Hi all. I've had a few posts here about the potential home charging solution. I have access to a 5-20 outlet in my garage, but, my panel is fully maxed. I won't be able to install 240V until I replace the panel. Yes, I've been down this road before with tandem and subpanels, and it's truly, fully, maxed. It probably should have been done back in 2018 when we installed our central air conditioning but we figured this was a better option.
I have an Electrify America site less than a mile from my house. I shop in this area anyway, there's a grocery store and a retailer nearby. They have one Chademo connector at 50 kW.
With pass, the rate is 0.18 cents per minute. Assuming I maintain a 50 kW charge rate, this means I'd be getting 0.8333 kW per minute. A full 50 kW over an hour will cost me $9 (you could factor in the monthly pass of $4 for the reduced rate, otherwise it's $1 per session plus 0.25 cents per minute, this would be $12.50+$1 session fee.)
My home utility rate is $0.17 including the delivery fee. We are not interested in doing solar. We do not have time-of-use plans, nor are they available from my utility.
My plan is to use 5-20 to charge at 1.9 kW/h. My commute is 10 miles each way, and I drive about 10k miles per year outside of pandemic. So, that's 104 "weekend" days without a commute, and 261 days with a 20 mile drive; 5,220 miles.
So, I believe I drive around an average of 30 miles per day. Some days it's simply 20. Some days it's a little more.
At minimum, I will have 10 hours to charge, which would give me about 19 kWh energy. With a 333 WhPM, that would give me 57 miles "at minimum"... nearly all days would allow me to charge longer thanks to working weird shift schedules - some days I could keep it plugged in for close to 14 hours, some days I don't drive at all...
I also have access to a V3 Supercharger near work.
I am looking at the Chademo (or CCS if they ever do that in the US) adapter for $450 instead of going through the $2000+ panel replacement and new 14-30 outlet (can't do 14-50 due to maximum amperage feed.)
Does this seem reasonable, especially because the EA station is also close to my home price?
I have an Electrify America site less than a mile from my house. I shop in this area anyway, there's a grocery store and a retailer nearby. They have one Chademo connector at 50 kW.
With pass, the rate is 0.18 cents per minute. Assuming I maintain a 50 kW charge rate, this means I'd be getting 0.8333 kW per minute. A full 50 kW over an hour will cost me $9 (you could factor in the monthly pass of $4 for the reduced rate, otherwise it's $1 per session plus 0.25 cents per minute, this would be $12.50+$1 session fee.)
My home utility rate is $0.17 including the delivery fee. We are not interested in doing solar. We do not have time-of-use plans, nor are they available from my utility.
My plan is to use 5-20 to charge at 1.9 kW/h. My commute is 10 miles each way, and I drive about 10k miles per year outside of pandemic. So, that's 104 "weekend" days without a commute, and 261 days with a 20 mile drive; 5,220 miles.
So, I believe I drive around an average of 30 miles per day. Some days it's simply 20. Some days it's a little more.
At minimum, I will have 10 hours to charge, which would give me about 19 kWh energy. With a 333 WhPM, that would give me 57 miles "at minimum"... nearly all days would allow me to charge longer thanks to working weird shift schedules - some days I could keep it plugged in for close to 14 hours, some days I don't drive at all...
I also have access to a V3 Supercharger near work.
I am looking at the Chademo (or CCS if they ever do that in the US) adapter for $450 instead of going through the $2000+ panel replacement and new 14-30 outlet (can't do 14-50 due to maximum amperage feed.)
Does this seem reasonable, especially because the EA station is also close to my home price?