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hello, EV heads. I am ordering a car charger TODAY. is this what I want?

Posted by amanda May 25 '22, 11:03

a complicating factor is that I have one of those big round plusgs in my garage already. I don't think I want to get a charger that plugs into that, right? I want to hardwire?

I always want to overpay for smart, but I honestly don't think it's worth it for me. (www.amazon.com)

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The only thing is I don't think your plug is the NEMA 14-50. It doesn't look like mine. I think that is called a 10-30R plug. You can only go up to -- (edited) - oblique May 25, 11:54 3
- Note: It is probably trivial for an electrican to swap out the plug and possibly breaker to go to 50amp (NEMA 14-50) directly -- (edited) - oblique May 25, 12:01 2
  - okat $90 extra for smart is worth it, I think. my car is "capable of accepting up to 11kW from a 48-amp level 2 charging source" but my plan is to set - amanda May 25, 12:12 1
    - Yeah, I could set mine down as well (car only pulls 30 IIRC) and I do kinda wish I had gotten the smarter charger. Just get that outlet adapter cable -- (edited) - oblique May 25, 12:17
Do you know if round plug is 220v? Can you just get a cord to plug into that if so? -- nm - spamlet May 25, 11:26 4
- This reminds me I need to put my level 1 charger in my trunk -- nm - oblique May 25, 12:20
- it *is* 220V. it says it on the panel. I have read something about wear and tear on "just plug it in" plugs, but I trust the EVheads here to tell me - amanda May 25, 11:31 2
  - No wear and tear. The Grizzle-E is a one time plug in. See my other response about the outlet type. You may want to go with the "SMART Grizzl-E" if - oblique May 25, 11:55
  - I always assumed you could just plug into 220v but I’ll let others with actual cars tell you. -- nm - spamlet May 25, 11:34
I do believe a 'smart' charger will stop when your battery is fully charged so you don't over charge and damage it... -- (pic) - zeitgeist May 25, 11:16 [Attachment] 5
- Don't the cars detect that and stop the charging? -- nm - zork May 25, 11:19 4
  - Yes. My Niro EV I have set to stop at 80% charge. -- nm - oblique May 25, 11:58
  - The Bolts even asks how fast you want to charge, etc. -- nm - Spawn May 25, 11:52
  - no idea how it works -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 11:20
  - this is my understanding. -- nm - amanda May 25, 11:20
can you get the robot one? -- (link) - decline May 25, 11:16 [youtube] 3
- What happens when some dickhead parks his pickup next to you and the robot cannot position to take the battery away? -- nm - zork May 25, 11:26 1
  - i won't let that happen, Dave -- nm - Yallah-9000 May 25, 11:27
- two things. 1) def want 2) that garage is bigger than ten of my house. -- nm - amanda May 25, 11:21
Round garage outlet. -- (pic) - Pocket Jones May 25, 11:09 [Attachment]
220, 221. whatever it takes -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 25, 11:05 [youtube] 1
- we can't all have blimp cars! -- nm - amanda May 25, 11:05

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