planet4ever
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In my mind having 240v 20A charging available for two hours a day swings the pendulum from "improbable" to "feasible with dedication".mlapratt said:I make this 64-mile roundtrip commute an average of about 14 times per month... (sometimes twice/week and sometimes 4times/week). I intend to purchase additional annual lease miles to increase to 15Kmiles/yr. I have calculated my gas savings to include 30K miles (over my two-year lease) at a guesstimate of gas costing $3.50/gallon on a vehicle which gets 30mpg.
I will look into the charging-at-work options... including having this L2 or 240 charging outlet installation.
Incidentally, as we use the terms here L2 charging is equivalent to 240v charging. 20A is the rate at which the EVSE passes energy to the car. Circuits are also rating in amperage, but you will need a 30A circuit to support a 20A EVSE (don't ask!). The cheapest way to go to get a 20A EVSE is almost certainly EVSE Upgrade, which many of us are enthusiastic about. On the wiring end you need to hire an electrician to install a 30A 240v circuit. For the EVSE upgrade it should be terminated with an L6-20 outlet. The cost will be heavily affected by where you want the outlet, where the electrical panel is, and how heavily loaded the panel already is.
Assuming a conservative 15¢/kWh, 28 hour/mo at a 4.8kW charging rate (20A x 240v) would cost the church about $20/month. You would want to discuss with them an appropriate way of handling that.
Ray