asimba2
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My Leaf is an outside car since it is leased, while the two cars my wife and I own get the garage. I wanted an EVSE mounted inside the garage but needed the capability to get the J1772 handle outside without having to deal with passing the cord under the garage door opening. I started by building the openevse and mounting it to the inside wall.
Next step was to drill a 1-1/2" hole through the stucco and interior sheetrock and I used electrical LB fittings inside and outside, with conduit in-between, to get the wire outside. I bought my friend's unused dummy J1772 that comes bundled with the Scheider Electric EVSEs, as it makes a perfect wall mount and place to hang the cord.
With 24' of cord I can reach across the driveway to the place where there's the most shade for afternoon charging and I can still pass the cord under the garage door for that rare occasion that the Leaf gets the garage. It's also close to the gas service line so if there's ever a gas leak, there will be a spectacular show at my house. (For what it's worth, the electrical panel is only a few feet from it too.)
It feels like a serious luxury having Level 2 charging at home, not to mention I no longer have to manually stop the garage door from crushing the charge cable.
Next step was to drill a 1-1/2" hole through the stucco and interior sheetrock and I used electrical LB fittings inside and outside, with conduit in-between, to get the wire outside. I bought my friend's unused dummy J1772 that comes bundled with the Scheider Electric EVSEs, as it makes a perfect wall mount and place to hang the cord.
With 24' of cord I can reach across the driveway to the place where there's the most shade for afternoon charging and I can still pass the cord under the garage door for that rare occasion that the Leaf gets the garage. It's also close to the gas service line so if there's ever a gas leak, there will be a spectacular show at my house. (For what it's worth, the electrical panel is only a few feet from it too.)
It feels like a serious luxury having Level 2 charging at home, not to mention I no longer have to manually stop the garage door from crushing the charge cable.
