lavalanguage
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Howdy forum.
I am an electrician and was recently asked to install a charging location in a customer's garage for their
2018 Leaf, which arrived yesterday.
While I have not personally seen the charging cord that came with the vehicle, the dealership
tells me it is a 14-50 plug with an adapter for 5-15, 120V charging.
The customer does not want a new circuit run, but we discussed and after some research,
we decided to install an isolation switch on his dryer circuit close to the garage. The dryer is fed from a 30 amp breaker
with #10AWG CU wire. So from the isolation switch we can bring power to the garage.
I was obviously concerned about burning his house down by installing a 14-50 receptacle and then the vehicle pulling 50 amps when charging,but after searching it seem the Leaf can only max out at around 26 Amps when 240V charging. Still, doesn't seem wise.
So I called EVSE upgrade and they said I could swap out the 14-50 charger with one of their L630R twist locks and that the unit
they will send us will limit charging to 20 amps. This seems much better but I kinda want the customer to keep the 14-50 charger
in case they find a place while traveling to use it.
So my question:
-Is the EVSE upgrade charger and what the Panasonic unit Nissan sends out stock similar? Identical? Can I just get an adapter and somehow limit the stock charger to only charge at 20 amps or 24 amps....?
Whats the current best practice?
Any help appreciated....thanks.
I am an electrician and was recently asked to install a charging location in a customer's garage for their
2018 Leaf, which arrived yesterday.
While I have not personally seen the charging cord that came with the vehicle, the dealership
tells me it is a 14-50 plug with an adapter for 5-15, 120V charging.
The customer does not want a new circuit run, but we discussed and after some research,
we decided to install an isolation switch on his dryer circuit close to the garage. The dryer is fed from a 30 amp breaker
with #10AWG CU wire. So from the isolation switch we can bring power to the garage.
I was obviously concerned about burning his house down by installing a 14-50 receptacle and then the vehicle pulling 50 amps when charging,but after searching it seem the Leaf can only max out at around 26 Amps when 240V charging. Still, doesn't seem wise.
So I called EVSE upgrade and they said I could swap out the 14-50 charger with one of their L630R twist locks and that the unit
they will send us will limit charging to 20 amps. This seems much better but I kinda want the customer to keep the 14-50 charger
in case they find a place while traveling to use it.
So my question:
-Is the EVSE upgrade charger and what the Panasonic unit Nissan sends out stock similar? Identical? Can I just get an adapter and somehow limit the stock charger to only charge at 20 amps or 24 amps....?
Whats the current best practice?
Any help appreciated....thanks.