EV outlets Was: GM's inductive EV death wedge

["Mike Pengelly" <ev@pengelly.net>]

> Jerry Dycus wrote:
>
> >       Hi Bruce and All,
> >        I went to the local MPO Transportion meeting
> > and met the District 4 Secretary, Fla Deptment of
> > Transportation and talked about putting ev charging stations
> > along  I-4. He liked the idea.
> >        He asked what kind of outlets would be needed
> > and I said 120vac reg outlet, a 14-50 220vac range
> > plug and an avcon.
> >        Are there stock power center with these in it?
>
> Hi Jerry,
>
> Lowes sells a Siemens outlet box designed for RV parks that has a 5-20
> (120 V, 20 amp) and a 14-50 (240 V, 50 amp) outlet for $86.  The 5-20 is
> GFCI protected, not sure about the 14-50.  Run two circuits out to a
> station with one of the Siemens boxes and an Avcon, and you'd have
> something for everyone (except inductive, which doesn't exist in your
> area anyway) for under $500 in hardware.  That's a hard deal to beat.
>
> Chris

I use the Siemens outlet box for charging at work.  The 14-50 is not GFI
protected but the breaker for the 50 amp circuit can be replaced with a GFI
breaker for about $80 as a remember.  However, the GFI is set at the 5ma
standard for fault current which I found to be a little touchy.  It would
certainly be better if it could be set to the EV standard of 20 ma.
Mike Pengelly
Phoenix, AZ
'90 Mustang EV
EV@pengelly.net