Electric vehicle EVSE install in RV. Pics.
Hi all. For those with or getting EV's here is our install in our basement cabinet of our motorhome. It is on a hung bracket available with the unit...eg...it can be moved from your garage wall to t...
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It's a non UL approved Electric Vehicle Station "controller" that runs on 120 - 240V. It requires a dedicated 50 amp 240v circuit and breaker, since it runs continuous load at 80% of the circuit breaker rating. That means either your electric car is plugged in, or your RV, off of a pedestal, not both.
It is made and sold by e-motorwerks. Clipper Creek is another quite popular brand of EVSE. Clipper Creek is UL rated and tested. Just in case you burn something down with it and claim it on insurance.
Most current electric vehicle cars in production now are capable of pulling 30 amps at 240V, a few, all Tesla battery and motor based (Older toyota RAV and MB B250) are built with 40 amp capable chargers on board.
This is an engineered system for cutting back amperage with a pilot signal making it safe to plug in and unplug your electric car with out sparking and frying the electric contacts. The pilot signal sends the charger on board a measurement that cuts back the amperage to something very very low on non existent, before the contacts at the plug disconnect.
I see no reason to even install this unit on your motor home... Get the portable model from Tesla with the J-1772 handle already installed , for all other electric vehicles.
mobile connector bundle
I saw at one point in time that Tesla was selling a J-1772 handled version of this at one time on their website, but I can't seem to find it today.
A 2015 e-Golf SEL owner that's been down this road.
It is made and sold by e-motorwerks. Clipper Creek is another quite popular brand of EVSE. Clipper Creek is UL rated and tested. Just in case you burn something down with it and claim it on insurance.
Most current electric vehicle cars in production now are capable of pulling 30 amps at 240V, a few, all Tesla battery and motor based (Older toyota RAV and MB B250) are built with 40 amp capable chargers on board.
This is an engineered system for cutting back amperage with a pilot signal making it safe to plug in and unplug your electric car with out sparking and frying the electric contacts. The pilot signal sends the charger on board a measurement that cuts back the amperage to something very very low on non existent, before the contacts at the plug disconnect.
I see no reason to even install this unit on your motor home... Get the portable model from Tesla with the J-1772 handle already installed , for all other electric vehicles.
mobile connector bundle
I saw at one point in time that Tesla was selling a J-1772 handled version of this at one time on their website, but I can't seem to find it today.
A 2015 e-Golf SEL owner that's been down this road.
