so it looks like we will be the owner of a new Leaf S w/ QC tonight.
I've been doing some research into EVSE so that we can charge the car from the house. My wife has access to a level 2 charger at work, and there is a level 3 about a mile from our house if needed as well (only open certain hours). but with a daily commute and errands we wanted to have a level 2 charger at the house as well.
I'm leaning towards the OpenEVSE system, and have a friend that is an electrician that's going to help me with the installation. Plan is to change to a larger subpanel in the basement as all the slots are filled on the existing panels. For now we have a Leaf, but I know some day the wife would like a Tesla. So I'm considering what would be best in relation to "upgrading" in the future to additional power so I don't have to install too much for a newer gen car when the lease is up on ours.
so first question: Get the 30A or 50A OpenEVSE system? I know the 30A is all you need for the leaf but with the price difference only being $20 it would seem to just install the 50Amp charging station and have the extra capacity if needed in the future? will go with the 20' J1772 cord as that will reach both sides of the garage and outside the door in case the garage is not available for parking. lol. pretty sure their current cord will only do 40A
for the panel/wiring in the basement to the outlet in the garage, my friend said we could put a 100A breaker in the main panel to the sub panel, 50Amp breaker in the sub panel, then run the wire out to the wall plug. I would like to install a 14-50 NEMA outlet in the garage and then plug the OpenEVSE into the outlet.
any comments or suggestions or am I missing anything here so far?
any suggestions on wiring from panel to garage (30-40' estimate)? 6 or 8 gauge? Assuming 6 because of the future possibility of using 50A? 6/2 or 6/3? I haven't talked to him yet about this but thought maybe someone on here is in the same boat. I don't want to have to rewire things in 2 years if we decide to get something different or if the battery technology has changed in a new Leaf or Tesla...
new to all of this and looking for suggestions. I'm guessing others have been in the same boat just wanted to "future proof" my installation so I don't have to go back and do it again in the near future.
I've been doing some research into EVSE so that we can charge the car from the house. My wife has access to a level 2 charger at work, and there is a level 3 about a mile from our house if needed as well (only open certain hours). but with a daily commute and errands we wanted to have a level 2 charger at the house as well.
I'm leaning towards the OpenEVSE system, and have a friend that is an electrician that's going to help me with the installation. Plan is to change to a larger subpanel in the basement as all the slots are filled on the existing panels. For now we have a Leaf, but I know some day the wife would like a Tesla. So I'm considering what would be best in relation to "upgrading" in the future to additional power so I don't have to install too much for a newer gen car when the lease is up on ours.
so first question: Get the 30A or 50A OpenEVSE system? I know the 30A is all you need for the leaf but with the price difference only being $20 it would seem to just install the 50Amp charging station and have the extra capacity if needed in the future? will go with the 20' J1772 cord as that will reach both sides of the garage and outside the door in case the garage is not available for parking. lol. pretty sure their current cord will only do 40A
for the panel/wiring in the basement to the outlet in the garage, my friend said we could put a 100A breaker in the main panel to the sub panel, 50Amp breaker in the sub panel, then run the wire out to the wall plug. I would like to install a 14-50 NEMA outlet in the garage and then plug the OpenEVSE into the outlet.
any comments or suggestions or am I missing anything here so far?
any suggestions on wiring from panel to garage (30-40' estimate)? 6 or 8 gauge? Assuming 6 because of the future possibility of using 50A? 6/2 or 6/3? I haven't talked to him yet about this but thought maybe someone on here is in the same boat. I don't want to have to rewire things in 2 years if we decide to get something different or if the battery technology has changed in a new Leaf or Tesla...
new to all of this and looking for suggestions. I'm guessing others have been in the same boat just wanted to "future proof" my installation so I don't have to go back and do it again in the near future.