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Wow that is a large system. How big is the home? Manny

I appreciate the discussion and want to learn as much as possible. I have the original design with the two relays. I guess my question would be if I plug each of the extension plugs into live receptacles and then one trips the circuit because it is say an older home (45 years) and perhaps has...

LTLFTcomposite posted the following comments back in 2011: This might be overkill but if you had extra relays could you protect against hot-neutral reversed wiring on the receptacles? If the relay is double throw it could open the neutral wired across the normally closed terminals if it detects...

Can you provide us with the part numbers that you used?

I noticed that several months ago SCE changed the Time of Use midnight to 6 am charges. It dropped the cost to I think $0.11 for Winter and $0.10 for Summer. Though frankly it is sometimes difficult to determine exactly how much I am being charged. As you noted you have generation charges as...

I am getting ready to turn in my car as the lease is up. I will sell my upgraded OEM unit, now 240 volt 16 amp, plus 110 adapter for a working none upgraded OEM unit plus $250. I am in Orange County and would prefer not to ship. I will ship but that will add the shipping costs. My number is...

If you read the fine print, it will tell you that you will owe a pro rated portion of the money that they gave you. There are some exceptions, like if the car is destroyed or such. But yes. Not sure how they go about doing this. I had the same question as I was considering trading in my 2011...

I have someone who can do the work at much more reasonable prices. The issue is you have to time this thing. SCE comes out and turns the electricity off at the pole. The electrician then has to put in a box for the splice. Assuming you have service coming in from the ground. You intersect...

Has anyone recently added a second meter so that they could apply for the Electric Vehicle Plan (TOU-EV-1) rate? I was trying to do this but found that the requirements are a pain in the butt. Manny

I am also interested in this mod. Let us know how much it cost and what you had to do prefer pictures. Thanks, Manny

We switched over to a TOU (Time of Use) rate with Southern Cal Edison. So our supper off peak rate is about $0.10 kwh. Prior to changing to the TOU we were averaging about $325 for the year for all our electricity use. This year we added the leaf (May 2011) and average about 350 kwhs per...

I am fortunate in having solar as well as TOU. I am semi retired, so most of the time we are at home during the day. We are careful not to use heavy electrical equipment during the 10 am to 6 pm highest rate. Our Super Off Peak is about $0.10 kwh. Thus far with the help of our solar system...

I understand that this unit can charge two cars at the same time. So you could park next to the car being charged and assuming that you are there when it finished you could then pull the unit from one car and attach to the other. Manny

I just got a PR notice from them about this installation. What is really cool is that they used two CHAdeMo compliant EV charging connectors. The more of these that are installed the more likely a defacto standard is set. We can hope. Manny

I wanted a larger system but because mine is utilizing thin film technology I had a lot of panels, 64 and one large inverter. With all that it is still only a 5.2 kwh. This is about 80% of our usage. However in switching to the TOU (Time Of Use). We are now producing more electricity credit...

That is a very large residential system. Was your regular use of electricity that high per month? Otherwise why so large. How many panels? Thanks,

The next thing you might want to consider is going to a TOU with your Utility if they offer it. Since we switched we have generated power during the day and our credit is much larger. Thus far we have charged the car at night for free over the last three months. This last month Sept was not a...

In the 2006 Prius trying to input a destination is a disaster in that it does not hear very well and makes a lot of mistakes. But if you are saying the Leaf's voice system is better then I will give it a try. The car should be quieter than the prius. Manny

You are correct. However, Tony knows that these cars have side airbags and thus they adhere by making sure the leather covers allow for the airbag deployment. In fact, when I discussed keeping the old seat covers as I lease the car, he mentioned that he would reuse the sticker that warns about...

I did a search and did not find the reference to the wire location. If you can recall the post, I am willing to cut my wires. Manny