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Re: VIP Program from Felder

 

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Not sure if you would be interested in picking up from Dallas. If so call your rep and tell him that. You shoukd be place your order via phone and take advantage of the 10% (i hope).

Imran

On Dec 31, 2020, at 2:06 PM, Larry <larry@...> wrote:

?I had hemmed and hawed about buying a FAT 300 and decided I would order it today. Got most of the way through the process and was ready to order until I noticed that it was going to cost $500 to ship it. My 800# lathe was just a little more than that and it was shipped from Wisconsin...my guess is that the FAT 300 will be shipped from Dallas (I live in the Houston area).?


Re: VIP Program from Felder

 

Since I've had my fat 300,and the salesman had to talk me into it, I've been overjoyed at what it does for you from taking the outrigger off, or sheets of ply off the back of a pickup right up to the saw. Awesome machine whatever the cost.

Bill B¨¦langer

On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 12:05 PM Larry <larry@...> wrote:
I had hemmed and hawed about buying a FAT 300 and decided I would order it today. Got most of the way through the process and was ready to order until I noticed that it was going to cost $500 to ship it. My 800# lathe was just a little more than that and it was shipped from Wisconsin...my guess is that the FAT 300 will be shipped from Dallas (I live in the Houston area).?


Re: VIP Program from Felder

 

road trip
Dave

On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 1:06 PM Larry <larry@...> wrote:
I had hemmed and hawed about buying a FAT 300 and decided I would order it today. Got most of the way through the process and was ready to order until I noticed that it was going to cost $500 to ship it. My 800# lathe was just a little more than that and it was shipped from Wisconsin...my guess is that the FAT 300 will be shipped from Dallas (I live in the Houston area).?



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Dave & Marie Davies

318-219-7868


Re: VIP Program from Felder

 

I had hemmed and hawed about buying a FAT 300 and decided I would order it today. Got most of the way through the process and was ready to order until I noticed that it was going to cost $500 to ship it. My 800# lathe was just a little more than that and it was shipped from Wisconsin...my guess is that the FAT 300 will be shipped from Dallas (I live in the Houston area).?


Re: Dealing with woodworking machine companies - Harvey

 

to add to that drift, Cliff, I love it that GM went to stainless steel exhaust system back in 90s. My first car in USA was a new 1984 Toyota Celica. I drove short distances so muffler lasted maybe 3yrs. I had it replaced by Midas with life time warranty and definitely got my money¡¯s worth as I was probably on the 3rd or 4th muffler. Some pipe and hangers were replaced as well in the 14 yrs i had the car. Since then i have had 4 GM vehicles and none needed anything replaced on the exhaust. Owned S10 truck for 12 yrs and 03¡¯ & ¡®09 avalanches are still going ?

Imran

On Dec 31, 2020, at 12:53 PM, Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq. <rohrabacher@...> wrote:

?
On 12/30/20 10:19 PM, TJ Cornish wrote:
whole point of an electric car is efficiency. If the charger
manufacturer spent $.02 more and put lugs capable of the right size
wire, this would all be so much easier.

HHAHAHAHA I remember in the s FORD did a survey on the cost to
produce a stainless steel exhaust. They concluded that it'd be
something like $120 more at retail to do so and nixed the idea.

Car manufacturers will kill to save a nickel.


Re: Dealing with woodworking machine companies - Harvey

Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq.
 

On 12/30/20 10:19 PM, TJ Cornish wrote:
whole point of an electric car is efficiency. If the charger
manufacturer spent $.02 more and put lugs capable of the right size
wire, this would all be so much easier.

HHAHAHAHA? I remember in the s FORD? did a survey? on the cost to
produce a stainless steel exhaust.? They concluded that it'd be
something like? $120 more at retail to do so and nixed the idea.

Car manufacturers will kill to save a nickel.


Re: Dealing with woodworking machine companies - Harvey

Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq.
 

On 12/30/20 8:00 PM, Robert Johnson wrote:
I say nice things about Harvey and the thread immediately circles back
to the frustration with Felder?

In this forum? I have observed that? Topic Nazis tend not to rule the
day.? Topics drift all the hell over the place.? It's people, what do ya
expect?


Re: Dealing with woodworking machine companies - Harvey

Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq.
 

On 12/30/20 7:20 PM, James Zhu wrote:
I guess Felder manual was written for a 3 phase machine in Europe.

Quite possibly? but not the sort of error? in documentation one expects
from the Germans


Re: Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

 

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Tip speed is most critical.? Feed speed can compensate for fast tip speed but not slow.? Number of flutes helps the cuts per inch but doesn't help when the tip speed slow other than potentially having each flute take less cut.? My experience with the 15K limit on the Felder is that core box and cove bits give me the most problem as speed is slow and a fair amount of stock needs to be removed.? I run those bits at 23K but most others seem to work at the 15K range.? Dave


From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...>
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2020 12:21 PM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111
?

Hi Joe,

?

I did not post because I did not think I good useable info but here it is anyways.

?

I choose b=100 because it has lines for the smallest cutter dia on all 4 plots. So I replotted b=100 lines from 4 diff graphs onto a single graph. Then I extrapolated for smaller spindle dia of 10mm & 20mm. Then extrapolated for cutter dia less than 100mm. So now we have this:

?

?

However, 4¡± (100mm) is not a realistic cutting edge for a router bit. I thought anymore extrapolation (which would move 10mm & 20mm curves in NE direction) would likely be not valid. If Felder provided more data (for smaller cutter dia) for b=10 in their plots then it would be a more appropriate to repeat the above exercise.

?

Here is the data for above graph

?

Imran

?

From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Joe Jensen
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2020 11:13 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

?

Number of flutes is important too.

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of imranindiana via groups.io
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 10:42 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

?

would be interesting to put the data points from the 4 graphs to see if the relationship is linear. If so we can easily extrapolate if fir router use.

?

Imran


On Dec 28, 2020, at 12:35 PM, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:

?

My machine has generic guide that is based upon recommended feed rate between 40 & 70m/s

<image0.jpeg>

?

?

lower feed rate than 40m/s can result in kickback and higher than 75m/s can cause damage to tooling not to mention excessive wear if the tool continues to run w/o damage.

?

There is a graph in the manual that further refined this with inclusion of cutter length b

<image1.jpeg>

?

?

I know this does not cover router spindle. Has anyone seen a graph like above from Felder for router spindle?

?

Imran


On Dec 28, 2020, at 12:02 PM, Joe Jensen <joe.jensen@...> wrote:

?

Not meant to be sarcastic¡­I read all the time that 15,000 is too slow for small bits.? Is there engineering behind this?? Seems like RPM and feed rate and chip removal are related.? Higher RPM allows for a faster feed rate. But also if the feed rate is too low relative to the RPM you get poor results.? For commercial cutters for the shaper you often get given the ideal RPM/Feed rate.?

?

I have not used my router inverted in a table since getting my Felder early 2010.? The router spindle with my machine was rated for 19,000 rpm continuously, and for up to 23,000 RPM for short use with higher bearing wear.? I¡¯ve tried small bits at 15,000, 19,000, and 23,000 RPM and not noticed any difference.

?

Could be that single speed routers all ran at a nominal 22,000-23,000 with no load and bigger bits were a problem with vibration.? So then when router bits west big they made variable speed routers to slow them down for big bits and maybe that¡¯s where ¡°you need 22,000 RPM to run small bits¡± wisdom arose?

?

Also, ever notice how with a very light cut at 22K RPM with pitch is high and as soon as you load the router down the pitch lowers a lot? What RPM is the motor actually running at under load?? With my 4kw shaper motor my 15K RPM spindle doesn¡¯t slow at all.? I would not be surprised at all to see that under load routers slow down a lot.

?

So, does anyone have science or engineering on the Intrawebs wisdom that says 15,000 RPM is too slow?

?

?

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Eric Janson
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2020 1:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

?

This spindle works at 15,000 rpm, so for smaller- diameter router bits the cutting edge speed is kind of low. For larger bits and deeper cuts, it works great, having many HP behind it, and is as close to totally?vibration- free as you are going to get. Changing spindles is not difficult, but changing back and forth is a pain, so my cast- iron router table is my go- to for that sort of work unless I feel I really need what the Felder spindle brings.

Cheers

Eric

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On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 7:05 AM imranindiana via <imranindiana=[email protected]> wrote:

Just sharing. I have no knowledge of this part.


Look at this on eBay

Imran

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Re: Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

 

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Just noted, Graph should say ¡°Extrapolated RPM for below 125mm Cutter Diameters)

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Imran

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From: [email protected] On Behalf Of imranindiana via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2020 12:21 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

?

Hi Joe,

?

I did not post because I did not think I good useable info but here it is anyways.

?

I choose b=100 because it has lines for the smallest cutter dia on all 4 plots. So I replotted b=100 lines from 4 diff graphs onto a single graph. Then I extrapolated for smaller spindle dia of 10mm & 20mm. Then extrapolated for cutter dia less than 100mm. So now we have this:

?

?

However, 4¡± (100mm) is not a realistic cutting edge for a router bit. I thought anymore extrapolation (which would move 10mm & 20mm curves in NE direction) would likely be not valid. If Felder provided more data (for smaller cutter dia) for b=10 in their plots then it would be a more appropriate to repeat the above exercise.

?

Here is the data for above graph

?

Imran

?

From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Joe Jensen
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2020 11:13 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

?

Number of flutes is important too.

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of imranindiana via groups.io
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 10:42 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

?

would be interesting to put the data points from the 4 graphs to see if the relationship is linear. If so we can easily extrapolate if fir router use.

?

Imran


On Dec 28, 2020, at 12:35 PM, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:

?

My machine has generic guide that is based upon recommended feed rate between 40 & 70m/s

<image0.jpeg>

?

?

lower feed rate than 40m/s can result in kickback and higher than 75m/s can cause damage to tooling not to mention excessive wear if the tool continues to run w/o damage.

?

There is a graph in the manual that further refined this with inclusion of cutter length b

<image1.jpeg>

?

?

I know this does not cover router spindle. Has anyone seen a graph like above from Felder for router spindle?

?

Imran


On Dec 28, 2020, at 12:02 PM, Joe Jensen <joe.jensen@...> wrote:

?

Not meant to be sarcastic¡­I read all the time that 15,000 is too slow for small bits.? Is there engineering behind this?? Seems like RPM and feed rate and chip removal are related.? Higher RPM allows for a faster feed rate. But also if the feed rate is too low relative to the RPM you get poor results.? For commercial cutters for the shaper you often get given the ideal RPM/Feed rate.?

?

I have not used my router inverted in a table since getting my Felder early 2010.? The router spindle with my machine was rated for 19,000 rpm continuously, and for up to 23,000 RPM for short use with higher bearing wear.? I¡¯ve tried small bits at 15,000, 19,000, and 23,000 RPM and not noticed any difference.

?

Could be that single speed routers all ran at a nominal 22,000-23,000 with no load and bigger bits were a problem with vibration.? So then when router bits west big they made variable speed routers to slow them down for big bits and maybe that¡¯s where ¡°you need 22,000 RPM to run small bits¡± wisdom arose?

?

Also, ever notice how with a very light cut at 22K RPM with pitch is high and as soon as you load the router down the pitch lowers a lot? What RPM is the motor actually running at under load?? With my 4kw shaper motor my 15K RPM spindle doesn¡¯t slow at all.? I would not be surprised at all to see that under load routers slow down a lot.

?

So, does anyone have science or engineering on the Intrawebs wisdom that says 15,000 RPM is too slow?

?

?

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Eric Janson
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2020 1:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

?

This spindle works at 15,000 rpm, so for smaller- diameter router bits the cutting edge speed is kind of low. For larger bits and deeper cuts, it works great, having many HP behind it, and is as close to totally?vibration- free as you are going to get. Changing spindles is not difficult, but changing back and forth is a pain, so my cast- iron router table is my go- to for that sort of work unless I feel I really need what the Felder spindle brings.

Cheers

Eric

?

On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 7:05 AM imranindiana via <imranindiana=[email protected]> wrote:

Just sharing. I have no knowledge of this part.


Look at this on eBay

Imran

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Re: Dealing with woodworking machine companies - Harvey

 

Bridge City (now a Harvey division) had a series of flash?sales around Thanksgiving and I ended up buying several pieces of their kit. They were all packed so well that the UPS truck could have reversed over them and they likely would have stood up to that. Their website functions well and the tracking was far better than most. The kit is great and the delivery speed and competence were outstanding.
Since then Harvey has been emailing me their big iron promos. I'm all set for bandsaws, table saws, etc., but if that were not the case I would certainly consider them as an amazing value of the quality is anywhere near the Bridge City goods.
FWIW, cheers
Eric

On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 10:06 AM Robert Johnson <woodewe@...> wrote:
Hi Stan,

Will do, but it won't happen soon.

Bob


Re: Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

 

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Hi Joe,

?

I did not post because I did not think I good useable info but here it is anyways.

?

I choose b=100 because it has lines for the smallest cutter dia on all 4 plots. So I replotted b=100 lines from 4 diff graphs onto a single graph. Then I extrapolated for smaller spindle dia of 10mm & 20mm. Then extrapolated for cutter dia less than 100mm. So now we have this:

?

?

However, 4¡± (100mm) is not a realistic cutting edge for a router bit. I thought anymore extrapolation (which would move 10mm & 20mm curves in NE direction) would likely be not valid. If Felder provided more data (for smaller cutter dia) for b=10 in their plots then it would be a more appropriate to repeat the above exercise.

?

Here is the data for above graph

?

Imran

?

From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Joe Jensen
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2020 11:13 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

?

Number of flutes is important too.

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of imranindiana via groups.io
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 10:42 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

?

would be interesting to put the data points from the 4 graphs to see if the relationship is linear. If so we can easily extrapolate if fir router use.

?

Imran


On Dec 28, 2020, at 12:35 PM, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:

?

My machine has generic guide that is based upon recommended feed rate between 40 & 70m/s

<image0.jpeg>

?

?

lower feed rate than 40m/s can result in kickback and higher than 75m/s can cause damage to tooling not to mention excessive wear if the tool continues to run w/o damage.

?

There is a graph in the manual that further refined this with inclusion of cutter length b

<image1.jpeg>

?

?

I know this does not cover router spindle. Has anyone seen a graph like above from Felder for router spindle?

?

Imran


On Dec 28, 2020, at 12:02 PM, Joe Jensen <joe.jensen@...> wrote:

?

Not meant to be sarcastic¡­I read all the time that 15,000 is too slow for small bits.? Is there engineering behind this?? Seems like RPM and feed rate and chip removal are related.? Higher RPM allows for a faster feed rate. But also if the feed rate is too low relative to the RPM you get poor results.? For commercial cutters for the shaper you often get given the ideal RPM/Feed rate.?

?

I have not used my router inverted in a table since getting my Felder early 2010.? The router spindle with my machine was rated for 19,000 rpm continuously, and for up to 23,000 RPM for short use with higher bearing wear.? I¡¯ve tried small bits at 15,000, 19,000, and 23,000 RPM and not noticed any difference.

?

Could be that single speed routers all ran at a nominal 22,000-23,000 with no load and bigger bits were a problem with vibration.? So then when router bits west big they made variable speed routers to slow them down for big bits and maybe that¡¯s where ¡°you need 22,000 RPM to run small bits¡± wisdom arose?

?

Also, ever notice how with a very light cut at 22K RPM with pitch is high and as soon as you load the router down the pitch lowers a lot? What RPM is the motor actually running at under load?? With my 4kw shaper motor my 15K RPM spindle doesn¡¯t slow at all.? I would not be surprised at all to see that under load routers slow down a lot.

?

So, does anyone have science or engineering on the Intrawebs wisdom that says 15,000 RPM is too slow?

?

?

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Eric Janson
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2020 1:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

?

This spindle works at 15,000 rpm, so for smaller- diameter router bits the cutting edge speed is kind of low. For larger bits and deeper cuts, it works great, having many HP behind it, and is as close to totally?vibration- free as you are going to get. Changing spindles is not difficult, but changing back and forth is a pain, so my cast- iron router table is my go- to for that sort of work unless I feel I really need what the Felder spindle brings.

Cheers

Eric

?

On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 7:05 AM imranindiana via <imranindiana=[email protected]> wrote:

Just sharing. I have no knowledge of this part.


Look at this on eBay

Imran

?


Re: Dealing with woodworking machine companies - Harvey

 

Hi Stan,

Will do, but it won't happen soon.

Bob


Re: Self Retracting Air & electric Reels?

 

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Reelcraft is another brand you should take a look at. I have one in my shop and they are real high quality.

Brian Lamb
blamb11@...
www.lambtoolworks.com




On Dec 31, 2020, at 6:35 AM, Clark <clark@...> wrote:

Thanx guys - when you start searching for this stuff it all sounds good, and you have no real idea if the "reviews" are real.

The strongway is reasonably priced @ $170 currently.

The Tekton has some weird pricing - $170 for the 1/2" hose, BUT $270 for the 3/8" hose (which would be far better for nail guns). I'm guessing it's just a fluke supply/demand/seller thing. May watch the prices for a bit to see what happens.


Re: Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

 

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Number of flutes is important too.

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of imranindiana via groups.io
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 10:42 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

?

would be interesting to put the data points from the 4 graphs to see if the relationship is linear. If so we can easily extrapolate if fir router use.

?

Imran


On Dec 28, 2020, at 12:35 PM, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:

?

My machine has generic guide that is based upon recommended feed rate between 40 & 70m/s

<image0.jpeg>

?

?

lower feed rate than 40m/s can result in kickback and higher than 75m/s can cause damage to tooling not to mention excessive wear if the tool continues to run w/o damage.

?

There is a graph in the manual that further refined this with inclusion of cutter length b

<image1.jpeg>

?

?

I know this does not cover router spindle. Has anyone seen a graph like above from Felder for router spindle?

?

Imran


On Dec 28, 2020, at 12:02 PM, Joe Jensen <joe.jensen@...> wrote:

?

Not meant to be sarcastic¡­I read all the time that 15,000 is too slow for small bits.? Is there engineering behind this?? Seems like RPM and feed rate and chip removal are related.? Higher RPM allows for a faster feed rate. But also if the feed rate is too low relative to the RPM you get poor results.? For commercial cutters for the shaper you often get given the ideal RPM/Feed rate.?

?

I have not used my router inverted in a table since getting my Felder early 2010.? The router spindle with my machine was rated for 19,000 rpm continuously, and for up to 23,000 RPM for short use with higher bearing wear.? I¡¯ve tried small bits at 15,000, 19,000, and 23,000 RPM and not noticed any difference.

?

Could be that single speed routers all ran at a nominal 22,000-23,000 with no load and bigger bits were a problem with vibration.? So then when router bits west big they made variable speed routers to slow them down for big bits and maybe that¡¯s where ¡°you need 22,000 RPM to run small bits¡± wisdom arose?

?

Also, ever notice how with a very light cut at 22K RPM with pitch is high and as soon as you load the router down the pitch lowers a lot? What RPM is the motor actually running at under load?? With my 4kw shaper motor my 15K RPM spindle doesn¡¯t slow at all.? I would not be surprised at all to see that under load routers slow down a lot.

?

So, does anyone have science or engineering on the Intrawebs wisdom that says 15,000 RPM is too slow?

?

?

?

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Eric Janson
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2020 1:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FOG] Felder High Speed Router Spindle 424-111

?

This spindle works at 15,000 rpm, so for smaller- diameter router bits the cutting edge speed is kind of low. For larger bits and deeper cuts, it works great, having many HP behind it, and is as close to totally?vibration- free as you are going to get. Changing spindles is not difficult, but changing back and forth is a pain, so my cast- iron router table is my go- to for that sort of work unless I feel I really need what the Felder spindle brings.

Cheers

Eric

?

On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 7:05 AM imranindiana via <imranindiana=[email protected]> wrote:

Just sharing. I have no knowledge of this part.


Look at this on eBay

Imran

?


Re: Last day to save 10% on Felder Accessories

 

VIP

On Dec 31, 2020, at 11:03 AM, Mike Barrow via groups.io <lunatuna23@...> wrote:

?Imran, do you recall the discount code?

Thanks!

Mike Barrow

On Dec 31, 2020, at 7:13 AM, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:

Just did my part. 10% off even on items that are on sale.

Imran






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Mike Barrow


Re: Last day to save 10% on Felder Accessories

 

Imran, do you recall the discount code?

Thanks!

Mike Barrow

On Dec 31, 2020, at 7:13 AM, imranindiana via groups.io <imranindiana@...> wrote:

Just did my part. 10% off even on items that are on sale.

Imran




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Mike Barrow


Re: formerly known as dealing with machine companies, now EV charging

 

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Jason, I¡¯m not far from you ¨C just across the river, so same Xcel provider.

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We bought a Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid, so all I need to do is replace 33 miles of driving, not 300 in a full electric. Right now I¡¯m using the ¡°level 1¡± 120v 12A charger the car came with but I¡¯m feeding it from 240v via a non-UL-listed adapter I made, so I¡¯m charging at 12A/240v instead of 12A/120v. That takes charging time down from 14 hours to 5 from full empty, which makes it a lot more likely that I have a full battery if we take multiple trips spaced around the day.

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I¡¯m planning ahead for real level 2, and more than one hookup since I think it¡¯s likely we will have more than one electric car in the future. Right now my Pacifica can only accept 27A, but future full-electric cars will surely want much more than that. The highest power level 2 chargers deliver 50A, so I¡¯m looking at a conduit run with two sets of #4 wire to handle that.? I was looking at the Juice Box and the ChargePoint chargers. Neither get perfect reviews.

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I am considering the dual meter Xcel plan you mention. It doesn¡¯t make sense now, but with potentially more than one electric car in the future, it probably will.

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My shop is in my home, and I¡¯m about 300¡¯ back from the pole via 0000 aluminum wire feeding my 200A service. When I¡¯m cranking heavily on my CNC router I¡¯m pulling maybe 65A 240v between the dust collector, vacuum table, and router spindle. With that, I get some voltage sag. It will be really interesting to see how that all works if I¡¯m also simultaneously charging 100A/240v on a pair of electric cars. I wonder if it would be worth it to pull new wire to the pole for the second service.

?

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From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> on behalf of Jason Holtz <jholtzy@...>
Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 9:11 AM
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [FOG] formerly known as dealing with machine companies, now EV charging

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TJ,

Which charger did you go with? I installed a Siemens Versacharge this summer. I chose this over the Juice Box which was also on my list. I was able to find a used one on Ebay for about 50% of its cost when new.

One feature that attracted me to it was when installed with the supplied 6-50 plug instead of hard wiring, I can lift the charger off it's quick release wall bracket and throw it in the trunk and drive on down the road to a campground and plug it right into the common RV hookup. I haven't actually done this yet, but I like knowing I could. I was also future proofing to some extent, because my 1st gen Nissan Leaf cannot take 50 amps, but hopefully my next one will be able to.

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Here in Minnesota, my utility provider Xcel has an off peak EV charging program. This requires a dedicated meter, which was easy because my garage is 6 feet from a pole in the alley. I installed the meter box and mast etc, new 100 amp panel and receptacle. Inspector came and signed off. Then Xcel came and installed the meter and turned it on. Now from 9pm-9am I charge for $.04/kwh instead of the normal rate of around $.13/kwh. I can charge anytime, I just pay full price if it's during the day. It's so fast compared to the 110v charger the car comes with that I used exclusively for over a year. It will take a year or so to pay for itself, but then it's just gravy. It's also probably a good selling feature when I decide I'm done taking care of a 100+ year old house. Hopefully I get to put my Rivian pickup in there before that time comes...

?

Jason


Jason Holtz
J. Holtz Furniture

3307 Snelling Ave. South

Minneapolis, MN 55406
612 432-2765


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Jason
J. Holtz Furniture
3307 Snelling Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55406


Re: Last day to save 10% on Felder Accessories

 

I tried to purchase but the web site does not like a Canadian address even with the shipping staying in the US.


Re: Last day to save 10% on Felder Accessories

 

I succumbed to the outrigger carriage. Very pricy but better than a back injury. At least that's my excuse.

Happy New Year everyone!