Recent content by Linza

I did take KillaWhat's advice (before it was given ;) ) and bought an OpenEVSE Standard kit. It was a bit of a pain to put together (the screw lengths are too exact, no room for error and not enough 22 gauge wire for mistakes), but after two days and a lot of facepalms, it is assembled! It works...

I think Rexki means when (s)he leaves the house. Not sure the numbers on how much it would take to arc a specific distance, but disconnected is always safer than connected. There's really no reason to leave the equipment connected when you're not actively charging, anyway. I have always...

I will design my house to withstand floods and hurricanes, surely I can build in this whole house system. I suppose a grounding mesh under the house would be the first step. Because the house will be on the micro grid with only my dad's house next door, I suppose that will be fewer vulnerable...

When I build my house, it will have excellent surge protection. However, right now I live in an apartment built in the 60s. :( I have the 1st gen charger, then, since the pcb comes out with a few screws removed. The relay/transformer/power supply/whatever we decided it is, that is just two...

Ingineer is from EVSE upgrade, yeah? I sent a message to him already, he said that those units don't fail but 1 of every 10 thousand, and that it's the result of a bad upgrade. He does not sell or replace that component.

That's no good. I'll check out what their TOS says about billing frequency.

I did have some battery problems that led to a dealership visit, and they were quick to offer to replace the battery even after a VIN check, so I think the original owner was not one of the 110. - It had 44k miles when I bought it, which is not bad for a 3 year old car. It was a fleet vehicle...

Also the fuse is still good. grr.

Hello! I drive a 2011 SL, so the warranty is long gone on everything but the battery. We had a pretty bad electrical storm here a few days ago, and it melted right through my surge protector and my evse no longer works. The car, however, is just fine. Now, I'm deeply annoyed that my surge...

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Hello! I am going to pick up my LEAF from CarMax this evening. I don't know how many bars it's already down, but I got the service plan and plan to hold them to replacing the battery if it gets too bad. I'm in the Houston, Texas area, and there seem to be a lot of commercial charging...