The ultimate L1 charging is a simple retractable standard 120v cord from the car with the EVSE inside the car. Just like a vacuum cleaner. The three prong 120v plug on the other end of an EVSE is indistinguishable from the 3 prong plug on the end of a retractible cord (and the EVSSE circuitry is inside the car) so you cannot argue that it is unsafe. No more unsafe than plugging in a vacuum cleaner.
See how we added a retractible cord from Home Depot to a Leaf: http://aprs.org/charging-DIY.html Bob, WB4aPR *From:* Chris Tromley [mailto:ctrom...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, October 19, 2015 7:32 PM *To:* Robert Bruninga; Electric Vehicle Discussion List *Subject:* Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Buying An Electric Car: Why Charging Rate, DC Quick-Charging Matter On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: It is unsustainable to expect that people without EV charging at home or at work (both can be 115 volt) will be happy to leave their cars for hours every day somewhewre else every single day. Or that there will ever be enough such public chargers. No, the only practical answer remains (for the dail commuter), to provide provisions for people to plug in while parked at home. Even if this means on-street parking having outlets. I'm getting more used to the idea of L1 charging being pretty useful, but I have one remaining objection to it - L1 chargers. Currently, using L1 charging means carrying your OEM EVSE with you and plugging it in. You can't always expect to have an outlet right at your parking spot, so you also need an extension cord. That's a significant inconvenience. I wouldn't mind it so much, but that could be enough for John Q. Public to say, "What a pain. I'm getting a gas car." Not only that, but you're plugging in your OEM EVSE and leaving it where anyone can walk away with it. At ~$300 a pop, that's a significant risk. I will likely end up with L1 charging where I work, but with my i-MiEV's rear-fender charging port I can run an extension cord to the outlet, leave my EVSE in the trunk, plug the charging head into the port and lock my trunk using a latch extender (that I'll have to make) to leave a gap for the cords. I don't know if I'd charge in a public place if I couldn't do that. The longer-term solution is probably permanently-installed L1 charger cords with the charging head attached. Fixes both the convenience and theft problems, but costs $200 instead of $5. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20151020/f11a6fce/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
