Home Charger Reviews and FAQs

[SpaceEVDriver]

I am glad you seem like a reasonable man. I can imagine a year from now you just yanking all our chains for $hits and giggles. Sitting around like, now that 5000 members think I’m a genius watch this…… “I use my old bottles of motor oil to clean the battery pack and water beads off beautifully when I’m driving down the road on a rainy day”. Or in a pinch I use my jumper cables from my neighbor’s engine to the two mounting bolts on the front end of my battery pack-NOT the rear bolts-that would be crazy “

I mean, the neighbor does have a diesel Silverado 3500, but it only puts out 12 volts, so without a DC-DC step-up converter, it’s useless to me. Even with a step-up converter, the alternator only puts out about 200-300 Amps maximum. That would be enough to produce 2.4 to 3.6 kVA, but the conversion process is pretty inefficient, so I could probably only get 2 kW out of the truck. It really would be annoying to have to listen to that diesel for 65 and a half hours to charge from 0% to 100%.

I think I’d rather just get a few more solar panels.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I should mention that just because I don’t need an 80 Amp charger doesn’t mean nobody does.

I don’t commute long distances on a daily basis. Some people do.

If someone drives, say 150 miles a day, and gets 2 miles/kWh, that’s 75 kWh per day.

On an 80 Amp (19.2 kW) charger, the truck would take 4 hours to recover those 75 kWh.
On a 48 Amp (11.5 kW) charger, the truck would require 6.5 hours.
On a 30 Amp (7.2 kW) charger, the truck would require 10.5 hours.

Even at 30 Amps, someone driving a 2 miles/kWh truck 150 miles a day can recover the energy overnight. And even if they have longer days and less time at home, they could recover that usage on 6.5 hours of charging at 48 Amps.

So, it’s not a totally unreasonable charge speed. It’s just not likely to be something most people need.

 

[cyure]

I should mention that just because I don’t need an 80 Amp charger doesn’t mean nobody does.

I don’t commute long distances on a daily basis. Some people do.

If someone drives, say 150 miles a day, and gets 2 miles/kWh, that’s 75 kWh per day.

On an 80 Amp (19.2 kW) charger, the truck would take 4 hours to recover those 75 kWh.
On a 48 Amp (11.5 kW) charger, the truck would require 6.5 hours.
On a 30 Amp (7.2 kW) charger, the truck would require 10.5 hours.

Even at 30 Amps, someone driving a 2 miles/kWh truck 150 miles a day can recover the energy overnight. And even if they have longer days and less time at home, they could recover that usage on 6.5 hours of charging at 48 Amps.

So, it’s not a totally unreasonable charge speed. It’s just not likely to be something most people need.

All I know is that when I have my charger installed I’m checking with you first to make sure it’s right.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

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