We just purchased a 2017 Leaf. Of course the 110v charger it came with is painfully slow. We have an existing 220v NEMA 6-20 style outlet in our garage. We have baseboard electric heat, and this 220v outlet shares a 20 amp breaker with the baseboards in two rooms. The house was built in 1978 and we've owned it for 23 years and I've never used this NEMA 6-20 outlet, but it is hot and ready to charge. Our panel is of the 1978 era. We have a recent solar installation, and I think our service is 200 amps.
Questions:
1. Is there a recommended Level 2 charger for this scenario? In other words, a NEMA 6-20 plug on a 20 amp breaker.
2. Am I going to run into issues with charging on the same 20 amp breaker as two baseboard heaters?
3. Is there a resource for figuring out all the amps versus kW rating versus charging time stuff?
My wife's coworker has a charging station with a clothes dryer plug type (not sure what type that is) and he's talking about coming here and replacing the outlet, putting in a breaker, etc (we actually don't have any empty breaker blanks) and I just want one we can plug into the existing outlet without messing around. Thanks.
Questions:
1. Is there a recommended Level 2 charger for this scenario? In other words, a NEMA 6-20 plug on a 20 amp breaker.
2. Am I going to run into issues with charging on the same 20 amp breaker as two baseboard heaters?
3. Is there a resource for figuring out all the amps versus kW rating versus charging time stuff?
My wife's coworker has a charging station with a clothes dryer plug type (not sure what type that is) and he's talking about coming here and replacing the outlet, putting in a breaker, etc (we actually don't have any empty breaker blanks) and I just want one we can plug into the existing outlet without messing around. Thanks.