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http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098583_installing-an-electric-car-charging-station-this-old-house-shows-you-how Installing An Electric-Car Charging Station: This Old House Shows You How By Stephen Edelstein Jun 4, 2015 ht2 Chris Neff [video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aACxSL2rBMk Sneak Peek: Electric Vehicle Charging Station This Old House May 19, 2015 Electrician Scott Caron walks a homeowner through the options in at-home electric vehicle chargers. Watch the full episode: http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tv/ask-toh/video/0,,20924450,00.html ] For most owners of battery-electric cars, some form of home charging is a must. Having a charging station at home ensures there will always be a readily available place to plug in. And surveys of owners have shown that home charging is often all that is needed for routine driving, with public charging stations rarely or never used by some plug-in drivers. That just leaves the matter of actually installing a home charging station. And now the well-known home-improvement show This Old House has tackled the job, with a new video that shows exactly how it is done. You can see a preview of the episode above. The full episode is available on the show's website. [image] 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf Limited Edition The installation was done for the driver of a Volkswagen e-Golf, who lives in a house that was split into three units. The car is parked in a driveway next to the building, so the charging station--a 240-volt Level 2 unit from Clipper Creek--was mounted outside to one of the house's walls. Installing the station involved running an 8-gauge, dual-conductor wire between the mounting point and the circuit breaker for the owner's unit. An individual breaker was added for the station, and a service switch was installed at the station itself to provide a cutoff point from the house's electrical system. It all appears fairly straightforward in the video. After the wire was run and the connections were made, the VW was plugged in and began to charge immediately. There are quite a few different Level 2 charging stations available for home installation these days. Some can even be purchased from hardware chains like Home Depot. [image] Volkswagen e-Golf - 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show But if you live in anything other than your own house, actually getting permission to install a charging station can still be difficult. Electric-car drivers living in condos sometimes have to contend with suspicious home-owner associations, which may fear the cost of electricity or maintenance will be passed on by one electric-car driver to other residents. The situation for renters can also be somewhat ambiguous. California now requires property owners to allow the installation of charging stations by renters, but in other states, electric car-owning tenants do not have the same legal leverage. [© greencarreports.com] ... http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098401_electric-car-charging-the-basics-you-need-to-know Electric Car Charging: The Basics You Need To Know ... http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1090540_home-owner-associations-electric-cars-how-to-make-it-work-advice-from-a-pro In CA, Renters Can Now Install Electric-Car Charging Stations (Aug 2014) ... http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094117_in-ca-renters-can-now-install-electric-car-charging-stations Home Owner Associations & Electric Cars: How To Make It Work (Advice From A Pro) (Feb 2014) http://gas2.org/2015/06/04/this-old-house-installs-an-ev-charger/ “This Old House” Installs An EV Charger June 4th, 2015 by Christopher DeMorro Growing up the son of a contractor, there were two constants in my life; a never-ending series of home improvement projects, and watching reruns of “This Old House”. While Bob Vila hasn’t produced a new episode of “This Old House” in over 25 years, the show is still going strong online, where it has adapted to questions of modern convenience, like how to install a home EV charger. You can check out the teaser above, though you have to go to the This Old House website [ http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tv/ask-toh/video/0,,20924450,00.html ] to watch the entire episode. While I don’t doubt that many homeowners simply opt to pay a professional to install their home EV charger, a person with minimal electrical experience should find it a fairly straightforward process. Then again, I may be taking for granted the fact that I’ve been doing all sorts of home improvement-type work with my father for nearly 20 years (I was put to work at the tender age of 10, child labor laws be damned). Doing the work yourself saves about $500 or so in labor cost, which buys a whole lotta electricity. With Level 2 chargers coming down dramatically in price and available for as little as $450 straight from the manufacturer, EV charging stations are bound to become a growing selling point for new homes. States like California are even mandating that all new homes must be “EV ready” and capable of accepting at least a Level 2 charger. Once I get my first plug-in car though, I’ll be DIY-ing the install, now that I’ve seen just how straight-forward the whole install really is. 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