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4620 Building Calender
4/16/2025 Wednesday 5:30 PM 7:00 PM 5/8/2025 Thursday 11:00 PM – 6:00 AM
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Calendar event utility
Event .ics File Generator Event .ics File Generator Event Title: Location: Description: Start Date: Time: Use 24-hour format, e.g., 16:00 for 4:00 PM End Date: Time: Use 24-hour format, e.g., 17:00 for 5:00 PM Download .ics
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4620 News Roundup
2025-03-07 A few notes on today’s News Roundup:
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‘Huge Fire Sparked by a Mercedes-Benz EV Adds to Safety Concerns Dogging Industry’
The following article is from the Wall Street Journal. You can access it for free using a Montgomery County Public Library account. https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/huge-fire-sparked-by-a-mercedes-benz-ev-adds-to-safety-concerns-dogging-industry-8143d058?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1 Alternatively you can access it it you have an Apple News subscription at https://apple.news/ALceicvMiSaSLY-q8Y0biRw
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“I thought Electric Cars Were the Future. I Changed My Mind” – Sabine Hossenfelder
For the short and medium term, hybrids are the future (obviously).
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Summary of Maryland Right to Charge law
This is taken from the Technology Committee’s minutes for 2021-06-28. Requirements under 2021 MD HB110/SB144 (“Right to charge”) Condo owner Board Must agree, in writing, to comply with relevant building codes and with safety standards to maintain the safety of all users of the common area and architectural standards, engage a licensed contractor, and pay…
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Wiring the 4620 garage…
There was a recent post on Facebook concerning wiring the garage… https://www.facebook.com/groups/171531570936557/permalink/855832355839805 Certain points need to be made concerning this, where the words in italics are from the Facebook post and regular font used for the response. The Technology committee submitted a request for $6,500 for an engineering report from Potomac Energy Group (the company…
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A technical evaluation of the proposed 4620 House Rules
This post evaluates the recently proposed 4620 House Rules from a technical perspective. In some cases, due to awkward grammar and the use of passive voice, the actual intent of the rule is either unclear or ambiguous, in which case a proposed re-wording may also be provided in some cases. This is currently a work…
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Masks work
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/27/dont-believe-those-who-claim-science-proves-masks-dont-work?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1
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EVs are not necessarily better for the environment
This article points out something important: https://www.aceee.org/blog-post/2022/06/9000-pound-electric-hummer-shows-we-cant-ignore-efficiency-evs