jhurkot
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I'm just about to go for a drive.
BC Hydro wants to raise EV charging fees
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Caper11
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Wonder how long a EV battery would last doing the amount of work I did from 9pm to 5am lastnight. Definitely relied on my gas truck for safety and warm up at below -50 with the wind chill.
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smokinD
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I also wonder how those heat pumps are fairing out at Blatchford or any other spot in Alberta that has those,
LUCKY 7
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how was your drive? How many kms?
I’m in Revelstoke , heat pump shut itself off yesterday and switched to auxiliary heat - the giant toaster in the basement $$$I also wonder how those heat pumps are fairing out at Blatchford or any other spot in Alberta that has those,
smokinD
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Can you elaborate on this a bit for me, why did it shut off etc.. aux heat huh?
Not intending to de-rail this thread either just want to know more about the above and how it factors into electricity grid.
When the heat pump is no longer efficient enough to meet the heating requirements it shuts down and switches to the alternate heat source that you have . In my case it’s an electric furnace . Overall we have been very happy with the heat pump after many years burning wood and oil. Revelstoke is a far cry from prairie weather though . We get a usual little stretch of cold then back to near zero temps and dumps of snow ( as you are well aware) This heat pump is a xp21 Lennox . There are even more efficient pumps available now .
4extreme
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Just curious, what temperature did your heat pump turn off?
sledneck__11
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Seen a guy driving his tesla in stoon today -38 and he was wearing a full balaclava inside his car lol either he stole it or was trying to save some battery life
jhurkot
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Good. I used an extra 50% of my normal energy. 110km. The heat pump had no problems at -35.
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Around -14 but it has been very windy also
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They were saying on 630 ched today 35-40% less.
jhurkot
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This is from yesterday (-32 to -35 and some wind)...
LennyR
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So does that read that it used 40 % of battery in 80 minutes driving at average speed of 70 km/h ??
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Truth Out West | Took my wife into work today for safety sakes | Facebook
Took my wife into work today for safety sakes. It’s -45 this morning. Saw a fellow sitting in his EV at a charging station. The businesses were still closed for him to stay warm and dawdle while...
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Truly bizarreTruth Out West | Took my wife into work today for safety sakes | Facebook
Took my wife into work today for safety sakes. It’s -45 this morning. Saw a fellow sitting in his EV at a charging station. The businesses were still closed for him to stay warm and dawdle while...
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And right there within that post that fella tells it like it is. I would rather ride the ski-doo to work/back then sit idle waiting for charges to happen. Rode ski-doo to work when i lived in Yellowknife and it always started even in -40 parked in parking lot.Truth Out West | Took my wife into work today for safety sakes | Facebook
Took my wife into work today for safety sakes. It’s -45 this morning. Saw a fellow sitting in his EV at a charging station. The businesses were still closed for him to stay warm and dawdle while...
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