Nissan suggested buyers should have a 240V charging station installed at home and it cost $2000 to get it done so I was thinking of another solution, a home made one to cut cost.
The spec of the car is here: http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/tags/show/specs#/leaf-electric-car/specs-features/index
The battery that came with the car is 24kWh and the on board charger is 3.3Wh so the charging time is 24/3.3 is about 8 hours. So the key is to provide a electrical circuit to the charger that is 3.3Wh. So I was thinking of getting a step up transformer that coverts 120V to 240V and that is 5000Watts and see here: http://www.220-electronics.com/Transformers/trans/simranreg.htm#Step%20up%20and%20Step%20down%20Voltage%20Converter%20Size,%20Weight,%20Model%20and%20Prices
To support this 5000Watts transformer I'll have a electrician install a dedicated circuit from my electrical meter at home that is 120V with 40A breaker so that is (120 x 40)4800W. So from this new circuit I'll connect to a step up transformer and then from that connects to the on board charger in the leaf. Does this solution work? If not, what's the problem?
Thanks a bunch.
John
The spec of the car is here: http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/tags/show/specs#/leaf-electric-car/specs-features/index
The battery that came with the car is 24kWh and the on board charger is 3.3Wh so the charging time is 24/3.3 is about 8 hours. So the key is to provide a electrical circuit to the charger that is 3.3Wh. So I was thinking of getting a step up transformer that coverts 120V to 240V and that is 5000Watts and see here: http://www.220-electronics.com/Transformers/trans/simranreg.htm#Step%20up%20and%20Step%20down%20Voltage%20Converter%20Size,%20Weight,%20Model%20and%20Prices
To support this 5000Watts transformer I'll have a electrician install a dedicated circuit from my electrical meter at home that is 120V with 40A breaker so that is (120 x 40)4800W. So from this new circuit I'll connect to a step up transformer and then from that connects to the on board charger in the leaf. Does this solution work? If not, what's the problem?
Thanks a bunch.
John