f1geek said:Not a good idea to pull 30 amps on a 30 amp circuit. Trying to burn down the house? You probably should consult a licensed electrician. To my knowledge, you should not pull more than 80% of the circuit rating. If you only have a 30 amps circuit, don't pull more than 24 amps. If you can set the EVSE to 24 amps, that's what you should do. Otherwise, install an EVSE rated at 24 amps.
NoSmoke said:f1geek said:Not a good idea to pull 30 amps on a 30 amp circuit. Trying to burn down the house? You probably should consult a licensed electrician. To my knowledge, you should not pull more than 80% of the circuit rating. If you only have a 30 amps circuit, don't pull more than 24 amps. If you can set the EVSE to 24 amps, that's what you should do. Otherwise, install an EVSE rated at 24 amps.
I doubt the house would burn down - more likely the breaker would trip, maybe after a delay. You may well be right in saying no more than 80% should be drawn (on a continuous basis I would suppose) so there is some allowance for start-up surge current (if that applies to these EVSE devices). I note that the advertised 30A units call for a 40A circuit.
Would still like to know however if the 30Aers can be adjusted lower (to maybe 24A as you suggest). In any case, looks like a 220V, 20A unit would be maybe 3 times faster than a L1(?).
Edit: Just noticed that 24A units are available so that looks like the way to go alright.
NoSmoke said:Would still like to know however if the 30Aers can be adjusted lower (to maybe 24A as you suggest).
NoSmoke said:You may well be right in saying no more than 80% should be drawn.
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