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Not a bad thing, you will be able to charge with 120 or 240 volts.

You are good to go, I spend a lot of time at 30 amp parks and at home with only a 30 amp plug, so needed 110 volt charging ability.

Good idea, don't forget the charging side, I also have a 21 kw leaf battery and it is not as much as it seems, You probably will need to charge sometimes, and you will need a 220 volt power source for the inverter/charger. If you only have a 110 volt generator or camped at 30 amp service, you will be out of luck.

You will have to explain how you will get 120 volts off an inverter that has only 230 volt output, and you will still need 230 input if you want to use it as a charger. I see it has two legs and neutral ac outputs, but would assume it would state 120 volt output if it was capable of it. The Magnum does advertise it is a 240/120 volt inverter, Not sure why the Multiplus two only claims 230 volt output. https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/Datasheet-MultiPlus-II-inverter-charger-EN.pdf

10 watts is not much load when you look at the big picture, 1/4 amp at 240 volts. So you will not have any 120 volt loads? Will you always have a 220 volt source for the Multiplus 2 charger incase your solar cannot keep up and you need to charge the batteries? My Magnum is setup for 110 volt charging from a portable generator if solar doesn't do it.Looks like the Multplus two uses 18 watts in idle conditions. https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/MultiPlus-II-to-MultiGrid-and-MultiPlus-comparison-EN.pdf

Looks like 4000 watt max output and 230 volts only. Charger side also needs at least 187 volts to charge. Magnum 4448 output both 120 and 240 volts at 4400 watts total and can charge from the 120 volt source. Not sure what you mean by using half the wattage to operate.

Agree, I have a signal meter on my phone and it shows little gain 3 ft or more away from the indoor "candy bar" antenna. I also place my phone or mifi directly on top of the antenna.

Probably not in many MDT's now, but maybe someone knows about the DD MBE 900 engine put in some Freightliner box trucks back in the early/mid 2000's. The one I am looking at is in a Dynamax 26 footer. It was 6.4 liter in those days, now is 7.2. Any good or bad comments appreciated.

The Model 3 tesla rear seats fold fwd and you have about 6'6" of lay down space, then you put it in "camp" mode to have ac or heat all night. https://electrek.co/2019/12/23/tesla-camp-mode/#:~:text=

You are right, must be in the right situation. I drove diesel pickups for years because of my work schedule, and an ev would not have worked. I am retired now and unless out in the the RV, generally drive less than 50 miles at day. Works fine as I charge from solar and batteries at the house. Can't really compare a Hyundai EV to a Tesla. Tesla has its own dedicated charging system that only caters only to Tesla cars and not other EV's. There is over 16000 supercharger stations across the US, that can charge your Tesla battery in 1/2 hour or less. Other EV's must rely on different commercial stations that often have high rates and low charging speeds. BTW Many Tesla's have an adapter that allow them to use a commercial station in an emergency, but only Tesla's can charge at Superchargers. Before I got my solar setup, charged off the grid, just plugged my car's charging cord in my RV outlet at the house. https://www.tesla.com/supercharger

Not RV, but from experience on my Model 3 in Galveston area, looks like about 1 to 2 miles for every hour it is on. This is in high 80's weather. Hard to be specific, as your go pedal makes the biggest difference.

Actually, timed it today, must apply slight pressure, or press one button, every 25 to 30 seconds. You only have to put your hands on the wheel then. As of now, it is not really autopilot, it is more like adaptive cruise control and lane keeping ability, with sensors to warn you of any cars around you if you want to make a lane change', which it will do automatically if safe, when you use your turn signal. Many cars on the market today have similar capabilities. Tesla has equipped all their newer cars with all the sensors necessary to take advantage of full self driving, when the software and legal issues are resolved, and will be able to do an OTA software update to implement it.

They have pretty good over the phone tech support. https://www.silverleafelectronics.com/

The Tesla's with 2.5 and up have 8 cameras, 12 ultrasonic sensors, and one fwd reading radar. From their announcements, the 3.0 computer can utilize all these for Full Self Driving. Trouble is now, writing the program, and getting government approval to implement it. If you enter a location, and go to auto pilot, the car will auto pilot on the highway and ever get off at the proper exit, but after that AP will shut off, and you will only get voice prompts. It can read stoplights and signs and shows them on the screen with 3.0, but does not react to them yet, other than a warning if you closing in too fast.

Actually Tesla has produced 3 computers, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0. The 3.0 is necessary for full self driving when the software is completed and legal. For those that paid for FSD with the 2.5, Tesla is installing the 3.0 in those cars for free. All the newer cars come with the 3.0. The 3.0 computer allows better visualizations than the 2.5, but until the new FSD software comes out, no FSD on either computer. As Derek said, If you have a 3.0 computer, all you need to do is pay Tesla and get the software update. For me, a 2018 model, I have to get the updated computer first. I am on the list somewhere, We are all Tesla Beta testers. They have recorded billions on miles on Tesla's over the years, analyze the data, and make OTA updates for corrections. My car used to have problems lane tracking when I first got it, especially when the line ended, like with an off ramp, but have had 5 or 6 updates since then, and now the car has no trouble with off ramps. Some of OTA updates, are not really OTA, because of the size of some of them, wifi is necessary. Maybe the driver in the accident never got an update, but Tesla makes it very clear, that the driver needs to pay attention at all times.

Yes, on my Tesla, if you don't turn the wheel slightly, or adjust one of the buttons on the wheel, every 10 seconds or so, screen will flash blue, alarm will sound, and auto pilot will disconnect. Sounds like my boy, when playing video games, the house could fall down around him and he would not notice it.

The Tesla will auto detect input voltage and if it above or below a certain range, it will disconnect. The fifty amp circuit should supply 50 amps at 240 volts, or 100 amps of 120 volt power on two legs or a combination of the two, up to 12000 watts. You can charge a Tesla at 10 amps at 120 volts, [1200 watts] about the same as a small microwave. Not very quickly, you can replenish about 48 miles of driving in 12 hours. Fine if you have a short commute to work.

They don't advertise it, but Coach Net has a $99 plan that only covers the motorhome, not trailers or towd"s My toad has its own towing insurance so not a big deal for me. You have to call them to get it.

Good points Derek, I traded in my Porsche on my Tesla, because I considered the Tesla the superior car. No other reasons. Of course, filling it up in my garage with free solar power is only icing on the cake.. Figure savings in gas, will pay off my solar system in 5 years, after that tires, windshield fluid and wiper blades will be my only expenses. And I put Musk in the same category as Nikola Tesla. Jim

Appears no federal tax rebates for Tesla anymore. https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastianblanco/2019/11/30/tesla-warns-federal-tax-credit-expiring-in-5-weeks/#6557e7621aeb However I did get the 30% tax incentive on the solar system I installed on the S&B to charge my Tesla.

I have the Winegard Razor automatic, not as good as a batwing, but automatic seeking and don't have to worry about catching it in a tree. One wire. I am about 40 miles from Houston and get about 80% of the stations the batwing did. https://winegard.com/products/hdtv-digital-antennas/vhf-uhf-antennas/rayzar/rayzar-automatic-white

I went to the VA after being out of the service for 20 years, just to get into the system. The advisor asked if I had any service related injuries. I said I didn't think so, and he asked what I did in the service and I said I worked in the engine room. He set me up with a hearing test. After the test the VA gave me 10% disability. Not much, about $140 a month, but I am in the system and have used it several times. They treated me for Hep C when the cure first came out, and charged me $8 for the $80000 treatment.

When Tesla announced the Cybertruck the stock fell to $333 because the naysayers said it would never sell, [now 250000+ preorders] I should have bought. Today Tesla finally reported a profit last quarter and aftermarket trading today was $648. I can believe $800 in the future.

Porsche has had them for years. {PDK] Because one clutch engages before the other one disengages, the PDK automatic is actually faster in the 1/4 mile than the 6 speed manual.