Thanks David for your comments. Chapter 2 - I went back to Target close to closing time and the queue depth was the same: (6 on charge and) 3 waiting. I asked the last guy in line and he had been there 40 minutes!. Incidentally, he complained, maligned EVs. He forgot what it's like to start an old gas car with an old carburetor and old battery in cold weather :-)
So I checked PlugShare again and decided 6 miles round trip was worth the risk to see if the fast charger on the Garden State Parkway was working. Connie Chung Service Area They renovated this location in the past 2 years and it was my first time there. Ironically, PlugShare on my desktop computer did NOT show it as active and usable, and it still doesn't, (I need to check various filters) but the Plugshare app on my phone showed it working. 2 stations. One was in use, one open. I plugged it in and waved my credit card, went inside. I read a couple of books from my book list, charged for an hour, added about 150 miles. Periodically I checked on it, noted the changing charge rate: 18.5 kW, 19 kW 22.5 kW 44.5 kW, then 24.1 kW at the end, probably after the 80% mark. 38 kWh / $22.48 = $.59/kWh - More expensive than home at .15/kwh, but cheaper than a tow :-) Enjoy the weather. We'll be above freezing on Friday On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM Seth Rothenberg <s...@pachai.net> wrote: > Hello friends. > Life is so interesting. > My wife was considering taking my Kona EV for a mini-vacation... > 97 miles each way, which would leave about 80 miles in-town range, > which is not a lot with winter heating..... > > She had second thoughts because she doesn't have much experience > with Self-Service at pay "pumps". Level 2 at home is no issue. > It was on my mind to reassure her > Level 1 might have been possible on the trip, BUT... > today, it would not charge. > > I tried the Level 2 OpenEVSE, I tried the Hyundai level 1 charger. > Both are outdoors. They don't report an error, but the charge port does > turn red. > The cold may be a factor, it is 16 degrees Fahrenheit, and dropping to 12 > tonight. > I may bundle up and try to find a code for the red charge port. > > My teen wanted to shop, so we went to Target... > There were 6 Hyper-Fast CCS, 350 kW > ALL in use, and 3 cars waiting to charge. > It was the same when I came out. > I have not seen that before. > I am guessing they are Ubers :-) > > I may go back out. > All the nearby DC Fast Chargers that PlugShare found are in use. > There are other options in the neighborhood, > (including scounging from neighbors I know and one I don't yet know :-) > > It's a good thing my wife spoke to her sister about using > her gas car for this trip :-) > > I have a second Level 1 charger and I have a second Level 2 charger that > has not been tested before. > > I have a feeling this may just need to wait for a few degrees warmer > weather. > That is scary. > > The other small possibility is that the charge port was not installed > correctly following recent repair work. > Replacing the front "bumper" means removing and reinstalling the charger. > It has been 3 weeks of good charging, so that's an unlikely suspect though > possible. > > I'm wondering if anyone has had this experience.... > I will try to share the outcome. > > Thanks > Seth in Northern NJ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250122/5fb9cb1a/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
