I share our family adventures, plus I review the technology that enables and powers it. At home most everything we do is powered by our grid-tied rooftop solar panels and I make update videos on our solar system performance. I also review the maintenance of my electric vehicles (2015 Tesla Model S 85D & 2013 Nissan LEAF) as well as the performance of our all electric 2019 Lance 2185 travel trailer. On trips and around home we love playing with ebikes either in our neighborhood or in the nearby mountains and we show how well they're working for us just like everything else.
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Easy to strap a canoe on your truck and go for a leasurely drive, but what happens to the boat when you're going 70 mph and a deer jumps out in the road? I'd like to see what happens, please do a simulated panic stop and post the results.
Assuming they installed a SolarEdge inverter then it's technologically possible. Keep in mind your inverter needs to be connected to the internet and the "free" cellular connection only lasts for I think 5 years. In my case I installed an ethernet cable directly to the inverter so it's never used cellular or wifi and is still working fine for free with that hard wired internet connection to it. I have some neighbors who have lost their online reporting functionality because their solar installer installed the inverter with the cellular antenna which stopped working at 5 years because they didn't want to pay for it. I recommend asking your solar installer, or perhaps lookup the details of your inverter and call SolarEdge directly to see what your options are.
True, there's a variety of options for varied amount of money. The main premise behind this tent is to tie into your Teslas already existing HVAC system, with somewhat limited results in my testing. One cheaper source I found for the Ecoflow Wave 2 portable AC was $679 (normally $899 us.ecoflow.com/products/wave-2-portable-air-conditioner?variant=40559182413897&g_campaign_id=20272587032&g_adgroup_id=150606957295&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwmOm3BhC8ARIsAOSbapVmoTXMiyql4Raf0k70eM3vuenPH-LBuECgec9tNF8Fcg93e7g7wr0aApE6EALw_wcB ) which is double the price of the AC tent, and you'd still need to go buy a tent. Camping directly inside a Tesla works fantastically well and I love that, but if I can't do that because I have my whole family with me my preferred method in a tent would likely be something like the Ecoflow Wave 2 over the AC Tent ignoring cost differences. That being said I'm purely basing that off of the general idea of it, I have no personal experience with Ecoflow products. Perhaps in the future I'll have more experience, but not at this point.
True, except for the sides and below the rear bumper which is plastic which is where a large portion of air can get in. The main issue in my opinion is that a tent is just fabric and has zero insulation. Any temperature difference between inside and outside is going to be inefficient and difficult to maintain. Humidity reduction was surprisingly effective however.
Hey man, nice video! What a team! I have only one girl - imagine 3 girls plus 1 boy 😂 Oh, it is a shame they used a Raft, even though it has a probe 🤷♂️ Anyway, they will have lots of fun. The challenge now is teach them to use a slicer.
Thanks! I've found I can load their designs into their software and remove the raft option, then re-save it on the card and so far they've printed fine without the raft. I've shown my oldest how to use the slicer, but it'll take a couple more times before she's comfortable with how to do it. The bigger thing I need to figure out is how to make my own designs from scratch so I can show them how to do the same.
Thanks for the info. I am looking to add something like this to my M3 in the next few months. I am curious to know if this will work with BT headphones so the kids can watch movies/play games in the back and we can listen to music up front. Maybe the BT headphones would have less audio lag.
I just successfully paired some bluetooth headphones to the rear display, but when I watched a movie the sound didn't come over the headphones. I'm not sure why. I looked through the settings and couldn't find any reason why. I've previously paired it with the Model Y stereo to be able to listen to audio from the screen but there is a 1 second delay. Just thought I'd let you know, you may have different success, I don't know.
I would recommend doing a battery capacity test in the service menu to see what the actual battery capacity is. Rated miles isn't a very accurate metric to go off of. Alternatively there is a tool call "scan my Tesla" that can be very helpful to determine health of the battery.
I just purchased a 2015 Model S with 80k. babied , garaged and owned by a Doctor. I have been driving Porsches for the last 20 years. This is a great car and I love it 100%
Nice antenna!! Thank you for sharing. Please have the welds inspected on the mounting systems. I saw several areas that appear to be cracked. I would hate for anything to happen to your antenna. 7-3.
Congratulations, on the great family outing Girls seem to fall on the choice of trail. Happy that everyone had a fabulous time, family bonding at it's finest. i sincerely do love these family video's. YOU certainly do have a caring attitude towards everyone.That always leaves a warm fuzzy feeling for me.
Yes we had a great time, and I'm glad you like these types of videos! The product review videos get way more views, but I certainly don't want to turn into just a product review channel. I will continue to make adventure videos even though they take way more effort to edit.
@@ElectricTechAdventures Thanks, Please don't get me wrong, as I watch all those other video's too; You are a good product reviewer as well. I am a fan and do want to make as much of life as I can.Wish you the best life has to offer as what you do does matter "Joy is in the ears that Hear" a quote from my favorite author...
Our Model S at 130k miles while Supercharging peaked at 130 kW, but more quickly declined in charge speed than when it had 63k miles on it (when we purchased it). We have never charged any of our electric vehicles from zero to 100% in one session, so asking how long it takes to charge requires more qualifications to be able to answer. For instance are you charging at a Supercharger, or a level 1 or 2 charger? Unlike gas vehicles, there is far more variance on "refueling" an electric car because there are so many more options that vary greatly in capacity. At a Supercharger we typically strive to arrive at 10% and only charge long enough to get to the next supercharger that is about 150 miles away give or take. We've stopped taking our S on road trips after we transferred our free supercharging from it to our Model Y, but the last road trip we took in the S were generally taking about half an hour to charge but that varied depending on if we were at a V2 vs V3 supercharger, or more specifically if at a V2 and someone plugged into the other side of the circuit. I wish I could give you a straightforward simple answer, but I'm afraid that doesn't really exist in the topic of charging electric vehicles. In our Model Y at a V3 supercharger we typically charge 10-15 minutes. At times in the past we've arrived at a low state of charge somewhere remote where we were planning to be there for a couple days and we left the car charging from a standard 15 amp 120 volt household power outlet and the car took over 2 days to charge 70%. Like I said, immense variance. Here's the video where we charged for several days ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q2f7PJJO208.htmlsi=x-J1oE_jxDGJfOD9&t=2151 and I have many other road trip videos on my channel in both our S and Y showing charge speeds at a supercharger when we're going from charger to charger throughout the day.
@@joshuatinkham3703 I could see that percentage range taking 45 minutes. I recommend arriving at 10% instead of 20%. For a long time our S was more like 30 minutes for that much range, but it was starting to creep up to 45 minutes which was one of my main motivating factors for getting our Model Y because the updated battery tech charging up to 250 kW is a significant improvement. Our typical average charge speed over an entire supercharcharger session (not going over 70% usually) is greater than 100 kW which is way higher than our S at it's current older age.
Excluding the first time when you're still figuring it out for the first time and if you are doing it alone it probably takes 15 minutes? If you have a person helping you and you know what you're doing it could probably be in as little as 5 minutes if you are intentional about setting it up relatively quickly. The most difficult part is getting the main pole structure set up and then all of the tent clipped to it.
This is awesome! I like the take on practicality vs. quality of life upgrades. Much of which I agree with. Even when we are charging, we are out walking and don't need the added bits.
@@patrickshuman3586 Thanks for your feedback! I have found that the majority of the comments on this video are people saying that it is absolutely worth the money for the upgrade and they don't seem to recognize the cost of the upgrade. Obviously if money is no object then the MCU2 upgrade is better than MCU1. And my point is that the price of the upgrade is not really justified by the additional responsiveness and functionality. In our case we were forced into the upgrade because MCU won was no longer navigating. If we still had a fully functioning MC1 I would not buy MCU2, and would instead wait until MCU1 stops working.
While not as bad as a boat, all cars are money pits. That's why you fix them yourself. How did men become so incapable? Every man I knew as a child could fix things. Now its like you have a super power if you don't say literally every 3rd word and can understand simple systems. EV's are no different than ICE engines. Even easier. Tesla GIVES you the service manuals, and there are tons of videos right here showing how things work. If people could get their wife to let them learn, they would find its not that bad.
When my cars are in warranty I always have the company do the work. When out of warranty I do the work if I possibly can. The same applies to gas or electric vehicles. I too have been appalled by the lack of willingness by the vast majority of my peers to DIY most things.
@@jbr555s I could. Even if you do that it's still a good idea to have the panels close to the bottom edge of the roof. I have found that the snow slides off within hours once the sun comes out, so no need to bother with heat tape.
Thanks for pointing that out. I'm not sure if they used to and removed that option or if I just confused it with a different product since most accessories work for both the 3 and the Y. My guess in this case why there isn't a Model 3 version is the power comes from the tail gate of the Model Y which the Model 3 doesn't have. I've updated the thumbnail and description removing the Model 3 reference.
@@airheadusmc3821 Tesla has written into their software that the car won't drive while charging. I know if one person who has figured out how to bypass that and charge from a trailer battery while driving so it is technically possible somehow.
@ElectricTechAdventures I would have figured. Maybe when stopped in bumper to bumper traffic, then it can disengage and let the tesla charge. Oh well the future is coming even though the economy is in economic turmoil
@@airheadusmc3821 given enough time I think it will become at least moderately common for energy transfer between tow vehicle and trailer while in motion in the future.
my first printer is an ender 3 v2 i got from my uncle , since he upgraded to an A1. it works pretty well with textured pei and i can print at 70mm/s with decent quality.
@@ArcticBuck wow so while towing you're getting a third of its original stated rated range. I know that range is highly affected by the speed that you're driving. At what speed are you typically driving?
I wish you would have done the same test but without charging an electric car. I'm trying to determine how hot my system will be but I would never be putting it through a torture test like this. You're using more electricity in your camper than I ever have at home.
My reasoning for using an EV was to max out the system and show the worst case scenario. Depending on the amount of energy you're pulling less than this there will be varying degrees of heat build up, but the system will handle it no problem. I had naysayers before I built my system saying it would get too hot all being close together under the couch but they were wrong. Zero problems with heat. Even with the inverters on their side. The people that struggle with heat have their systems in closed compartments without hardly any air to exchange heat with. In my case the equipment has all the air in the entire trailer to exchange heat with and there's no problems with hot devices.
@@ElectricTechAdventures My system is much smaller. 2k inverter with 400w of solar. The entire thing will be under the bed in an enclosure but I intend to have a push/pull fan triggered by the Cerbo GX to maintain good airflow. I just didn't want to turn the inside of the tiny house into an oven. I'm going to guess by your test that my system's heat is going to be negligible.
@@PossumsTophat I agree that your heat will be negligible. Mine is negligible. On a fully sunny day when my charge controllers are maxed out and my inverters are too sending that energy to my Tesla the inside temperature of the trailer is warmer than outside ambient, but not by a lot and I think most of the heat is from the sun shining on the side of the trailer. I left space on top of my inverters to be able to install cooling fans if needed, but I haven't needed to.
20 mbps upload while im motion?😮 Wow people won't understand how crazy this is. This tiny device is sending 20 mbps worth of strong signal to a satellite 500+ km away.
20 mbps upload while im motion?😮 Wow people won't understand how crazy this is. This tiny device is sending 20 mbps worth of strong signal to a satellite 500+ km away.
20 mbps upload while im motion?😮 Wow people won't understand how crazy this is. This tiny device is sending 20 mbps worth of strong signal to a satellite 500+ km away.
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@@ElectricTechAdventuresI wear tin foil everywhere I go .I live in the woods... lol I'm only asking because if you read the warning labels about the dishes it says something about being in front/near the dish. Not saying it's bad but probably not like eating an apple either lol.
Would be interesting to see the Mega 2 with 2 solar panels. Having one fully charged as a tap up on a Tesla to get you to a charging station to get a full charge. I'm thinking of getting a Mega 2 with 2 solar panels in the near future.
@@rgruenhaus is it certainly doable that a couple of miles could be added to my model Y from the Mega 2. There are efficiency losses so maybe 1.5 kWhs are going to get into the car battery which would equate to potentially roughly 6 mi of range? Then if you have two solar panels feeding into it that are maybe 500 Watts total then given enough time you could even fully recharge the Tesla but it would take a lot of time...like weeks.
Finally had a chance to watch the entire video i love the dad correction moments along the way those are the details youtubers fail to input in videos when every moment of life isnt fun nor happy. The corrections im speaking about are the moving of the childs hands from the speed of bike. Those moments are the difference of the faker youtube channels vs the rising RU-vidr whos out to make content but also enjoy life
Yep, the family adventure videos are just us out having adventures together and sharing it with all of you. No scripting and I try to keep it as real as possible, although there are times I re-record a clip when there's extra distracting noise in the background from the kids.
This was the perfect balance of product reviews while not actually taking away from the family orientation of the channel love the update you should do more reviews like this but o understand not all product suppliers will be ok with it but they should as im more likely to buy a few products you reviewed just now
Thanks for the feedback. Virtually all companies ask that I make a dedicated review video, but if the product value is too low for me to justify the time it takes I offer them an integrated review video like what you saw in this video and some take me up on that offer. I've done it in a couple other videos too, but most of them are still in my editing backlog so you haven't seen them yet. The dedicated review videos are easier to create compared to all the video I edit through for family adventure videos. I'm working hard on getting caught up on all my videos so you can see them sooner than later!
It appears as though you were able to get the panels completely flush (frame edge to frame edge). Was this only possible and accessible to the nuts and bolts because you installed it lifted above the base strut channel that's bolted to the roof? Not sure if my question makes sense, but I need to do something similar (flush) in order to fit all my panels but don't plan on installing it lifted. Would greatly appreciate your insight on that particular point.
Typical solar panel clamps meant to go between solar panels (and thus called mid clamps) are half inch thick, which in my case added up to 2 inches between the 5 panels and I was trying to minimize rear overhang as much as possible. By bolting the lower inside flange of the solar panels to the unistrut I was able to secure them without a mid-clamp and one could argue my method is safer since it's a bolt through a hole instead of a clamp pinching the panels down. Would it be possible to bolt them down flat to a roof? I imagine it's possible, but probably not as simple as mine being lifted and thus giving me easy access to the underside of the panels. Perhaps you can run a piece of unistrut along under the panels so as to only lift them an inch or two, but still give you something to bolt them to? Or perhaps unistrut run between the panels that you can bolt the panels to, but it runs out the sides to give you access to bolt it to the roof or something? I hope you're able to figure out a solution!
@@ElectricTechAdventures Could you speak at all to the type of fastener or screw you used going from the base strut channel directly ontop of the roof? I was thinking of going with a zinc coated #10 or #12 about 1.5" length.
The base strut channel is glued to the roof with VHB tape. No screws. The front is reinforced with four cables going to the luggage rails. All of that is outlined in the video. I also have some reinforcement in the back with the ladder. We have camped in very windy areas and we have driven thousands of miles on the road over two and a half years with no problems and no adjustments or changes to the mounting that is outlined in this video.
