I am happy that Lee got himself an Electric-ride (its like the announcement of a new birth), but he did not say what 2013 Leaf trim he bought.
I hope he was wi$e enough to get one with the 6kW on-board charger. Until Lee says what he has, I will assume that his Leaf only has the more common 3kW half-powered on-board charger. In reference to the newswire http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVLN-Should-Extension-Cords-Be-Used-With-Plugins-don-t-get-burned-tp4673015.html If anyone knows about power its Lee, so he knows what to do that will fit his driving and charging needs better than anyone. But for everyone else I am going to throw some thoughts and links out there for them to consider. I will also assume that the portable EVSE that Lee said he is using to charge with, is only a level-1 EVSE (the type that comes standard with a Leaf EV). Cor had said his retrofitted/modified AVCON EVSE was from the AVCON company. So it is either an AVCON powerpak http://www.evnut.com/images/chargers/avcon/powerpak01.jpg else it might be an EVII model. In any case I think Cor will offer his at a fair price. So, the links I provide are not compete with his, but offer other choices if he runs out of stock. When I do my public EVSE visits to check up on what state the EVSE is in (working, etc.), I also mentally note, if the plugin drive is actually plugged in (or are they just parking there because they think no-harm will come to them for blocking the space). I also see some interesting uses of EVSE. At one location, there was a Volt pih that wisely used their portable level-1 to charge-n-park all-day, freeing up the L2 for EVs to use. They protected their L1 EVSE from being dinked/messed-with by running a regular extension cord from the EVSE to the L1, and put the EVSE in the trunk with the AC-in cord and J1772 cord-out coming and going from the locked trunk (a pretty smart plugin driver). This is an easy way to get their charge while keeping his EVSE from finding a new home or being sold for its copper. What came to my mind is how Lee will use his two EVSE. IMO, I would want to do as Cor suggested (power the L2 from a 40A circuit), but wire the L2 EVSE with a 14-50 plug and use it mostly at home, or in a pinch, it could be made portable when visiting at grandma's, plugged into their garage dryer outlet, etc., by also bringing an appropriate adaptor for what outlet is available (14-50 to 10-30, etc). In Lee's area, he could look up what public EVSE is available by using plugshare.com or use the U.S. Fed Gov site http://www.afdc.energy.gov/locator/stations/results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&location=56377&filtered=true&fuel=ELEC&owner=all&payment=all&ev_level1=true&ev_level2=true&radius=true&radius_miles=55 (there are apps for either of those free EVSE finder resources) The L1 is so small, light and convenient to use, it would make sense to think about taking advantage of what evseupgrade offers once Cor's EVSE is in place for Lee to charge with at home http://evseupgrade.com/?main_page=products_all What EVSE Upgrade offers is the lowest price for one of their dual level (1&2) 3kW EVSE by having the plugin driver send them their L1 EVSE. One could compare the price of their new dual-level EVSE, to buying another L1 https://www.google.com/search?output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=evse+level-1&btnG=#tbm=shop&q=evse%20level-1&tbs=vw%3Al%2Cp_ord%3Ap%2Cprice%3A1%2Cppr_min%3A200%2Cppr_max%3A290 plus the cost of the above upgrade offer. Or compare a different brand of dual-level 3kW portable EVSE, AV's turbocord http://www.homedepot.com/p/AeroVironment-TurboCord-Dual-120-240-Volt-16-Amp-Plug-In-EV-Charger-Charging-Station-23076-020/205140676?cm_mmc=Shopping|G|Base|PLA|D27E|Electrical&gclid=CPCXqO33wsICFdKEfgodCGsAxg&gclsrc=aw.ds TurboCord Dual (120 & 240 Volt) 16 Amp Plug-In EV Charger - Charging Station Always having with-you either a 3kW L2 or a slower L1 charging ability is quite handy, and being able to lock it up while in use, ensures it will be there when you come back, is wi$e. For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble+template%2FNamlServlet.jtp%3Fmacro%3Dsearch_page%26node%3D413529%26query%3DEVLN%2Bbrucedp2%26days%3D0%26sort%3Ddate {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Turning-over-a-new-Leaf-tp4673019p4673027.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)
