Making the Tesla wipers work

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grayfurnaceman

Күн бұрын

This one demonstrates how to make the Tesla rain sensing wipers work. Or maybe not.

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@jasonerb2577 8 ай бұрын

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@CHRIS_BASSETT 8 ай бұрын

Ha, Wow, me too as I have no personal need for this video. Sorry to hear about your family situation🙏. Under different circumstances I have used grayfurnaceman to help me on multiple occasions, and have not expressed my appreciation for the knowledge that was bestowed upon me. Thank you so much for putting this content together and for sharing with the world. Much appreciated!

@matambale 8 ай бұрын

Due to an "upgrade" in firmware, perhaps?

@grayfurnaceman 8 ай бұрын

Well, they used to work pretty good. A few "upgrades" ago, they stopped working. Something like when your computer gets an update and you find it has screwed up something that worked well before. GFM

@StealthNinja4577 8 ай бұрын

🎊 👏 we have 1919 technology working

@grayfurnaceman 8 ай бұрын

Maybe not quite that old but I was reminded of the 1960s when I got my first car and when the rain was misting, I had to turn on and off the wipers to keep them from squeaking. BTW a 1919 car had manual wipers if they had them at all. GFM

@StealthNinja4577 8 ай бұрын

@@grayfurnaceman "1919: The automatic windshield wiper is introduced It wasn’t until 1916 that windshield wipers were standard equipment on most vehicles, allowing for further advancements in the technology. William M. Folberth, an inventor, patented the first automatic, non-hand-driven windshield wipers in 1919. These automatic windshield wipers used a vacuum-powered system to clear the windshield, which became standard equipment on automobiles. This vacuum-powered system was widely used until 1960s, when the use of intermittent wipers became more common." It might be wrong I only researched the date an hour ago for my comment

@grayfurnaceman 8 ай бұрын

I am maybe a bit closer to this than you if you under 60. Wipers were an option on most cars until at least the 1930s. I owned a 1934 Dodge 1,1/2 ton truck. No wipers. Also, the (automatic) wipers that were used were powered by vacuum. That meant the wipers stopped operating when you were driving up a hill. To get them to work, you had to let off the throttle momentarily to let the vacuum rise and the wipers would work. I guess you could say they were intermittent in that using the throttle to activate them would indeed work. At least if you are climbing a hill. lol GFM@@StealthNinja4577

@StealthNinja4577 8 ай бұрын

@@grayfurnaceman that's cool. To someone that isn't nearly as old as you this issue that got fixed is so out of left field. It's been so long since they solved this issue that you couldn't think anyone would mess it up. Inspired by the overwhelming stupidity I just had to know how far back ago it actually was 😆 The world wars probably slowed things down a bit as far as adoption and after that I would guess the line was well the factory is set up for manual wipers so you gotta pay extra for auto ones.

@Straycurrent 8 ай бұрын

@@grayfurnaceman I remember the vacuum powered wipers. Constantly changing speed as the driver shifted through the gears getting up to crusing speed.

@R50_J0 8 ай бұрын

Maybe in drive mode the computer adjusts wiper frequency in proportion to vehicle speed. Do the wipers not function even when raining and vehicle at speed?

@grayfurnaceman 8 ай бұрын

For the most part, they do not come on during a drive. Even with fairly heavy rain they do not usually work. GFM