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Cambria? Pines by the sea. They have more trees fall on vehicles, structures & lines than just about anywhere. I spent 20yrs in Morro Bay & Paso Robles.

Their call & business centers leave much to be desired.

PG&E gets a lot of crap from people, some deserved & some not. What I will say is that they have the best line crews in North America. The troublemen & line crews at PG&E are quite literally some of the best tradesmen I've come across in over 20yrs of utility work & they constantly win the...

Mine had about 6hrs of runtime yesterday. Heck, my control center was on generator power for about 4-5hrs yesterday as well.

Why do people still consume this type of agenda driven media & attempt to derive something from it other than an agenda? If anyone wants actual data & assessments for the BES, use NERC, FERC or the regional entities. https://www.nerc.com/pa/RAPA/ra/Pages/default.aspx...

There's a w8 Passat wagon with a manual a few blocks from my house. I've thought several times about offering to purchase it but always talk myself out of it due to a few horror stories I've read. The V10 diesel Touareg that was also near my house has suddenly disappeared with a new 4Runner in...

Shortest was during college in the mid-late 90's. The gas station I was plugging/patching tires at closed so took a job as a bagger at a local grocery store in SLO. Went through hiring process & gave the manager my class schedule, getting assurance they would work around my classes. Next week I...

With the amount of people tracking the same issue on the old Mazda speed forum, I’d doubt it. The pcv system was known to lose ring seal on those engines as well.

That was the thought back then but they didn’t seem to do much in the way of preventing coking. They did catch stuff but the buildup seemed to happen just as fast with or without

The PCV system isn’t great on those 2.3’s(used to own a Speed6). They’re nearly as bad as the old Audi/VW/BMW engines for intake valve deposits. That said, had mine for a couple years & ran Amsoil SS 5/30 without issue. Wasn’t puffing black soot at 45k mi so it wasn’t coked up too bad, like a...

I agree. I made no remark on ROI. Also think I've made my point several times that I'm not a fan of PV or wind on the grid. Their lack of reactive support, lack of spinning mass, poor installations, haphazard (incorrect) relay settings, etc... are all reasons that make them a PITA to deal with...

If the land can be used for additional resources then go for it. The PV panels should have a bit better output with a higher delta between the front and back of the panels as well. Not sure about equipment longevity with plant life retaining moisture but that's for others to figure out. I'm...

I actually thought you were joking with the previous post. This **** place keeps giving me more investigative reading projects 😂

In the 80’s I did watch my grandfather add a qt of atf to one of the ranch trucks to stop a ticking lifter. It did work. I’m curious if there were more detergents in that old atf.

Haven’t been to Napa in years. Will take an occasional trip to the racetrack in Sonoma but that’s about it. Wife & I generally just head back home to the Central Coast & she can enjoy the wineries there(I’m not the biggest wine drinker even though I grew up on a vineyard). It is surprising a...

I wouldn’t consider Petaluma wine country. It’s a heavily congested area. Guys from Griggs Racing moved from Infineon to Petaluma a few (10?) yrs ago. Had a very “Bay Area” feel to it coming up from Morro Bay & Paso Robles. I’m in Sacramento now, what a ****hole this place is 😂

Contingency reserves are part of the ancillary service market, part on the spin and non spin sections. The value requirements vary with load but are never to be below 6% of load. Every mw of PV/wind requires thermal/hydro/other available or “backing up” as stated. This isn’t required for...

There’s several gifs with this guy. It’s just his schtick.

LG, pshhhh. Speed Queen FTW ;)

Never mind. It was during the gun purchase scene. You’re a sneaky one 😂