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General Discussion / Happy International Women's Day, lady zoners!
« Last post by LaPerouseBay on March 08, 2024, 07:28:47 PM »
Here's one of the many women screwed over by Leah Thomas. 
(it's ongoing and about to get worse for our young ladies, when the new Title 9 goes thru.)

Riley tells the story from poolside, locker room, threats from her school etc.     


https://youtu.be/q-kinevyxJg?si=nIDl7PV1n6hUFrOt&t=3014
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Random / Re: Vision Pro
« Last post by Admin on March 08, 2024, 04:45:53 AM »
Rivian R2 looks really good to my eyes.  Smart price and solid spec, and a bit less than expected starting at $45K before tax breaks.  The R3 is pretty sweet as well (for less, although later).  Both should smell great.

https://youtu.be/k0Gt_PUyldc
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Random / Re: Vision Pro
« Last post by PonoBill on March 06, 2024, 11:00:24 PM »
Ask anyone who shuttles with me, smell is critical in a vehicle.
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Random / Re: Vision Pro
« Last post by Admin on March 06, 2024, 10:15:55 AM »
The front end on this bike is really cool.  it is super active and it requires a lot of hip and torso to keep centered. It uses a Ride Engine kite harness and you need to clamp that thing down snug to make it all work.  I am loving it so far. 

On the Rivian side I'm interested to see what they introduce today.  supposed to be a lower priced crossover to compete with the Y.  Also interesting to hear the Internet go nuts over Apple purchase rumors. 

We are still completely completely stoked with our truck, but we really don't need a truck anymore so we'll probably sell that one and pick up the (full sized, 4 motor) SUV. That looks beautiful as well, and it will smell very new.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ThkbKAebkm4?feature=share

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Travel, Trips, Destinations / Re: Cabarete in April
« Last post by jpeter on March 06, 2024, 09:01:42 AM »
Water is shallow reef in front of Velaro.
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Travel, Trips, Destinations / Re: Cabarete in April
« Last post by Caribsurf on March 06, 2024, 06:47:42 AM »
Check out Liquid Blue Cabarete..they offer rentals, lessons and have a ton of interesting videos on YouTube.  I am sure they arrange or can recommend accommodation as well...
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Travel, Trips, Destinations / Re: Cabarete in April
« Last post by cnski on March 06, 2024, 06:23:36 AM »
Cool thanks! Is the water deeper there better for foiling?
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Travel, Trips, Destinations / Re: Cabarete in April
« Last post by jpeter on March 06, 2024, 06:17:41 AM »
The Velaro beach resort I stayed at was nice.  It's at the east end of the Cabarete beach.  Short walk to where the ION rentals were. 
Jay
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Travel, Trips, Destinations / Re: Cabarete in April
« Last post by cnski on March 06, 2024, 06:05:02 AM »
Any recommendations on where to stay for a wing foil vacation in Cabarete? Never been and thinking of going this spring. Thx!!
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Random / Re: Wacky PV stuff
« Last post by jondrums on March 05, 2024, 10:34:15 PM »
as far as batteries go, if you aren't wanting to hack into a electric vehicle battery, I think the best bet are putting together a pack from Lithium Ion Iron Phosphate primatic cells.

I have a bunch of these and they are excellent, good life, low cost.
https://www.evlithium.com/hot-lithium-battery/eve-lf230-230ah-lifepo4-cell.html

You'll need a Battery Management System.  I have experience with Daly, which are pretty easy to wire up and configure
https://www.dalybms.com/smart-lifepo4-bms/

Decide how much energy you want to store, and how much peak power you want to be able to source to your home.  You'll need an inverter/charger rated appropriately for the panel voltage.  And that will steer you in the right direction of number of cells in series/parallel for the battery.

Here is one example for a small system 1400W solar, 48V battery, 5kW AC inverter.  I don't have direct experience on this one.
https://www.amazon.com/Inverter-Charger-Controller-Lithium-Batteries/dp/B096B7JQVH?th=1

Go down the youtube rabbit hole on this stuff and there is a ton to learn about putting together a battery pack, inverters, mppt solar charger, etc.
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