We are excited to see you back producing videos again. Great review and can't wait to see what other project you have in the future. Wander On- Kyle and Michelle
I grabbed two EVSEs off Amazon that support variable charge rates for my 2 PHEVs recently. They are amazingly dangerous if your circuit is not capable of their fastest charge rate (40A). The problem is if you plug them in to a 20A circuit and power is interupted then they default to their highest charge rate and happily will start a fire, assuming the breaker takes a bit to trip. Please test this on any EVSE you review. In my case it's not so bad because the PHEVs will only charge at 3.3kW (~14 amps) but they would not be safe to use in a few circumstances.
This is a great callout! My outlet is appropriately sized, but I can test this. Is your outlet sized appropriately? I think they plan on your outlet being right and no adapters being thrown in the mix. Regardless I will test the behavior of power interruptions and the allowed amperage.
@codys-garage Yes, I got them for a 14-50R on a 50A circuit that I'm having installed. I noticed this when I tried using their 120V adapter since I currently charge my car on a standard 15A house plug. They have settings for 8, 10, 12, or 16 amps when running at 120V and I had set it for 10, but unplugged it while testing it and plugged it back in when at showed 16A and pulled that power. I then set it to 10A and had my son pop the breaker to simulate a power outage and sure enough it reset to 16A so I can't use them until I get my 14-50R installed. I also tested with my dryer outlet on 240V and sure enough no matter what you set it to if it loses power and power is restored they default to 40A. Super dangerous unless you know exactly what you are doing.
You’re right, and I noticed that too as I was uploading. I’ll be doing a video on this charger in the near future! amzn.to/3Yznu2h Thanks for watching! :)
We are excited to see you back producing videos again. Great review and can't wait to see what other project you have in the future. Wander On- Kyle and Michelle
This is not a charger, its an EVSE. The charger is inside the car :P
I grabbed two EVSEs off Amazon that support variable charge rates for my 2 PHEVs recently. They are amazingly dangerous if your circuit is not capable of their fastest charge rate (40A). The problem is if you plug them in to a 20A circuit and power is interupted then they default to their highest charge rate and happily will start a fire, assuming the breaker takes a bit to trip.
Please test this on any EVSE you review.
In my case it's not so bad because the PHEVs will only charge at 3.3kW (~14 amps) but they would not be safe to use in a few circumstances.
This is a great callout! My outlet is appropriately sized, but I can test this.
Is your outlet sized appropriately? I think they plan on your outlet being right and no adapters being thrown in the mix. Regardless I will test the behavior of power interruptions and the allowed amperage.
@codys-garage Yes, I got them for a 14-50R on a 50A circuit that I'm having installed.
I noticed this when I tried using their 120V adapter since I currently charge my car on a standard 15A house plug. They have settings for 8, 10, 12, or 16 amps when running at 120V and I had set it for 10, but unplugged it while testing it and plugged it back in when at showed 16A and pulled that power. I then set it to 10A and had my son pop the breaker to simulate a power outage and sure enough it reset to 16A so I can't use them until I get my 14-50R installed.
I also tested with my dryer outlet on 240V and sure enough no matter what you set it to if it loses power and power is restored they default to 40A.
Super dangerous unless you know exactly what you are doing.
@@Snerdles I agree! Thanks for detailing your experience!
Are there any other sources? This is already out of stock at Amazon with no date
You’re right, and I noticed that too as I was uploading. I’ll be doing a video on this charger in the near future! amzn.to/3Yznu2h
Thanks for watching! :)