Recent content by edcastrovalley

Regular unleaded by my house is $3.799. It's been going up a cent or two each day for about a month now.

Yep Regular went up 2 cents here too near my house. It was $3.25 for a long time. Now $3.27, not too bad.

My local station is down another 10 cents to $3.49 for regular unleaded. Gotta love winter. :)

Gas is $3.59 for regular near my house. A 10 cent drop from last week. Were definitely on winter blend now. :)

We have two 2007 Prius's (Prii) and you're right, they've been very reliable except for maybe the oil rings. These cars start burning oil sometime after 100K miles. The trick is to switch them from 5w30 to 10w30 oil which cuts oil consumption by quite a bit though not completely. I figured...

Gas eased down 10 cents to $3.69 near my house. Maybe it's time for winter blend fuel.

That's cool. Can you see the Milky Way at all from your area?

I like home built projects like this. :mrgreen: I bet it works well too. But since this forum is made up of mostly amateur UL inspectors, I'll try to save them some time: The electrical connections need to be in a rated asbestos enclosure. The heating element needs to be in an...

I was surprised to see $3.79 for regular unleaded. It was at a Chevron which is a nicer station. They did say in the news that gas prices are at a 4 year high.

California wants to raise the rebate from $2,500 to $4,500. Is it a rebate? I think they just send you a check.

I also manually monitor my charging but for safety I would add a one hour spring wound time switch in the cord of your charger. I'm sure it has saved me more than once and after I got used to how much time to set on the timer, I have learned to set the time for about an 80% charge which can...

Sounds like you had a wild time!

Too bad but thanks anyway! I remember when google was just starting up and their mantra was "do no evil". I guess that's starting to go by the wayside.

Sheesh, even if the Arctic King lasts only 2 cooling seasons you're still ahead. It's nice that it has a 5 star rating too. 8)

How about a used electric? I calculated my used 2012 i-miev I've had for 3 years is costing me $1750 annually with depreciation. Buying a set of tires for it about killed me but I faithfully included it in the cost. :mrgreen: