I take that back. I assume from the pictures that the charger they replaced was a wall charger not in the car.
They most likely did not change to a larger gauge wire in the wall. They probably just put in a different breaker. The new charger pulled more current than the wire could handle and burned up. Be nice if they followed up with an explanation but we will probably never know. ________________________________ From: Paul Dove via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: brucedp5 <bruce...@operamail.com>; Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 6:38 AM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Volt pih EVSE a suspect in NW Houston TX garage fire Bet it was his BMS Sent from my iPad > On Nov 6, 2014, at 2:43 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > % ?Bad wiring, defective EVSE, wrong EVSE choice for a Volt pih? % > > http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/neighborhood/2014/11/05/electric-car-charger-may-be-to-blame-for-garage-fire-in-nw-houston/18531911/ > Electric car charger may be to blame for garage fire in NW Houston > KHOU Staff November 5, 2014 > > [image > http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/KHOU/None/2014/11/05/635507852942292406-Bayou-Vista-Garage-Fire.JPG > An electric car charger is being blamed for a late night fire on the > northwest side of town.(Photo: Metro) > ] > > HOUSTON – An electric car charger is being blamed for a late night fire on > the northwest side of town. > > According to the Houston Fire Department, it happened around 11:45 p.m. on > Tuesday at a home in the 5000 block of Bayou Vista near Bolivia. > > Luckily, the flames stayed in the garage but completely destroyed the > family's Chevy Volt. The owner says they had just bought a new charger. > > Fire investigators believe that's what sparked the fire. However, they will > have to wait until the investigation is complete before they know for sure. > [© khou.com] > > > > http://www.pluginamerica.org/accessories/gm-voltec-evse > GM Voltec EVSE > ... > http://poulsenhybrid.com/introducing-the-poulsen-power-evse-residential-charge-station/ > Poulsen Hybrid Level 2 EVSE Charge Station > ... > http://gm-volt.com/forum/tags.php?tag=evse > Forum discussion > ... > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevy-Volt-Bosch-Electric-Car-Charger-Vehicle-EVSE-Charging-Station-EV-West-/111213901053 > Chevy Volt Bosch Electric Car Charger Vehicle EVSE Charging Station > ... > [dated] > http://evchels.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/gmcharging/ > GM to CA Volt drivers: “Oops, we did it again.” August 19, 2011 > ... > http://www.mychevroletvolt.com/chevrolet-volt-level-2-charging-equipment-240v-installation-costs-rebates-and-incentives > Chevrolet Volt Level 2 Charging Equipment 240v Installation, Costs, Rebates, > and Incentives (updated) 1/5/2011 > ... > http://gm-volt.com/2013/09/20/who-makes-the-fastest-charging-ev/ > Who makes the fastest-charging EV? [2013/09/20] > > http://www.plugincars.com/how-fast-can-you-really-charge-your-plug-car-answer-more-complicated-you-think-64616.html > How Fast Can You Really Charge Your Plug-in Car? The Answer is More > Complicated Than You Think · Nick Chambers [2010] > ... > http://www.plugincars.com/chevrolet-volt > % Note> Volt pih can't charge faster than 3.3kW % > http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?5079-3.3-kW-on-board-charger > ... > http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/smart-charge-residential-inc-austin?select=daPrk_58lOg-1_3rh-OJvA#daPrk_58lOg-1_3rh-OJvA > Tom Canfield, 2013 Chevy VOLT and owner of a new 7.2kW Schneider Electric > EVSE December 16, 2013 > % His 7.2kW is wa$ted on the Volt pih's 3.3kW on-board charger % > ... > http://www.evquorum.com/ev-charging-stations-aka-evse.html > EV Charging Stations aka EVSE Apr 1, 2014 - A Chevy Volt or Spark, for > example charges at a maximum of 3 kW, which what a 16 amp unit puts out at > 240v ... > > > > > For EVLN posts use: > http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble+template%2FNamlServlet.jtp%3Fmacro%3Dsearch_page%26node%3D413529%26query%3Devln+-re%26sort%3Ddate > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Volt-pih-EVSE-a-suspect-in-NW-Houston-TX-garage-fire-tp4672373.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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