Bruce, My thoughts exactly. The idea is one of showing the expense in real time. While we were waiting for our Blink charger, we used our level one unit. It worked out just fine. However, I live with a family of 5 and we opted for the ability to charge in half the time (we have a 2011 Leaf, so 3.3KW on board charging unit, not the newer 6.6KW that is currently available). We currently see a charge time of less than 3 hours, as we do not typically run the car below 50% SOC (I do make it a point to run it down to one bar at least once a month though to keep the battery healthy - a trick that I learned from Jack Winston and Jukka), so if we lived in a place where there were only a 120V receptacle, we could make do, especially if we combined this with public transit. I do think that we are looking at more of an obstacle of education than anything else.
-Tom Change is never easy! On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Bruce EVangel Parmenter < [email protected]> wrote: > This is a good and simple to do idea. I have a kill-a-watt meter > model: P4400.01 max: 125VAC, 15A 1875VA p3international.com > > Here are some links to buy one: > > https://www.google.com/search?q=%22kill-a-watt%22#q=%22kill-a-watt%22&tbm=shop > > > http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_sop=15&_nkw=kill-a-watt&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1 > > These are for level-1EVSE use. The driver could manually record their > kWh usage on a daily log and then report to the HOA their usage to pay > for their electricity usage. The only issue I can see is if a vandal > wanted to mess with the driver they could because every thing is > exposed. But if the driver had good neighbors, there shouldn't be a > problem. > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > - > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014, at 08:37 AM, Thos True wrote: > > One idea that might help out when negotiating with the HOA might be > > offering to utilize a device such as the kill-a-watt meter or even the > > kill-a-watt ez (which costs a bit more but has the function of providing > > the actual cost of the power consumed in dollars and cents (Mostly cents > > in > > my experience) for those who have lost touch with their math skills). > > Such > > a device would accurately portray the real power costs of plugging in a > > level one charging device. Then, I would recommend plugging a known power > > hog (such as a washing machine or hair dryer) into the same kill-a-watt > > meter to provide a favorable comparison. > - > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -- Remember, it is not that the glass is half empty, in reality, the glass is merely twice the size that it needs to be! -TNT'82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140305/fefe1fb1/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)
