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Plugged into the kitchen range receptacle
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2023
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Why? How is this worth the effort over a few days plugged into a 120v plug (if you're at the cottage what's the rush? I'd assume you're there for a few days)
I’m driving a Ford Lightning. 120V will get you out of a jam but even overnight it’s pretty useless. Would have gained maybe 80km. We’re 4 hours from home.
No Electrify Canada or Flo stops between? I feel like I can't go 10km in BC without some sort of L2 or L3 charging.
That would be nice. NB is getting better but there really aren’t many public L3 charging options in PEI. One in Borden Carlton, one in Charlottetown and one in Summerside. The rest are all 7kw, basically overnight chargers for a lightning
Having had a similar experience I would suggest a couple of advantages. Depending on how low a state of charge you had on arrival, it might also be important to be able to make it to services or another fast charger if something urgent comes up. Also depending on whether there is an outside receptacle or not, this may leave the screens open for the least amount of time. I was done charging in half a day using a 50A receptacle recently. Last time at the same spot it was a 3 day affair. It is also more energy efficient to charge at 240V than 120V.
A few days probably = 200 miles of charge which in my car (chevy volt) is about $40 worth of gas equivalent