dvdmon
Active member
Ok, so I'm supposed to be going to pick up my new Leaf tomorrow. The dealer sent me the disclosure to read over so I wouldn't have to do it at the dealership. I passed it onto my wife before looking at it, and unfortunately she freaked out a bit and is thinking we need to hire an electrician before we buy the car now. Here's the topic that got her:
My father-in-law lives with us and he's our handyman and he looked at the garage. Apparently everything in the garage, as well as the room above the garage which holds my office, is on one line. It's a 110V line. We have a stand-up freezer in the garage which he thinks at least temporarily could get hooked up via extension cord to an outlet in the main part of the house. Our house is not 40 years, old, it's about 36 years old. Anyway, any thoughts? THis is the first I've heard of such concerns. I know this is a liability issue, but how serious is this, do we really need to be very careful? We have level-2 charging stations within a mile or two of hour house, and at my office, so we can always charge at these if we have to for the time being, but I was counting on using the line in the garage for the most part. I'd love to get an electrician to run a 240V line in there just for the car, and then get my charger upgraded via EVSEUgpgrade, but I think then we're talking another $600+ which we don't really have right now after our $2K downpayment. Anyway, if you have any insights on this, I'd love to hear them.
Trickle Charge. Although not recommended for regular use,a dedicated 120 outlet maybe used with the supplied charging
cord or an SAE J1 772 complaint cord. Charging by this method will take much 10 ger than 240V charging. Warning: to protect
against electrical hazard, serious personal injury or death: (1) Do not plug in the c arging cord until it is inspected by a licensed
electrician to confirm that the electrical circuit can accept a continuous 12 amp raw and (2) Do not use this charging cord in
structures more than 40 years old, or structures using fuse-based circuit protection, nd use only with an electrical circuit protected
by a dedicated circuit breaker See your owner's manualfor additional warnings.
My father-in-law lives with us and he's our handyman and he looked at the garage. Apparently everything in the garage, as well as the room above the garage which holds my office, is on one line. It's a 110V line. We have a stand-up freezer in the garage which he thinks at least temporarily could get hooked up via extension cord to an outlet in the main part of the house. Our house is not 40 years, old, it's about 36 years old. Anyway, any thoughts? THis is the first I've heard of such concerns. I know this is a liability issue, but how serious is this, do we really need to be very careful? We have level-2 charging stations within a mile or two of hour house, and at my office, so we can always charge at these if we have to for the time being, but I was counting on using the line in the garage for the most part. I'd love to get an electrician to run a 240V line in there just for the car, and then get my charger upgraded via EVSEUgpgrade, but I think then we're talking another $600+ which we don't really have right now after our $2K downpayment. Anyway, if you have any insights on this, I'd love to hear them.