JasonA said:
TonyWilliams said:
JasonA said:
I'd love to meet up with you guys this weekend and help out any way I can with the programming/hookups(I'm good like that
) but I may have to ICE it for that long of a drive
Well, from Sylmar to the DC CHAdeMO at Residence Inn in San Juan Capistrano, it's 80 miles. At 55mph with cruise control on, you'll make it in about 90 minutes. Then, you need 40 miles of range to 577 S. Vulcan Ave, Encinitas, which should take about 30-40 minutes, then arrive in Encinitas and leave it on the Blink. You can catch a ride for the Brusa part of the party, and then you're car will be all filled up for the return.
I don't have DCQC on mine
That's why I'd love to parallel a few Brusa's together!
I'm living in a 3.3kw only world right now
I'm bored.
I'm waiting for my spacer / gasket material, so I set out to install the through-plate gland for the charger output.
I was struck by how easy this hookup is, and how physically small the #12 wire-ring end is.
This got me thinking about JasonA's statement about stacking Brusa's, which before this I thought was preposterous.
Well.......... It's not!
If you are going to put in one Brusa, why NOT put in TWO?
I had always considered it to be a "fit it under the hood size problem" , probably my fixation on the word "stacking", so I went looking.
Not counting the wiring access (plugs) the footprint of the Brusa is 13 1/8" X 9 7/8.
So, if you turned them sideways (Plugs Out), you would only come 3 1/4" farther forward, which is just 1 1/8" forward of the current inverter cover.
I turned mine, slid it as far back as I could, and the hood closes!!
(My hood closes. Don't buy another $$$ Brusa until
YOUR hood closes please!.)
So if you installed the Brusa's side by side, leaving an inch or so to get your output wires
between the Chargers and through your mounting plate, that's a total width of (9 7/8 X 2") + 1" (+ a pinch) = say 21" total width?
I went under the hood again, with my plate still mounted, and started fooling around with placement.
It's doable!!
If you are willing to relocate the small tank on the passenger side (and there is plenty of room to do it), and relocate the brake fluid tank on the driver's side to say, behind the Battery (we are moving it anyway)) I can see a comfortable 22 1/4" of space in there before you need to fool with the AC Line or encroach on the battery!
It really is Doable.
You should swap out the J1772 socket for say a 70 amp unit (increase the wire gauge, etc), but you can get one for under $100 (China), and the rest of it is all the same challenges for one Brusa as a pair... Right?
So, not preposterous.
I apologize.
If you are really going to do it, the internal bracket remains unchanged, but you may want to redesign the mounting plate NOW so it can be used later (now?) for a pair of Brusa's.
Oh.... and you need a pair of Brusa's
(Fricking 9.9Kw!!!.... In EV charging math that's an easy 10KW.
In Fiat EV math that's like .....12Kw isn't it? )
:lol:
Addendum: EVSE
I built an "open EVSE" early on.
I overdesigned it... why not.
I used a 70 Amp J1772 and cable, and a 60 Amp contactor.
It's run on 6 gauge copper, and its 4' from a subpanel.
All I would need to do is go back and remember how to adjust the Pilot signal.
I think it's dip switches :roll: