BNL Employee Electric Vehicle Charging Program users group

[Gene Van Buren <gene AT bnl.gov>]

Hi, all

A reminder to please get back to me on the below. It would be really good to 
know where we stand as users for charging at BNL.

As an example, my 2013 Nissan Leaf came with a portable EVSE (charging cord) 
that was only set up to take 110 V, and I would've been willing to chip in on 
the cost of a shared 220 V EVSE. However, I now have a 220 V portable EVSE 
(no L6-20 plug though).

Thanks,
-Gene

> On May 21, 2019, at 1:03 PM, Van Buren, Gene <gene AT bnl.gov> wrote:
> 
> it would be helpful for us all to understand the situation with 220 V from 
> the users' side. To that end, I would really appreciate hearing directly 
> from people (you don't need to reply to this list unless you want to add 
> more to the discussion) on these questions:
> 
> 1) Are you interested in having 220 V charging at BNL? The outlets are on 
> 20 A circuits, and standard safety practices are to stay 20% below the 
> circuit maximum, so we would really only be looking at 16 A, or 3.5 kW max, 
> which isn't quite 3x what you can get on the 110 V outlets.
> 2) Does the portable EVSE you already own accept 220 V? (I'm not talking 
> about the plug, but rather its circuitry. This should be indicated on the 
> label.)
> 3) If so, do you have a plug or adapter that lets you plug into an L6-20 
> receptacle?
> 4) Would you be interested in chipping in on the cost of shared equipment 
> that we could keep at a 220 V charging site?
> 
> For question 4, here is an example of potentially viable equipment that is 
> UL- and outdoor-rated (we cannot have employee-owned equipment permanently 
> installed on site):
> https://store.amazing-e.com/level-2-charging-station-16-amp-amazinge