Re: Got my TH!NK can't plug it in.

["Joseph H. Strubhar" <joe@gremcoinc.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Lee A. Hart <leeahart@earthlink.net>
To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: Got my TH!NK can't plug it in.


> chris@califormula.com wrote:
> > Let me clarify.
> > I figured out how to charge my car by using a three phase we have
> > here for an old sprinkler pump.
>
> Are you sure it is 3-phase, and not just single-phase 220vac? 3-phase is
> rare in residential buildings.

Lee, it sounds to me like it is not a residential building - or if it is, it
is multi-
family (ie, apartment house) - in which case it might very well have 3-phase
service for stuff like landscape irrigation, etc,

> > Three spools of 8 guage and conduit and meter and sub panel and a
> > waterproof box to put charger and connection in.  This is $2150 and
> > the electrician gets $250 he says.  It all has to be to code.
>
> That explains the high price. But why is he running #8? Just how big is
> your charger, anyway?

Probably because of the length of the run - code requires you to upsize the
wire to overcome losses on long runs.

Joseph H. Strubhar

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