScout

    [Terra] Bed tie down points

    As good as graded sit-flat bed plane D-rings are, I don’t dig having to try and work around items in the bed to get to such low tie-down points. Having points at least halfway up the bed walls, especially when the top of the bed walls are over 48” above ground level, make reaching in to...
  4. OIBScout

    Actual pricing

    It is EXTREMELY unlikely there will be EV incentives by the time Scouts roll off the line.
  5. OIBScout

    Driving Sounds

    As long as I can TURN THESE OFF. Tire tread noise, a bit of wind through the open top, and my music are the sounds I need.
  6. OIBScout

    Tesla Powerwall

    I believe that Tesla has transitioned to their own installers for things at the solar and Powerwall tiers.
  7. OIBScout

    Tesla Powerwall

    Link to image in text...
  8. OIBScout

    Tesla Powerwall

    Highly recommend driver side if Tesla (as you prefer to park in your garage or drive), or hold to install until we know where port will be on production Scouts.
  9. OIBScout

    Where are EV chargers needed

    There are lots of options for 30A campsite adapters for such charging. https://a.co/d/cLVjGX2
  10. OIBScout

    Tesla Powerwall

    This is our installation on a brick pier in the garage, about 60" AFF. Less than 14" wide, that pier you see. PVC flex conduit out the top to the top of our 200A main panel from about 10' away.
  11. OIBScout

    Lessons Learned on Range Anxiety

    I updated the breaker type we're using for our Level 2. It's Eaton, but I don't hold that against our EC. He hasn't let us down yet, LOL. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Eaton-Type-BR-60-Amp-2-Pole-Standard-Trip-Circuit-Breaker/1114115?idProductFound=false&idExtracted=false
  12. OIBScout

    Lessons Learned on Range Anxiety

    I'm in the commercial trades for advanced lighting controls, so would advise finding a residential contractor that does such small projects. They will do this for far less. You may be able to consolidate some other full size household circuits into tandems and free up some space for the...
  13. OIBScout

    Lessons Learned on Range Anxiety

    In North Carolina - and who knows what will happen to solar / EVs now - we used to have a credit for such installations. Maybe $1K for such. I don't know why people are paying $1300 to install a $420 charger. Unless you're penetrating walls to outside or running a long distance (you shouldn't...
  14. OIBScout

    Tesla Powerwall

    My brother has three Powerwalls installed with Tesla solar on the roof. Level 2 "Wall Charger" (50A max on two-pole 30A breaker). What do you need to know?
  15. OIBScout

    Manual Control of 4x4 system instead of silly GOAT like modes

    Great video. Land Rover came from front / center (selectable in cab) / rear differential on ladder frame design. They integrated TC and HDC as early as Freelander, and they are the benchmark. Of course, I've owned a half-dozen of them, and driven from Canada to Guatemala (much of this...
  16. OIBScout

    Terra- Remove LED trim light on Tailgate

    @Scout Motor Co it would be brilliant if your headlight, tail light, markers (LED boards / drivers for marker lighting) were easily accessible for owner replacement. Example (Failure): The headlight cluster DRL "eyebrows" on VW Touaregs are now failing, and VW is charging $1300 to replace the...
  17. OIBScout

    Lessons Learned on Range Anxiety

    We've used Tesla Destination Chargers at some hotels between Charlotte and Myrtle Beach. They were free to use for guests. Not sure how they were installed, but assuming they are on two-pole 20A or two-pole 30A breaker.
  18. OIBScout

    Lessons Learned on Range Anxiety

    We have Tesla Destination Charger (Level 2 "Wall Connector" this week), on an Eaton BR260 two-pole breaker, delivering the max 50A charging. It was $420 + $250 for the EC to install it within 10' of our main panel. Easy. https://shop.tesla.com/product/wall-connector
  19. OIBScout

    Harvester Talk: Q&A

    Has there been chatter that Harvester will be a Diesel platform?
  20. OIBScout

    Speculation Alert - possible Harvester Engine Choices

    It’s all fascinating, and clearly, there are some clever engineering people here. At the end of the day, if our suspicions and the realities of current technology proof out, Scout Harvester won’t be classifiable as an EV. PHEV perhaps. The important factors for many will be electric torque...
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