Recent content by katieandbrian

Hi, Just out of curiosity, I was wondering if I extend my current 2 year lease with NMAC, can I claim the $2500 rebate from CARB? I couldn't find any information on their site about becoming eligible with a lease extension. Any experiences?

Thanks for everyone's help! I will definitely make this trip sometime and let you know if it worked out.

First, I was thinking that it would be brilliant for someone to create a website (if it doesn't already exist) that would allow you to put in a multi-stop route, your driving style, current charge, average efficiency, etc, and tell you if your trip is possible based off of available charging...

Like I said, I totally respect them, and I respect your guys' opinions. If I didn't screw this up by hiring a crap electrician, I would gladly spend 300 again and again to upgrade units. Glad to know you guys are into it. I'll continue the conversation and probably end up fixing the unit and...

Hi, My electrician botched my 240v/30a install. Plugged unmodded OEM evse into the auxiliary 120v outlet he installed not knowing it was wired for 240 as well. Charged a few times fine, no big deal. Sent to EVSEUPGRADE and they call me saying unit is fried and worthless. Going to have an...

They seem to think it's toast. :( Having an engineer take a deeper look at it today. I doubt the news will be good. I'll explore selling it on here. I don't think I'll end up using the .25/hr curb station every night, but a few times a week would probably be viable. EVs aren't super popular in...

Sure, my time is valuable, but I've found that with driving an EV, I am inherently spending more time to take advantage of the charging infrastructure in my area than with filling up at the gas station once a week. The easiest method would be to just charge at home, but that's inefficient and as...

Sorry, my description was unclear. Guy came out, did the work (wrong). He installed a 240v/30a dryer-type outlet with a normal 120v outlet in the same box (rationale was that if he's doing the work under the house, might as well have a both types of outlets wired up at the same time) on the...

This is a great idea. It didn't have any external signs of fry-age. In fact, after the electrician fixed it, I was plugging it in and successfully charging at 120 a couple times before I sent it to EVSEupgrade.

Ahhh, yes, you are correct. I don't think it's that simple though. Well, it could be! But, I found out the circuit was wired incorrectly because I fried my wussy little electric weed whacker. When I told him this, he promptly purchased a unit for me that far exceeded the value of the unit he...

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Well, I understand that point, and as an EV driver, I feel like the community aspect of adopting this technology is very important. However, I think it would be very foolish of me to not take up one of the 4 available spots between the hours of 830 and 10 or 1030pm at this discounted rate just...

Okay, so here's the deal. Got my awesome leaf a couple of months ago and got super-excited/over-zealous with my research and reading. We drive about 45 miles round trip a day, so I figured we haadddd to have a 240/30amp capability. Went ahead and got an electrician to install an outlet that...

But it's so much easier to be able to charge at home, rather than having to allot an extra 19 minutes (plus travel time to and from the charger from your normal route if necessary) to take advantage of a QC. In my case, that 19 minutes actually more than doubles my one-way commuting time...

Thanks! Never calculated per mile cost. Heh. I'm assuming you work at a dealer. :D I've contacted my local non-Nissan charging stations and the 2 stations I use have absolutely no plans to start charging for their blinks. QC or L2s for that matter. I charge at 630 or 7am in a relatively quiet...