Peter VanDerWal wrote: > NEC 625 (illegally?) specifies the connection BETWEEN the charger and > the vehicle. NEMA 14-50 is still a perfectly legal 208-240V outlet. > NEC cqn't specify a legal outlet and then say it's not legal to plug > 'this' device into a legal outlet.
Exactly. The NEC (National Electric Code) is not the law; it is just a handbook prepared by the NFPA (National Fire Prevention Association). Various municipalities use it as a guideline in preparing their own building codes. Of course, in many areas they just blindly quote the entire NEC verbatim. But in most areas, they pick and choose (under pressure from local builders, unions, etc.). The most interesting aspect is that NEC chapter 1 page 1 defines the Purpose and Scope of the NEC (i.e. they define what is applies to, and what it does NOT apply to). *ALL* types of vehicles are explicitly NOT covered. Any portable electric devices that plug into a standard electrical outlet are NOT covered. Yet section 625 was added, which clearly violates the stated purpose and scope of the whole NEC. On-the-road EVs are the *only* vehicles NEC 625 covers -- not regular cars, trucks, or buses; not fork lifts, golf carts, or any other electric vehicle; nor RVs, boats, airplanes, trains, or any other "vehicle" that gets plugged into the electric grid for any other purpose. It singles out EVs as somehow being vastly more dangerous than anything else, and so deserving of extreme measures to "protect" us from them. Grrr.... don't get me going. -- Lee A. Hart Ring the bells that still can ring 814 8th Ave. N. Forget your perfect offering Sartell, MN 56377 USA There is a crack in everything leeahart_at_earthlink.net That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
