On Jan 20, 2016, at 11:13 AM, Bill Dube via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > If you are planning on plugging in an EV daily into a 120 volt outlet, you > would likely want to eventually change it out for a "hospital grade" type > receptacle. These are really designed to take constant, daily, disconnection > and reconnection use and are constructed of _far_ better materials than a > standard receptacle. They cost at least 5 times as much as a standard > receptacle, of course.
I second that!! Although the availability of "hospital grade" outlets is news to me, I have overheated/burnt/melted too many 120V outlets trying to charge my EV at just 12A. I use a heavy duty 12AWG cord too. I have found that the more industrial-looking plugs at your hardware store tend to fit tighter into the outlets and have fewer overheating problems. I'm actually seriously considering adding some sort of temperature sensor to the plug. I think Tesla did this in response to their melted connectors issue. -Ben _______________________________________________ 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)
