Re: [RE-wrenches] Electric car chargers

2013-02-23 Thread Mike Nelson
William, Yes, I'm sure, installed it myself. It is the newest charger, for their new sedan, I watched as the owner tested it up to 80 amps as displayed on the interior touch screen, beautiful car! The owner promised me a test ride. Michael D Nelson MD Electric & Solar Inc. 707.884.1862 office 70

Re: [RE-wrenches] Electric car chargers

2013-02-23 Thread William Miller
Michael: Are you sure about this? Tesla is the one company that had data on their web site and they claim a maximum of 70 amps: http://www.teslamotors.com/roadster/charging/high-power-wall-connector If you are correct, I will need to upgrade the 100 amp service I am planning. Let me know,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Electric car chargers

2013-02-23 Thread Mike Nelson
I recently installed a tesla charger, 100 amps at 240v, grid tied customer. Michael D Nelson MD Electric & Solar Inc. 707.884.1862 office 707.684.0064 cell Sent from my iPhone On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:55 PM, "frenergy" wrote: > William, > > I would have to concur with Randy's chart pretty m

Re: [RE-wrenches] Electric car chargers

2013-02-22 Thread Randy Brooks
William, I found this on Wikipedia: Level Original definition[195]Coulomb Technologies' definition[196] Connectors Level 1 AC energy to the vehicle's on-board charger; from the most common U.S. grounded household receptacle, commonly referred to as a 120 volt outlet. 120 V AC

Re: [RE-wrenches] Electric car chargers

2013-02-22 Thread Ray Walters
http://nationalcarcharging.com/downloads/ has several models of 240 vac chargers with full spec sheets. I just met them at a trade show. R.Ray Walters CTO, Solarray, Inc Nabcep Certified, Licensed Contractor 808 269-7491 On 2/22/2013 5:29 PM, William Miller wrote: Friends: I would not both

Re: [RE-wrenches] Electric car chargers

2013-02-22 Thread Ray Walters
Hi William: I'm working on an off grid charging station for a Chevy Volt. I decided to stick with the onboard 120 VAC charger, as the slower charge rates are more efficient for both the house and vehicle batteries. Its the old Puekert's # issue: the faster the charge or discharge rate, the