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My wife, who only know about mains electrics from hearing me bitch, says the same exact thing. Over and over. Why cheap out to save $75 on a receptacle for a $100k car. Even stranger, some will not bat an eye for speeding $3000 to $6000 for magic goo ceramic coating but whine about $75...

Incredibly well written and spot on correct. You have learned well grasshopper. Having worked at Hubbell designing receptacles for AV and audio use, I learned that all receptacles start degrading from day one. It's a balance of convenience and careful observation. My designs always started...

@borski. The real problem is that HD, ebay and Amazon sell lots of parts that any idiot can buy, try to install improperly, watching a Youtube. I am so old I remember when Sawsalls were only sold to the trade. Now, any tom dick or harry can buy one and cut through his gas or power line. Can't...

I don't really blame Leviton. Scores of people burn down their homes every day in the US, undersized or improper use of extensions, over loading circuits. Denver Fire told me that almost all fires they handle now are electrical, except during Sunday afternoon Bronco games, and grill fires take...

We really are twin sons of different mothers.

Ah, young grasshopper, you will learn that nothing is obvious on this forum.

From what I remember, if the surfaces are hot enough, the powder bakes on. I kept a couple halon around when I raced mechanical injection Porsches, powder would destroy the engine. Halon just destroyed the ozone.

Better yet, we could sell them an OFFICAL LUCID FIRE EXTINGUSHER made for electrical fires. (a choice of carbon dioxide or powder - in colors to match their Lucids) I can buy them from Kidde or Grainger, put the Lucid name on them, and double the price. Isn't that how it works? (I still have...

@DeaneG , for the first time in recorded history, I have to disagree. As a lawyer and electrical engineer, the fact that you tell people they should check the receptacle yearly for a dangerous defect means there is an inherent problem you want to catch before a fire breaks out. What if the...

Notice on the cheap receptacle the cheap ass screws. Flat blade. They CANNOT be properly torqued. Sorry @Bunnylebowski, you Qmerit electrician was dead wrong. And I use the word dead on purpose.

Strongly disagree. Want to move the charger around? Just have junction boxes wired in appropriate locations. If you have a properly wired j box, a electrician can hardwire move the charger from one side to the other in minutes. Your insistence on convenience can be accomplished without the...

I had dinner with two other nationaly known electrical engineers. Siemens. Emerson. One consults for Tesla. They were astounded that people on our forum debate using receptacles and especially the cheap HD grade. Tesla as company policy implores users to only hardwire. And Tesla does not...

I realize not required, but commissions from inapp purccases?

But doesn't Apple and Google make money if you use their platform and subscribe to places like Tidal? In app purchases??

Hi @DreamTour I am sorta off point from your question. One point first, its not specifically the Pirelli 21's on our cars are damage prone, its that all extreme performance 35 ratio tires are prone to damaging easily, especially for heavy ass cars, like ours. Many year had the same issues on...

https://jalopnik.com/gm-drops-apple-carplay-android-auto-unsafe-phone-1851093013?utm_ OMG, GM is giving up on AA and we are still waiting. Actually, good article: its all about the $$ in data and GM hopes to NOW get TENS OF BILLIONS in subscription dollars and selling data. - money that was...

OMG, now THAT is amazing. heading out to check now, it's 32 out.

Or shortly after. TPMS gives rough numbers that may out may not be accurate, depending on its mood. The TPMS is just an under inflation warning device. The OPs tires are dangerously low.

Carfax will show when the vehicle was first purchased, sold be the same as the in-service date.

Mp3 I think, but why worry? It is going out of business. Just laid off 1400. Did you know it has never made any profit?