EVDRIVER said:
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If you have a Leaf and an EVSE like the Leviton for example you can just cut the plug off the end and swap with a 30A male twist connector. Then make a 1' long cable with the Leviton plug on one end and a male 30A twist on the other end. This pigtail allows one to take the Leviton or other EVSE along and use various pigtails for different conventional plugs. I will post some samples here at some point once people need them. If you have a 120/240 EVSE you can even have a 120 pigtail(s).
I suggest changing the name of this thread to EVSE ADAPTORS, then all this talk can go in one area. There will be much I can assure. We will likely have and area added for schematics in general at the main forum in time...
Hi EVDRIVER,
Could you post some pics or part numbers and prices of the:
1. 30A twist connector(s) presumably a "mating pair"
2. what type of 1 foot electrical cable required? (i.e what wire gauge etc)
I like this idea, and it's exactly what I intend to do with a L2 EVSE. Since our LEAFs come with only a 3.3kW charger, I assume that given 240V, a 16A L2 EVSE is as good as it gets right? 240V x 16A = 3.8kW
Therefore, I plan to purchase the SMALLEST/LIGHTEST L2 EVSE (16A) that I can lug around with me, and make up those pigtails....
I think the smallest L2 16A EVSE I have seen is made by Schneider Electric. (I think the Leviton 16A L2 is bigger than the Schneider Elec one). So, anyone else seen a really small 16A L2 EVSE product?