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Gregski wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 2:54 pm and here's where I decided to mount the charge port on this 1971 Chevy truck,

With where your charge port is, you can mess with any jerks whining about you can't park here. Just tell 'em that you're charging your 12v battery.

jrbe wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:03 pm With where your charge port is, you can mess with any jerks whining about you can't park here. Just tell 'em that you're charging your 12v battery.

I love technology, you literally saw me charge at a ChargePoint public station, yet here is my Charging Activity according to them, so yeah, convert to electric, cause charging is FREE

i just thought this was funny

so it literally took a month to get my gauges back from Inellitronix and I don't mean from the day I sent them but from the day they received them, October 2nd to today October 31st when they arrived on my door step


Yes it was FedEx, yes it was...


so turns out I had to buy a brand new Speedometer and a brand new Tachometer since my old ones were too old and not worth fixin'

Learn and Live I recon !

so now we were able to configure the Tachometer to display the tens digit so show something like 5430 instead of just 5400 type of thing, that's what this 8880 means

as well as go up to 9990 RPM instead of just 6000

today I got to charge at the wife's work (2 miles from our house) at a system called JuiceBox, you can't make this stuff up folks

Am I the only one who thinks this looks a bit like a Mars Station?

Is that a Thing for the Thing?

Only for J1772 EVs Tesla to J1772 Charging Adapter
Max 48 Amp & 250V
Compatible with Tesla High Powered Connectors, Destination Chargers, and Mobile Connectors
(Black)
AMAZON $40 bones

Tesla Superchargers - we can NOT use

so we ask, and hopefully answer the question, can anybody charge at a Tesla charging station here: Newb Asks: Can anybody just charge at a Tesla public station? but forgive me if we have some overlap among the threads

to answer this question we must level set, so first of all not all Tesla charger were created equal, I think most of us think of these types of see through beauties when we think of Tesla chargers

and rightly so, but these are not just chargers, these are SuperChargers, and they are NOT for us, non Tesla owners!

Tesla Destination Chargers - we can use

Besides Tesla Superchargers, Tesla owners can also take advantage of the company’s network of Destination Chargers. Destination Chargers are installed by Tesla’s ‘Charging Partners.’ pronounced "Hotels"

Charging Partners are usually business or land owners who choose to install a Tesla Wall Connector on their property for public use.

Destination Chargers have a slower charging speed than Superchargers. Depending on how much charge is left on your Tesla’s battery, a Destination Charge can take anywhere from one to 12 hours to fully charge your vehicle.

so armed with this new found knowledge NFK, we set out to find ourselves a hotel with a Tesla Destination Box

and I decided to do this the old fashion way and just drive around and explore the hotels in our area [yes I do have the Plug Share app, among 19 others]

first on the list was Hampton Inn Suites and it sure didn't pass muster, do better Hampton Inn do better

Wyndham Garden hotel was next, and these guys restrict their chargability to guests of the hotel only


and yes I did try: 182

the Element Hotel by Westin ... BINGO !

so with the new Speedometer and Tachometer installed it was time to tuck away all the loose wiring

Fun Level: 2

cab: no more wire mess

still needs a dash pad, but it's getting there


I need to replace the throttle pedal with one that hangs rather than being floor mounted before I put a floor matt in

You're slowly exiting the "slap shit together and see if it sticks" stage when things start getting put away properly and into their final place. Getting into your passenger seat no longer looks like a voyage to discover a forgotten temple in Cambodia. Hacking, slashing, shoving, stepping over everything.

MattsAwesomeStuff wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:25 pm You're slowly exiting the "slap shit together and see if it sticks" stage when things start getting put away properly and into their final place. Getting into your passenger seat no longer looks like a voyage to discover a forgotten temple in Cambodia. Hacking, slashing, shoving, stepping over everything.

Oh no mate, what happened?

• did you fry a chip on the VCU?

• is your inverter not starting again?

• I know, you welded closed another contactor in the safety box?

... wait what? your windshield wiper motor doesn't work!!!

Gregski wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:28 pm Oh no mate, what happened?

• did you fry a chip on the VCU?

• is your inverter not starting again?

• I know, you welded closed another contactor in the safety box?

... wait what? your windshield wiper motor doesn't work!!!


I dont wiper motors.jpg

Currently on four or five.

Alibro wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:28 pm Currently on four or five.

have you tried beatin' the crap out of it, I was not a believer but now I am !!!

is this a thing for the thing?

I only paid $109 for mine, I can't believe the price went up already in just a matter of 2 days


VEVOR Level 1+2 Portable EV Charger
16 Amp 120V or 240V
Electric Vehicle Charger with 28-Foot Charging Cable NEMA 6-20P Plug NEMA 5-15 Adapter
Plug-in Home EV Charging Station for SAE J1772 EVs

Gregski wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 4:30 pm have you tried beatin' the crap out of it, I was not a believer but now I am !!!

Yip! It works too but I wouldn't like to trust them for long.

so this is the Smart Life app this Vevor gizmotron comes with


Level 1 (aka 120 volts) Charging screen shot




Level 2 (aka 240 volts) Charging screen shot

a mandatory stare and compare, 1971 GMC vs 202? Tesla Truck

FYI (my truck is the one on the left)