grandizer52 said:
Jjeff,
great links...curious...where is the strangest place you had to charge/////laundry mat, strangers house....municipal airport.
Truthfully I pretty much always plan my trips so I don't have to charge in an emergency, but I always carry my very flexible Juicebox EVSE and adapters
just in case.
Not that it's so strange but the most worried I got about getting a charge was when I first got my Leaf and ventured past the point of no return(started with 100% but by the time I got to my destination I was less than 100% and of course had to return). I was banking on the fact that I was told by calling a somewhat local Cabela's(50+ miles one way) that they had a free RV parking lot with RV outlets. They had no clue to what kind of outlets they were but assured me they had them. I figured they'd be either 14-50(most common new 240v RV outlet) or maybe the older 120v TT30, both of which I had adapters for. Well when I got there(with a little over 40% charge which meant I HAD to charge to make it home) I found the RV parking area but NO outlets
I looked high and low but found nowhere to plug anything in, even a plain 120v outlet. I circled the parking lot several times and finally spotted a lowly 120v outlet mounted on a decorative light pole. My cord just barely reached to the closest I could park to the pole and luckily the outlet worked. I knew that at ~12a @120v I'd have to plug in for more than a hour to get back to a point where I could make it home. Event though my EVSE went up to more than 12a I didn't want to risk the outlet being on a 15a circuit, probably not the case in a commercial establishment but I also didn't know if anything else was on the circuit and for sure I didn't want to blow a circuit mid charge.
In the mean time I shopped at the Cabelas and tried to kill some time(not hard to do at Cabelas) and about 2hrs later I got in my car and I believe the SOC said something like 55% which I figured would be bare min if I took it easy. I took some back roads where I could travel less than the 70+ mandatory freeway MPH, unless I wanted to get blown off the road. Long story short I made it back home just as the miles went to --- which is always scary. I figured since it had just went to --- I would have probably had a couple miles extra but it was closer than I care to be, I've never experienced
turtle mode but figured I was close.
Most of my adapters I've never used but like anything else for emergencies, it's nice just knowing I have the option.