Gonewild wrote:I just got a 5.16 Sunpower PV solar system installed. They replace my old service box a 125amp with a 200amp. They did not have to change the feed wires from the street to the box not sure why you would need it change. How old is your house mind is built in 1984. I sure hope I get the free charger. I drive about 70 miles a day to work and back and I live in AZ so with the heat and driving. They should be able to learn something about how I keep it charged up.
Gonewild wrote:I just got a 5.16 Sunpower PV solar system installed. They replace my old service box a 125amp with a 200amp. They did not have to change the feed wires from the street to the box not sure why you would need it change. How old is your house mind is built in 1984. I sure hope I get the free charger. I drive about 70 miles a day to work and back and I live in AZ so with the heat and driving. They should be able to learn something about how I keep it charged up.
garygid wrote:"needed" the 30-amp (40-amp dual breaker) 240v EVSE?
Very interesting!
planet4ever wrote:garygid wrote:"needed" the 30-amp (40-amp dual breaker) 240v EVSE?
Very interesting!
Level 2 high (the "four hour charge") is 6.6kW. 6600/240 = 27.5A. So 30-amp would be cutting it awfully close.
By the way, I'm sure garygid knows this, but some others may not. EVSE is the proper name for the gadget mounted on the wall that is hardwired to a 240V circuit. It's not a charger, just a way to get the juice to the car and make a number of safety checks. The charger is inside the Leaf. I expect that all the EVSEs will support 6.6kW, though if so there will surely be a jumper or switch or setting for the electrician to indicate whether it is connected to a 40A circuit.
What you probably won't have, though, is a 6.6kW charger in your 2011 Leaf, so the best you can do (short of finding one of those $40,000 external fast chargers) is an eight hour full charge. Or wait for 2012.