I just bought and installed a Chargepoint Home L2 EVSE for my 2nd gen Volt. The EVSE is incredibly small and I love the statistics that you can view in the Chargepoint app (Total KWH, Miles added, cost based on utility).
My question to you is that since the Chargepoint supports time based charging scheduling, is there any disadvantage to just turning off location based charging in the Volt and just using the Chargepoint timer?
I'm also attaching pictures of the wall unit and the app. Please disregard the horrible drywall patching job behind it, I need to redo it.
Hey, I have the same charger (16amp version though). Love the charger! Anyways, you should be ok. Set car as immediate and set scheduling on the charger. This way when you charge away from home you wont have to change the car settings.
I just bought and installed a Chargepoint Home L2 EVSE for my 2nd gen Volt. The EVSE is incredibly small and I love the statistics that you can view in the Chargepoint app (Total KWH, Miles added, cost based on utility).
My question to you is that since the Chargepoint supports time based charging scheduling, is there any disadvantage to just turning off location based charging in the Volt and just using the Chargepoint timer?
I'm also attaching pictures of the wall unit and the app. Please disregard the horrible drywall patching job behind it, I need to redo it.
ChargePoint is very conservative in estimating "miles added". It simply uses EPA MPG numbers. Seasoned EV drivers can exceed those numbers by a large margin.
Having said that, our electricity cost isn't cheap, but there are ways around that too. Not sure the OP's electricity rate is actual or another calculation.
I think that he meant to say "delayed time charging" because your right about the 12 amp setting.
@Noah - nice charger. I see no reason to use delayed in charging in car, but I don't know your charger but you might want to consider these two items.
If the power goes out often in SD then you might want to research how the charger deals with that. Do you have to reset something on the charger or does the app handle it. if it is wi-fi based then does you router go down often, then you may want to consider that. With the car, you set and forget about. Just a thought. Enjoy your new ride and charging stats.
Yup, SDGE is some of the highest electricity prices in the nation. Since I just got the charger I was testing it during peak rates @ .22/kwh but my super off peak is crazy high at .19.
Not sure why it's flipping the image to landscape, but I tried to cover up some of the bad drywall patch with a sign I found on Amazon.
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