In case any list members live in the San Francisco Bay Area, the East Bay chapter of the EAA will be hosting a build day for the Open EVSE Project.
Sam Lipton presented the Open EVSE Project last month at the EBEAA monthly meeting. Several people said they were interested in building one, and I am making a list of persons so we can have all the parts, etc. there during the build day on May 18th in Alameda from 10 AM to Noon. For reference, here is the link to the Open EVSE Project: http://code.google.com/p/open-evse/wiki/OpenEVSE_Plus_spec The basic board with an LCD and clock is about $180. One type of enclosure that some people use (Carlon E987R junction box) is about $16 on line. You will also need to supply a J1772 plug and cord set (to plug into the vehicle) and a cord for the AC supply, and a few other misc. parts. The total price should be roughly $350 - $450 depending on how you want to configure the kit. This is about half the cost of a low-end commercially-built EVSE, and about a quarter the cost of a high-end device. The Open EVSE kit has been used successfully to charge a Tesla roadster @ 70 amps (16.8 kW) and a number of the new crop of EVs currently on the market. See the Open EVSE page for additional detail. I will be building a kit during the build day on May 18th, but need to know how many others will be there to ensure we have enough tools and room for the entire group. If you intend to build an Open EVSE, and would like to attend the Bay Area Open EVSE Build Day on May 18th, please respond via email so I can put your name on the list. Parts, etc. will be ordered in March to ensure the parts arrive on time for the May build date. Have a great week! Tom Keenan President East Bay Electric Auto Association -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130219/0e4060ba/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
