Dsinned
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Today, on a Saturday afternoon, just on a whim, and since I was in the area anyway, I checked out a somewhat obsured place of business to plug-in my RAV4 EV for a "free" charge. I found it on PlugShare, a charging station location app on my iPhone.
Sure enough it was a place all by its lonesome, nobody around, with "3" EVSE L2 charging stations side by side. One Chargepoint (Coulomb), one Blink, and one GE Wattstation, all three with J1772 charge cords rated for 208-240V 30A output. AND ALL WERE FREE TO USE!
I tried the Chargepoint because I paid five bucks for one of their ChargeCards and wanted to try it out. It worked fine! I also like the Chargepoint pedestal mounted design because it provides a digital LCD "ticker" across the face of the meter, including killawatts being consumed. The ChargePoint I plugged in to was displaying ~6.3kW, so I believe the line voltage there is 208Vac.
As mentioned above, this charger location showed up on the PlugShare iPhone app which also has info about reservations and past usage histories. It is right next to a business park Cafe & Bakery shop, open from 6am till 6pm weekdays only, and not too far from a Walmart shopping area, and a variety of fast food joints about 1/2 mile away.
Great place to take my dogs for a walk on weekends, or read the Sunday paper!
I now know of two places in my area with free EVSE L2 chargers in their customer parking lots.
EUREKA!!! :mrgreen:
Sure enough it was a place all by its lonesome, nobody around, with "3" EVSE L2 charging stations side by side. One Chargepoint (Coulomb), one Blink, and one GE Wattstation, all three with J1772 charge cords rated for 208-240V 30A output. AND ALL WERE FREE TO USE!
I tried the Chargepoint because I paid five bucks for one of their ChargeCards and wanted to try it out. It worked fine! I also like the Chargepoint pedestal mounted design because it provides a digital LCD "ticker" across the face of the meter, including killawatts being consumed. The ChargePoint I plugged in to was displaying ~6.3kW, so I believe the line voltage there is 208Vac.
As mentioned above, this charger location showed up on the PlugShare iPhone app which also has info about reservations and past usage histories. It is right next to a business park Cafe & Bakery shop, open from 6am till 6pm weekdays only, and not too far from a Walmart shopping area, and a variety of fast food joints about 1/2 mile away.
Great place to take my dogs for a walk on weekends, or read the Sunday paper!
I now know of two places in my area with free EVSE L2 chargers in their customer parking lots.
EUREKA!!! :mrgreen: