Hi all - hope it was OK to post this as a reply on the OpenEVSE sticky.
I have three questions; any insight / advice is greatly appreciated!
1) I have an OpenEVSE box from 2014 and rarely have had to open it. I had to replace the fuses recently, and when I opened it up, some white fluffy...
Congrats! I'm in Schaumburg too, we got our red 2013 leaf from Greg at woodfield Nissan last year.
I bolted together my own openevse and had an electrician wire up the 240 volt circuit to the garage. Note: Illinois will rebate you some percentage of the charging equipment cost but: it must be a...
Has anyone used the charge point outlets at Millenium garage?
I assume they are outlets, there are two reserved spaces and small metal fixtures with locking lids on the wall, too small to house a J1772 plug. They had a sticker indicating 'wave your chargepoint fob' or something to that effect...
My 30A OpenEVSE unit is very similar to Rick Beebe's build and the workshop builds (from the OpenEVSE Wiki), esp wrt 30A fuses, NEMA L6-30 connectors, wire gauges, etc.
I had an electrician run 8AWG wire for the dedicated circuit, and a 40A fuse breaker; the circuit should be able to sustain...
@redLEAF, thanks for the post; I'm not too far from there and it's handy to know where EV charging is available
We just got our IL EV license plate for our Leaf; applied for it in May!
GlennD, I agree they're probably a tiny company; I wouldn't have ordered the unit if the website hadn't shown one unit in-stock at the time.
However, regardless of how small the company is, I think they should respond in a timely manner. I've sent several emails and called numerous times...
Has anyone ordered enclosures from Diversified Stage recently?
I placed an online order a couple weeks ago for an internal enclosure;
they billed my credit card a couple days later but I haven't gotten any information other than an email indicating this is in process.
I've emailed sales &...