This is for a Brick Exterior House installation:
This was a free charger program from the dealership During December 2014 - AV EVSE-RS 6.6kw 240V J1772 charger - Nissan branded
Rec'd the charger on Wed January 28 2015 - via UPS Brown - Driver was surprised at the delivery - says it was going to "Nissan North America C/O: REX LastName"
Box weight was 22.5 lbs
Confirmed package contents. Started the install about a week ago.
Pulled AWG #8 Black and red copper wires (conductors) - Home Depot - 45'*2 = $55.
Seimans 2 pole 240V non fuseable safety switch - $54
Liquidtite connectors - Q4 at 5. = $20
1/2" flex liquidtite conduit = $25
40 amp 240 circuit breaker = $10
Due to brick exterior installation - AV instructions do not address at all.
Most of nuts and bolts are pretty much for wood sided housing installations and thus not used.
For Brick Ext installs:
A. 1/4" tapcon bolts 1-1/4" long work the best. contractor box w/ drill bit = $16
B. at least Q7 - 1/4" - stainless washers for all tapcon bolt connections - 3-4 on main unit plate and 3 on cable holder. = 1.18
Install Notes:
1. The #8 wire is very sensitive to taking the plastic jacket off and exposing copper when pulling through 1/2 metal EMT conduit connectors at the junction boxes. Electrical tape up these exposures carefully when examined.
2. You do not need to remove the yellow wire connector in the unit per the instructions, just be careful with the washer and get it above the washer before tightening.
3. The two Allen bolts that hold the unit to the plate are instructed at a ridiculous 50 foot pounds of torque, mine at 25lbs best. On a brick house with imperfections in the brick surface do not attempt 50 foot pounds or it might crack the housing.
4. The instructions are somewhat secretive on Phase 1 black and Phase 2 (red in my case) hot wires locations inside the unit. Don't forget a true ground - green wire, mine is a dedicated 12 gauge solid copper back to the service panel and pinned to the neutral bar. Chicago is also grounded in the metal conduit pipe - No Romex is allowed anywhere!! The Chicago Fire Fear.
Total hardware cost for installation: $182 before electrician time and any PERMITS. Wink - Wink.
Total time spent by my journeyman electrician was about 9 hours. 2 hours was to re-allocate lines on the service to make room for 2 open positions to hold the dual 240 circuit breaker. Those who get $700 total cost sounds like a bargain at 520 toward service @ $74/hour. The 2,400 quotes sound a bit high at 8 hours time @
$275/hour!! OUCH! My electrician/plumber/woodworker/gardener/Dad works for real cheap!!
Can take pictures if you need any that have brick exteriors or confusion on were the black and red wires connect!!
Post Installations Observations:
6 bars charged in 1 hour 18 min - Wow! - compared to 120V trickle charger
Others research shows standby electricity at 5 watts? Will verify this later. Appears close on house meter
Trickle charger - assuming, in error, @100 efficiency, cost me 4.13 cents per mile at 12.4 cents per KWH.
Whole house ComEd Real time price for January 2015 - including Leaf was 11.1 cents per kwh averaged. This KWh pricing with L2 charger should get me in the 3.2 - 3.5 cents/mile arena.