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Originally Posted by Isaac Zackary
I'd love to do that! And any suggestions would help! If I could avoid making a pusher trailer or packing around a generator I'd be all ears!
I really don't mind the shorter distance the Leaf goes between charges. It actually goes just about as long as I like to drive before taking a break. CHAdeMO is nicer than Level 2. But a lot of times my only option is 120V charging which takes all night to charge.
The two towns both east and west of here seem just barely within reach. I've driven from Montrose to home (Gunnison), going 35mph, freezing with no heater, no charging station between here and there and made it home with 10%...
In a few weeks have to go to Moffat, then to Denver and stay in Denver for a week, then go back to Moffat and then home in Gunnison. But I have 120V charging only for the first 120 miles or so. And then I have a level 2 in Salida, then in Caņon City I only have 120V again. I'm trying to figure out how to take the Leaf on this trip instead of renting a car for $400. If there were just a few more level 2 charging stations I'd do it in a heartbeat! a few CHAdeMO DC quick charging stations and I'd be in heaven!
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Your efforts would be better spent improving the leaf aerodynamics than building a pusher trailer, wedge the nose with a shaped foam grill block, and install a hitch kit and make a tail cone that plugs in to the hitch reciever, install disc wheel covers and rear wheel well spats to add a Lot of range.
do get yourself a evse that can be adjusted from 6 amp to 32 amp capable of 120/220 vac charging with a nema L6-30 twist lock and a pile of quick change adapters with every cord end you could imagine running into including 2 light bulb socket to power outlet adapters
build yourself a L1+L2 circuit rejoiner (110v+110v back to 220v) cord end to twist lock on your new evse, carry a multimeter and a circuit ringer tracer testers and practice to learn how to use them. With this the proceedure is at a 110 only charging site to put the circuit ringer into the first available outlet, then go and sniff the other avaliable 110 sockets for one that is not on the same half of the split phase 220 circuit panel. once you find the other leg of 110 you can then recombine them both CAREFULLY back to 220 with your double headed cord adapter. A note of caution; always measure the recombined voltage in the female end of your L1+L2 adapter before twist locking it to your evse and plugging it in to your EV. You want to be certian you have found both L1 and L2 circuits and that they are adding up to 220VAC with GROUND. Then you can enjoy 220 charging nearly anywhere...
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