Looking Mains Voltage In The Eye And Surviving | 25 Amp Circuit Breaker

No, that’s not a typo in the fact box up top. I drove the Niro PHEV a total of 253.2 miles, and topped off the tank with 3.107 gallons of regular unleaded. 81.4934 miles to the gallon very nearly doubles the mileage I observed last year in the standard Niro. 26 miles of all-electric range makes a serious difference — there were many days where the gasoline engine never fired.

HDR is a feature that’s easy to over-use, as it can quickly over-flatten the contrast of an image, resulting in a dull, lifeless photo. On the other hand, there are times when nothing else will do. I’ve shot a lot of landscape images over the years where I’ve really wished I had it; situations where there was bright sky and deep shadows, or a bright rockface but also interesting detail I wanted to capture that was in the shade. With an auto-HDR option, I often find myself trying it, but also shooting a normally exposed shot as well. I more often like the normal shot, but sometimes the HDR one is the keeper. (I really wish there were an option to have the camera capture three shots; a normally-exposed one and the the high/low exposure pair it uses to build the HDR image from. It’d be handy to be able to shoot a normal image, with the HDR shot as backup.)

You need to factor in the kWh you used within the week (along with the cost per kWh). This will give people a better idea of actual cost to power this vehicle 253 miles.

This is an important enough point that I felt it deserved its own heading: High speed shooting isn’t just about sports photography; it’s about capturing the perfect moment, regardless of how fast the subject is moving. This is a point I’ve been making since I first tested a prototype of the Casio FH20 a couple of years ago: The difference between the perfect moment of blowing out the birthday candles and one that’s a near miss can be a small fraction of a second. When shooting candids of people chatting and interacting, facial expressions and mouth positions change in literally the blink of an eye. A camera that shoots at 7 frames per second vs. one that only manages 3 frames per second can mean the difference between dozens of "keepers" and just a few.

With the nation’s network of public electric vehicle charging facilities still relatively thin, most EV owners charge their rides at home. This can be as easy to accomplish as plugging the car into a wall outlet or as complex as having solar panels installed to replenish an EV’s battery.

In reviewing my experience with the Sony A55 and A33, it’s interesting to find so many of my notes and so much of my attention directed to the viewfinder display. Were I not already so familiar with Sony’s multi-shot exposure technology, the camera’s multi-shot features would doubtless have commanded more of my attention, as they’re worthy features indeed. That said, though, the viewfinder turned out to be absolutely integral to my experience with the camera.

L2 is absolutely useful in cold climate, specially when you don’t have a heated garage. Because a very minimalistic L1 level won’t be able to charge much while also having to keep the battery at a functional temperature, more less to preheat the car or the battery at optimal temperature.

No, Britlish, which is some modern bastard concoction. It’s well known that we in the colonies (American, that is) speak English that’s closer to the “original” than what the British warp the air with.

I often say this, and I will say it again: just because a thing is often done poorly, foolishly or dangerously does not in and of itself preclude it from being done properly.

I find it fascinating how the difference has also impacted the very different “styles” of electrical standards, construction, equipment, etc…the US has had to worry about thermal issues in different ways because of the lower voltage, but that also extended to higher voltage equipment as well, and an overall concern regarding fire (particularly in non-residential installations) when at the same time, we had a lot more natural resources piled around so in the US, we focus heavily on metallic enclosure and grounding (and the fact that our neutrals are meaningful when most Euro outlets are non-polar). At the same time, engineers were far more plentiful (and far less expensive) in postwar Europe than in the US, and the electrician:engineer ratio was very different. Likewise, that’s why NEMA and IEC in many ways are so different (NEMA is overbuilt, maintainable, easily specified but expensive and not particularly precise in application, meant for an electrician to be able to come up with the right contactor, etc.) whereas IEC stuff is more resource- and space-efficient but requires specification. Double-insulation is instead the focus in Europe, which doesn’t need any more metal to accomplish.

253V above. The 3% voltage reduction equalled 5% of the load and 6% voltage reduction 10% of the load I seem to remember. Over 15 years ago.

Being able to “let go” doesn’t help when your insides are burnt and your heart has ceased meaningful function.