In my garage I have marginal quality outlets: over 30 years old so prone to corrosion. In fact, I have already opened one outlet and scraped the gunk off of the wire which was stabbed in the back of that outlet which became hot while charging from an outlet further down the string, and re-attached that wire under the screw as it is supposed to be. The actual 12 gauge wiring appears not to be the problem, even though it is about 80 ft from service panel to the outlet that I am charging from, but my concern with the quality and durability with the outlets have led me to use a short heavy duty power strip/extension cord that stays plugged into the outlet permanently and I plug and unplug my EV from the power strip. Already one of the outlets of the power strip has failed, but it has 6 so I have some time to go before wearing them out and then I can always get another power strip and repeat - without wearing out the wall outlet. Oh and the power strip is a metal box with 3 standard duplex outlets, so I can even replace those outlets in the power strip if I want.
Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of EVDL Administrator via EV Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 8:35 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Where 20 amp receptacles are required On 21 Jan 2016 at 9:36, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > I wonder if there is a PLUG-IN heavier duty plug/socket combo. You > plug it in once and then do your plugging and unplugging from it. That's an interesting idea. It would probably be more expensive that just changing the receptacle when it starts to wear, but more convenient in some cases. I don't object to changing worn receptacles. However, my experience is that the only ones I've had to change are the cheapies. Good quality receptacles can take thousands of connection cycles, and still support 16 amps for EV charging. The key is "good quality." Commercial, industrial, or hospital grade is the way to go. If you watch Ebay, often you can get a box lot of these better recepts for little more than what you'd pay for "specification grade" (about one notch above the 50 cent bin stuff) at the Big Orange or Blue Box. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ 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)
