During 8 hours at work, any 120v L1 outlet should add back maybe 36 miles range. Or, if there are two 120v outlets on different circuits and they happen to be out of phase, you can use a "Y" cable and operate your L1 EVSE at 240v. That will pick up 72 miles range during 8 hours.
As to your other point. Sounds like you are thinking of carrying two 12v batteries and an inverter to power your EVSE to charge at work. I doubt that will gain anything. The added weight will probably eat up the energy gained. Unless they were Lithium and now we are talking LOTS of money and hassle... Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Seth Rothenberg via EV Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 10:48 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: [EVDL] mini-dump charger 120VAC The saga continues, the question changes a bit I have done 2 trips to work in my Leaf (60 miles). It really is at the edge of the envelope for the winter. On one trip, I visited a DCQC for pay. (Warm trip, not affordable in the long term :-) I heard back from management that the landlord of our office complex is *not* going to install EVSE, not level 2, not DCQC. I went to visit the office suite where I have seen a Tesla charging... I left a note for the owner of the Tesla...and on my way out, I saw his outlet. It seems that our landlord IS willing to install Level 1 infrastructure... I have my carpool buddy lobbying the CFO. He the Director of Marketing and has a vested interest (heat) :-) In the meantime, I was wondering if anyone on this list has experience with batteries and power inverters to use with my EVSE. I was thinking of different options. One would be pair of YellowTops with a marine power inverter. (although that creates an extra single point of failure :-) A big 12V inverter would work.... or...In the Spring, I will be adding more solar panels to my house, and I am thinking this time, I will get an inverter that supports off-grid....If I buy that inverter now, I could use it to help my commute during these cold shivering months...that would give me more flexibility in how to power the inverter, not just 12 VDC. Thanks _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
