maui1 said:
Reddy - I only drive ~15 miles / day in Wailuku, so home outlet is fine, but my other half drives ~35miles RT M-F - thinking of not limiting him, but probably not necessary - think that I am just having anticipatory range anxiety - but a good deal for two level 2 would be nice - seems like daily plug-in would be a ball-chain to add to the routine, but probably not.
Yes, you are having anticipatory range anxiety. Unless you have variable pricing with time-of-use metering (TOU) or solar panels where you want to charge during only sun hours, I wouldn't bother with two charging stations. One will be plenty, and maybe even more than you need. If you are cheap, and have two separate 15 amp circuits in the garage, you can easily travel 50 mi per day using the supplied L1 cord. I'm biased because I normally travel less than 10-20 mi per day. L1 works just fine except when longer back-to-back trips are required. Even then, a little extra planning and pre-charging makes it possible.
EDIT: If you go with only L1 for both cars, then one car must start charging essentially immediately upon returning home, and probably for 10 hrs. Make sure you have a good, dedicated circuit, 20 amp would be better, but I've used 15 amp. The other will require about 4 hrs of L1. If you have one L2 charging station, then you can plug in your car for about an hour (you don't have to fill it, just replace what you consumed that day), and then let the other car charge overnight. Assuming even 60 mile driven between both cars, 3 mi/KWH efficiency (much worse than you will get), charging at 3 KW per hour, you will only need 7 hours (or less) to refill your battery. If you have the 6.6 KW charger, then cut that time in half.
I don't bother carrying my charging cord, it stays mounted to the garage wall unless I'm traveling out of town (more than 60 miles). You can easily do the same. Range anxiety? Nope. In two weeks you'll be driving it just like any other car, except you plug in nightly and never stop for gas.
Also, as others have said the EVSEupgrade is another good option. Search the forum for Ingineer. You can also search my name or start looking here:
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=10776&p=247635#p247635
EDIT: I see you are leasing. If you're not planning on buying, then you don't have to worry about the battery and can keep it fully charged just in case you have some unplanned driving. If buying, then try to keep the battery between 40-80% charge most of the time, and out of the heat/sun (ya, I know, not on Maui) as much as possible. Then only override and charge to 100% on those longer trips.
Make sure you look the other Hawaii threads:
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=8949&hilit=maui#p200252
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10171&hilit=Hawaii
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=821&hilit=Hawaii