Re: [EVDL] Spanish EV charging (was J1772 might not go to a low level ...)

2016-12-26 Thread Rick Beebe via EV
I found it was worth it putting in a 240v EVSE mostly for the weekends. 120v was fine on weekdays. Drive to work and back, maybe a short errand, plug it in over night and repeat. But weekends I often make lots of medium trips and it wasn't charging enough in the in-between times. I never ran

Re: [EVDL] Spanish EV charging (was J1772 might not go to a low level ...)

2016-12-26 Thread Lee Hart via EV
From: Jay Summet via EV >Speaking as somebody who has charged at 1.4 kW for over a year and a >half, L1 charging can meet almost all of your needs as long as you plug >in whenever you are parked. That's been my experience as well. We've had a 2013 Leaf for 2 years now, and

Re: [EVDL] Spanish EV charging (was J1772 might not go to a low level...)

2016-12-25 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
David, This sounds familiar in a way. The practice in The Netherlands is that your monthly fixed "meter charge" is dependent on the "strength" of the connection, even though every home is already has wiring to the 3-phase grid with plenty fat connections, a home is typically wired with a few 16A

Re: [EVDL] Spanish EV charging (was J1772 might not go to a low level ...)

2016-12-25 Thread Jay Summet via EV
On 12/25/2016 07:14 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: On 25 Dec 2016 at 14:56, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: The source I was reading said that to keep the rates low, many Spanish homes have a total capacity of just 3.3kW! ( You'd have to upgrade a 3.3kW home to at least 4.4kW and

[EVDL] Spanish EV charging (was J1772 might not go to a low level ...)

2016-12-25 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 25 Dec 2016 at 14:56, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: > ... the 2011/2012 Leaf ... is specifically aimed at the European situation > where most plugs and circuits are rated and fused to 230V 16A which > means a max 3.7kW so a 3.3kW charger maxes out a standard wall plug in > Europe ... This