We need a topic where people can post a comment or bit of news that doesn't really need a topic of its own. In this case, my news is that, after ten plus years of driving Leafs, I have finally installed a L-2 charging station. It's a Clipper Creek HCS (or maybe LCS - I forget) 25, meaning it's only 20 amp, which is good because I wired it to a garage with 50 year old non-metallic cable and a late model fuse box (in which I use only screw-in breakers). It took me two weeks, mainly because I decided (with some nudging from my housemate) to use plastic conduit to protect the cable, and also ran a new circuit through half of it for the portable heatpump I'm now using in the garage for most heat.
Pro Tip: if you want to run a 10-3 and a 12-2 cable together through conduit, use at least 1" pipe. It does not work well with 3/4" pipe. Also, find a non-toxic silicone lubricant to use.
Charging times for our cars have been cut by about 3/4. It also, with its better location and longer cable than the Nissan unit, can reach both of our cars when parked in their usual spots. Yes, I'm closing out the Twentieth Century in style!
Pro Tip: if you want to run a 10-3 and a 12-2 cable together through conduit, use at least 1" pipe. It does not work well with 3/4" pipe. Also, find a non-toxic silicone lubricant to use.
Charging times for our cars have been cut by about 3/4. It also, with its better location and longer cable than the Nissan unit, can reach both of our cars when parked in their usual spots. Yes, I'm closing out the Twentieth Century in style!