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I'm guessing he meant he bought this EVSE: https://www.amazon.com/Maxx-16-Portable-Electric-Vehicle-mounting/dp/B01LFW1OK6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1510675321&sr=8-5&keywords=EVSE

Do you already have a 240V receptacle? That would be step one...

If you want something simple, you can just use your included Bolt portable EVSE with a single adapter. It’ll only charge at 12A instead of the 24A that you could possibly draw from that L21-30 outlet, but you can at least see if it’ll work, and charging for 8 hours at work will get you useful...

Yes, any good 12 gauge cord will work, like this one https://www.amazon.com/TES-SJTW-Heavy-Extension-Lighted/dp/B019GT5G4U

Yeah, I don't quite understand the paranoia about making these 120V to 240V adapters. As long as you affix a permanent warning label you should be fine. I mean, how likely would anyone else stumble across such an adapter that you only use and store your own garage when you're not using it. And...

A couple of years ago, I wrote a 20 page document describing home made charging adapters for Tesla cars. I decided to update that info and include info for all other EVs and put it all into a web site. The result is http://CarCharging.us/ It provides lots of generic info about electricity and...

I recommend hilltop too.

Yes you can, but it wouldn't be done by clear labeling. You would modify the wiring, then you would throw out the 120V receptacle and wire in a NEMA 6-15 or 6-20 receptacle. That way you couldn't accidentally plug a 120V appliance into it. The bigger problem is that almost all household wiring...

Nope. It turns out that Lithium Ion batteries, when recharging, have parasitic chemical reactions occurring that degrade overall useful capacity of the battery. The longer it takes to charge, the more parasitic reactions occur, degrading the battery more. In actual fact, as long as the battery...

The nice thing about launching boats with EVs is the very precise control you have when backing up and going forward on a ramp. Much better than the gunning/easing you have to do with an ICE. It's a much larger EV, but when I tow with my Tesla Model X, I don't even feel I'm towing anything at...

They are different products, but they do the same thing. The jdapter, which is cheaper and nicer (smaller), is still being designed and manufactured. No one knows when/if it'll be available. The other adapter is available now. Great product.

That would be against code since the likelihood of a screw up is high, resulting in best case a tripped breaker, worse case, an electrical fire.

How fast do you need to charge? You can build yourself a simple adapter that will allow your "120V" included charging cord to plug into that 240V NEMA 14-50 outlet and you'll get about 100 miles of charge in a 12 hour session. But your bigger problem is how to do you share the outlet? You...

Apparently the included portable charger works fine with 240V sources as well. This means if you had any kind of 240V receptacle near by, you could make your own pigtail adapter with a regular 120V NEMA 5-15 receptacle wired to the suitable 240V plug for your 240V receptacle. I'd use 14 gauge or...

It really should be 14 gauge, not 16, for 12A continuous draw as per NEC electrical code. Of course, equipment does not have to follow the NEC code. I agree that GM cheapened out here.