I also have a 50 amp outlet in the garage that is wired through a breaker box to a EG4 6000ex inverter. I have plugged the Leaf into it, and the Leaf doesn’t like it shuts off charging in a second or two. I am thinking after reading posts that the modified sine wave coming out of the inverter is not compatible with the the Leaf’s charger. Is there a way to modify the sine wave to more resemble a grid supplied current ?
You know, I ran #4 out to my charging pedestal. So I can bang 70A out there! I was thinking I may want to charge two cars at the same time. Then I put a 50A RV box, and an openEVSE, and I realized I probably never will go past 50A (40A continuous). You really don't need to charge at home over 7600W (32A), and very few vehicles have OBC's that are faster than that anyway. 9600W (40A) continuous is no problem with a #6 run, and now your talking 12KW ish of solar and 200AH of battery output to keep a smooth output. I think the Lightning and the Tesla's do 9600. I think the Rivian hits 48A/11520W (60A breaker), so that could actually use the fatter cable. In terms of time, you are not really buying much with the extra 8 amps. Your talking something less than 6-1/2 hours to get 60KWH at 9600, 5-1/2 hours for the same at 11520. Charging slows as you push closer to 100%. The battery back on the smaller vehicles is usually 80KWH or under so add a modicum of time if you gasped into your driveway in turtle mode.
I think if you turn it down a clik, it might be fine. EV charging is a heavy load but ramps up rapidly without a surge. If your car doesn't support lowering the charge rate, get cheapo EVSE that supports variable rates, you are probably going to want to be closer to 24A than 32A. Also some of the EVSE's can be problematic under less than ideal conditions. There are some 120/240 16(20)A fixed units that can be had for <$200 with the with a NEMA 6-20 plug gender bender AC adaptor for NEMA 5-15. They have worked well for me, at 240v you get 3840W which is generally enough for an overnight charge. You'd get 1/2 that just under 2000 on 120.
I will check out the Victron specs, compared to the EG4 , see what’s different, thank you
Thank you for the advice ,N G bond I didn’t think about that.
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Hopefully this stupid electric car phase will just go away, it is clear they are not wanted, and you can't make money selling them. It is no wonder so many GM dealers gave up the franchise when forced to sell this garbage.
GM bought out nearly half of Buick dealers who opted against selling EVs
General Motors bought out roughly half of its Buick dealerships over the last year after offering voluntary buyouts to dealers opposed to the company's EV transition.
Hopefully this stupid electric car phase will just go away, it is clear they are not wanted, and you can't make money selling them. It is no wonder so many GM dealers gave up the franchise when forced to sell this garbage.
GM bought out nearly half of Buick dealers who opted against selling EVs
General Motors bought out roughly half of its Buick dealerships over the last year after offering voluntary buyouts to dealers opposed to the company's EV transition.
A record 1.2 million U.S. vehicle buyers chose to go electric last year, according to estimates from Kelley Blue Book, a Cox Automotive company. More specifically, 1,189,051 new electric vehicles (EVs) were put into service as the slow shift to an electrified future continued unabated. In 2023, the EV share of the total U.S. vehicle market was 7.6%, according to Kelley Blue Book estimates. That is up from 5.9% in 2022.
In the conspiracy notion, at this point I trust that big China collecting my data will have less negative impact than the beurocrats here. I’m with ya on the remote access
The facts tell a different story. An earlier post says it is approaching 8% of the market in the US and even more in some international markets. I think it is over 10% of new car sales in California with 447,000 sol,d in 2023.
The factory EVSE will draw 27 amps on a Leaf Plus although the onboard charger will accept high charge rates.
