Level 1 VS Level II Charging which is better for you?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- There are a lot of questions about which charging level makes the most sense for EV owners. Rob and I talk about the differences between both and hopefully help you decide which is best suited for your charging needs. Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe!
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Uh no it's not like a toaster at all lol. A toaster is on for a couple of minutes. Your car could be charging for over 12 hours.
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I wish he didn't cut the other speaker off so much...it was hard to follow 😕
Honest question... Are you based in Canada? I hear they often deliver 2/3 phase to many homes and businesses (208 volts across the two "hots" and 120 between each hot and Neutral/Ground. Yes, I know 3 phase has 3 hots, but in Canada 2 of the 3 hots plus neutral/grounds are sometimes delivered to residences and small businesses - hence why I call it 2/3 phase...). I heard this on Electroboom's channel... In the United States, most homes are a, "split-single phase." In most of the U.S., for residential, you get 120 on the left "hot" to neutral or ground, 120 on the right "hot" to neutral and to ground, and 240 across both "hots". If we were 2/3 of 3 phase, I'd expect to see about 208, not 240 or so. My guess is, some standards organization in the U.S. decided to have 3x 240 volt phases on the final transformer(s), and center tapped each, then sent it to homes with the center attached to Ground and Neutral... Keep me honest here.
Hi - in Canada 120/208 3 Phase 4 Wire is generally used strictly for commercial application. 120/240 Single Phase 3 wire is the most common for Residential applications. There may be some areas that are serviced by the 3 Phase system but generally not.
In the end it is really not a ton of difference other than reducing the output of your charger slightly (208V vs 240V)
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In what you call the 2/3 phase system, if you had 240 volts from Hot to Hot, you would have ~138.5 volts from Neutral to either Hot.
what would be the difference in the monthly electric bill? How much more expensive would be to use Level 2 vs Level 1?
We would need to know what your monthly electrical consumption for charging is to calculate the difference. Level 1 transfers aprox 1.8kWh where Level II is aprox 6.2kWh. Hope this helps!
No difference. A charger that draws three times the powers gets the job done in one third the time.
That does depend on the billing structure of your utility, but yes, the difference will be negligible if not identical.
It's actually slightly LESS expansive to charge on Level 2! Granted, it's ~4X the power, but, not all the power goes directly to the battery. There is other ancillary equipment, such as computers, the charge regulator, and displays, that consume power as well. When charging in ~1/4 the amount of time, those auxiliary loads have less time to consume power. A greater percentage of the power being drawn by the car actually makes it to the battery, improving efficiency.
I live in Michigan and in few months it will get very cold, how will the cold weather impact the charging procedure over night . Thanks
Hi, the procedure for charging does not change over night for cold weather!
Interesting that the charging time to 80% is only 5 min. different. So whats the big advantage with the level 2 charger.
Hi John, the advantage is the amount of time it takes for the battery to charge (transfered energy) . Level 2 @ 208V translates to approximately 35km of range for every hour of charging where level 1 provides approximately 7km of range for every hour of charging. If you have lots of time to recharge then level 1 could be an option otherwise level 2 may make more sense. Hope this helps.
My comment came from looking at two screen shots, the first at 11:06 and the second at 11:50
The cars state of charge is 78% and the slide shots show a charge time to 80%, difference between the two times is shown as 5 min.for the 2% charge . It would have been much better for you to have plugged in at say 40% so that the time to charge to 80% would have reflected a much larger time difference thus illustrating your point better.
@@johncarson1427 I can see how this could be confusing so apologies for that. Those are b roll shots for the illustration of charger output. Hope that makes sense?
make a script or outline next time bozos
Thanks for your feedback, we will ensure we spend more time on the script moving forward.