cwerdna
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First off, I almost never charge at home. I have free L2 charging at work and sometimes use free public charging.
When I charge at home (possibly Fridays and weekends), it's using the only outlet that I noticed in my garage, a GFCI one. It charges fine and doesn't trip. The outlet gets a little warm but not hot. But, it looks like it uses stab connections, which folks here say is a bad idea (I can see why). I don't see any screw terminals. The wires go straight into holes on the back of it yet I don't see any extra holes for releases like I have on other non-GFCI outlets and switches.
I thought of replacing the GFCI outlet w/a non-GFCI but realized I'm not sure how to connect it. The GFCI has 5 wires going into it, whereas regular non-GFCIs normally accept 3 wires.
Ingineer at http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=87367#p87367" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; mentioned one from Leviton that's supposedly compatible w/EVs, but the link's bad now. I'm guessing it referred to http://store.leviton.com/GFCI-Outlet-Electric-Vehicle/b/2673929011" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. I didn't see anything like this at Home Depot when I looked around. When I got home, I confirmed that http://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-Evr-Green-Base-Level-1-GFCI-Guide-Light-Receptacle-for-Electric-Vehicles-C27-T7591-PEV/202919213?keyword=gfci+leviton+electric+vehicle" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; says they only carry it online. It's kinda pricey for a GFCI too.
Any others that are known compatible? I'd rather not play GFCI lottery by buying one, installing it and finding out my Leaf trips it... That's a big waste of time. I'm just trying to move to an outlet w/screw terminals. I personally don't care if it's GFCI or not.
edit: changed 4 to 5. Whoops!
When I charge at home (possibly Fridays and weekends), it's using the only outlet that I noticed in my garage, a GFCI one. It charges fine and doesn't trip. The outlet gets a little warm but not hot. But, it looks like it uses stab connections, which folks here say is a bad idea (I can see why). I don't see any screw terminals. The wires go straight into holes on the back of it yet I don't see any extra holes for releases like I have on other non-GFCI outlets and switches.
I thought of replacing the GFCI outlet w/a non-GFCI but realized I'm not sure how to connect it. The GFCI has 5 wires going into it, whereas regular non-GFCIs normally accept 3 wires.
Ingineer at http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=87367#p87367" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; mentioned one from Leviton that's supposedly compatible w/EVs, but the link's bad now. I'm guessing it referred to http://store.leviton.com/GFCI-Outlet-Electric-Vehicle/b/2673929011" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. I didn't see anything like this at Home Depot when I looked around. When I got home, I confirmed that http://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-Evr-Green-Base-Level-1-GFCI-Guide-Light-Receptacle-for-Electric-Vehicles-C27-T7591-PEV/202919213?keyword=gfci+leviton+electric+vehicle" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; says they only carry it online. It's kinda pricey for a GFCI too.
Any others that are known compatible? I'd rather not play GFCI lottery by buying one, installing it and finding out my Leaf trips it... That's a big waste of time. I'm just trying to move to an outlet w/screw terminals. I personally don't care if it's GFCI or not.
edit: changed 4 to 5. Whoops!