hingisfan
Well-known member
Hi guys,
So, I spoke to my facilities co-ordinator briefly about charging my potential Leaf at work. He seemed pretty open to the idea, but he was wondering what I would need, as we don't have any 120v outlets outside. It's a manufacturing plant, we have a bunch of light standards in our parking lot, but they are are all wired at 347v. He mentioned they could rig up a transformer to one of the lights to bring it down to what I need. The other hitch is that all the outdoor lighting is on a main timer and I work half days and half nights, 12 hour shifts, 7am-7pm or 7pm-7am, so most of the year if my outlet is running with the timer, I won't be getting any charge when I work dayshift. The other option is to find an interior 120v outlet close to a door and run an extension cord out to the car, but there is grass and a walkway between the building and the parking lot which makes up quite a distance (50-100 feet), so it seems like not an ideal setup.
So, my questions are....
1. Anyone see a way around the timer issue?
2. What would I want them to dial down the power to? I was thinking if I have the choice I would do the EVSE upgrade and get them to make it 240v. I saw these transformers at http://www.ecraftsmen.com/data/files/349_Slim-Line_autoxfmr_specs.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and the first one listed would give me 240v @ 50 amps. I know 50 amps is too high for EVSE upgrade, but I assume it would work ok?
3. Any other ideas?
4. Does anyone have anything in writing to request charging access at work that I could borrow? Something nicely written about supporting eco-friendly and emission-free, and low cost charging, etc?
Thanks!
So, I spoke to my facilities co-ordinator briefly about charging my potential Leaf at work. He seemed pretty open to the idea, but he was wondering what I would need, as we don't have any 120v outlets outside. It's a manufacturing plant, we have a bunch of light standards in our parking lot, but they are are all wired at 347v. He mentioned they could rig up a transformer to one of the lights to bring it down to what I need. The other hitch is that all the outdoor lighting is on a main timer and I work half days and half nights, 12 hour shifts, 7am-7pm or 7pm-7am, so most of the year if my outlet is running with the timer, I won't be getting any charge when I work dayshift. The other option is to find an interior 120v outlet close to a door and run an extension cord out to the car, but there is grass and a walkway between the building and the parking lot which makes up quite a distance (50-100 feet), so it seems like not an ideal setup.
So, my questions are....
1. Anyone see a way around the timer issue?
2. What would I want them to dial down the power to? I was thinking if I have the choice I would do the EVSE upgrade and get them to make it 240v. I saw these transformers at http://www.ecraftsmen.com/data/files/349_Slim-Line_autoxfmr_specs.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and the first one listed would give me 240v @ 50 amps. I know 50 amps is too high for EVSE upgrade, but I assume it would work ok?
3. Any other ideas?
4. Does anyone have anything in writing to request charging access at work that I could borrow? Something nicely written about supporting eco-friendly and emission-free, and low cost charging, etc?
Thanks!