How To Wire A New Garage For All Electric-Car Charging
One fear people have regarding electric cars is the availability of charging stations. At home hybrids can be charged overnight, but battery version needs a level 2 charging station. By using this, the car battery will be recharged in 4 – 9 hours.
One fear people have regarding electric cars is the availability of charging stations. At home hybrids can be charged overnight, but battery version needs a level 2 charging station. By using this, the car battery will be recharged in 4 – 9 hours. It will be ideal to have this at home, and many consider having one fitted in the garage that they already have, but this is not going to be an easy thing to do. It will be best of this is installed while the garage is being constructed.
Setting up the station is not a major problem. As you will imagine, it is the wiring that has to be sorted out first, and this needs to be well planned as in time the station will be upgraded to one with superior power.
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The 240-volt line must be a couple of feet below the charging station. Be prepared to research this as some electricians will be unfamiliar with this equipment. The circuit must be able to support 50 Amps. A cheaper station may only need 24 Amps but look into the future.
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An NEMA 6-50 socket needs to be installed below the chosen. If there are objections to not hard wiring, explain that there may be the need to move the station later on. After wiring, bolt the station to the garage wall. There is the choice of around 12 stations, and big box stores sell them. It is as easy as putting in a drier.
Original Story; greencarreports.com
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Helena Marsh is the Editor-in-Chief at TrendinTech, where she leads editorial strategy and oversees coverage across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise technology. With more than a decade in technology journalism on both sides of the Atlantic, she previously served as a senior editor at Wired UK and covered the technology sector for The Guardian, following the rise of the big platforms, the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the regulatory push from Brussels and Washington. Helena holds an MA in Journalism from City, University of London and is a regular speaker at Web Summit in Lisbon and CES in Las Vegas. She believes technology reporting should be rigorous and plainly written, so readers understand what actually changes for them rather than what a company's announcement promises.
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