This is kind of a fun topic.

Did you know that you can (almost) get a 5 hour charge without installing those expensive EVSE’s, that require a permit, and professional installation, …?

The answer is your clothes dryer 240V plug! No permits, no nothing… The onboard charger in your LEAF can do it!

First, go here: EVSE Upgrade

Get the EVSE upgrade for your 2011-2012 or 2013 LEAF for $287.

It comes back with a NEMA L6-20R (20A 240V) plug. Also get the 120V adapter so you can still plug it in to a regular wall outlet.

Another very interesting point is that actually charge stations are already deployed throughout National Parks and RV Parks on the mainland for RV hookups. Nice, all the rate stuff is all done, the precedent has been set, not much resistance to servicing RVs…

Here is what it looks like:

NEMA14-50 [240V@50A] on the left, TT-30 [120V@30A] on the right, and 5-20r [120V@20A w/GFCI] above.

A pictorial view:

Now you can buy an adapter or build one yourself: RV Adapter or a Dryer Adapter or the swiss army adapter.

Plugs come in a wide variety of happy faces:

So look at what  you have and any hardware will have a short cord that plugs in to it.

I built mine myself:

The Dryer End

The L6-20R End

And I also installed a L6-20R plug in the garage in case something goes wrong with the regular charger…

If you don’t feel up to it I can do it for you…

Miracle of miracles… 🙂