I tried to search for this but couldn't think of the right keywords to find an answer so I thought I would just post the question and get yelled at later
I just bought a 2013 Leaf and live in an apartment complex. My apartment is too far from my parking spot to run a cord to the car. My girlfriend, on the other hand, owns a house and has agreed to allow me to trickle charge there when I stay over on the weekends.
One, reasonable, stipulation is that I pay her back for the excess power usage.
I am no electric engineer by any means but I found this equation online: W = A*V
If that is true, then W = 120V * 12A
so W = 1440 or 1.4kW
So if I charge for 8 hours, that is 8h * 1.44kW = 11.52kWh
Electricity in her area is $0.09/kWh so 11.52*.09 = ~$1.04
So is it true that if I charge my Leaf at her house for 8 hours, I only owe her $1.04?
Seems a little low to me but if someone could validate my math that would be great!!!
Thanks!
I just bought a 2013 Leaf and live in an apartment complex. My apartment is too far from my parking spot to run a cord to the car. My girlfriend, on the other hand, owns a house and has agreed to allow me to trickle charge there when I stay over on the weekends.
One, reasonable, stipulation is that I pay her back for the excess power usage.
I am no electric engineer by any means but I found this equation online: W = A*V
If that is true, then W = 120V * 12A
so W = 1440 or 1.4kW
So if I charge for 8 hours, that is 8h * 1.44kW = 11.52kWh
Electricity in her area is $0.09/kWh so 11.52*.09 = ~$1.04
So is it true that if I charge my Leaf at her house for 8 hours, I only owe her $1.04?
Seems a little low to me but if someone could validate my math that would be great!!!
Thanks!