Anyone have any experience with a portable level 2 charger

[johnclipper2]

By bad it's actually LCS-25. Their website lists for $795 but you need to ask for discount promotion code and enter that in their web order page and it should be $720 plus shipping.

Hey Eric,

I am a user of same product from a while. And if anyone want to buy this product you can easily buy this from Clipper Creek official site.

[Maz94protege]

The clipper creek LCS25, a L1 Panasonic EVSE with the EVSEUpgrade, the SPX Xpress area all great portable EVSE's to keep in the trunk. I made my L2 BLINK EVSE portable with a PLUG and a long 12GA extension cord. (No this is not recommended for 30Amp use, however both my old LEAF and my Current VOLT only use 12-16amps so 12GA is perfectly fine, any higher would pose a electrical risk)

With the big unit its not particularly a compact portable system, but its portable enough for me to disconnect, and reconnect at a friends/family members house.

[bobdavisnpf]

Thanks for the tip re: Clipper Creek LCS25 sale. Ordered one this am, no tax, $14 shipping, notified it's shipped just a few hours later.

[ScotMac]

Thanks Eric.

Based on what Eric has said and what I know about the other EVSE, AFAIK the EVSEUpgrade is the only game in town. Fortunately it's a very good game.

EVSE Upgrade would be a good game, if they did the Volt upgrades, like they used to.

Since they stopped doing the Volt upgrade, the only option is $979 for both a new Leaf unit AND the upgrade.

They used to do the Volt upgrades for $287, same price as current rev2 Leaf upgrades. But it appears he got a very bad taste from the early (BAD) Volt EVSE's, and never recovered when the new (MUCH BETTER) ones came out. This thread has a good discussion of it (including quotes of their VERY strong anti-Volt bias on their FAQ, all based on no longer valid information!):

http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread....tching-upgrade!

[ScotMac]

Oh, and note, EVSEUpgrade is NOT the only game in town. There is also the OpenEVSE option. Which also gives you 120/240V auto-switching. There is even the OPTION of putting it all in the Volt stock enclosure. See the discussion of it on this thread:

http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread....VSE-components

[ScotMac]

No unfortunately the LCS-25 is only 240v. You would also need to carry your 120v EVSE that came with the Volt.

Did you actually try it at 120V, Eric, or are you only quoting their specs? I am curious if anyone has tried this at 120V, since it is exactly the same board as the *2013* stock EVSE.

I have one, but haven't put a plug on it yet. I have a L6-30P plug, and a L6-30R receptacle, and a L6-30 to 5-15 (normal 120V plug) adapter all on order. Other than the obvious fact that it isn't spec'd for it, does anyone know of a technical reason trying it on 120V would hurt it?

[ScotMac]

Oh, and btw, to show what i mean about the boards, here are pics of the 2013 stock EVSE board and the LCS-25 board, respectively:

[jljeeper]

Here is the Leaf L1/L2 upgraded dual voltage charger in a Volt
http://carphotos4.cardomain.com/imag...4735_large.jpg it fits better than the stock Volt charger. Haven't used it yet, actually I have only used my stock volt charger for the first week I owned it. Got the L2 AV wall charger right away.

[NewBostonConst]

love my power express....