Schneider Level 2 EV Charger, $699 at Home Depot

Its not the cost of the charger, its the cost of the installation that will kill ya. Cost me $1100 to install a "free" Blink Level 2 charger for my Leaf.

Quote from frugalbuyer : Don't buy the Electric Vehicle charger from Schneider Electric. Buy from an American company. Buy it from Eaton Corp, that's where I work. If you can afford an electric vehicle then you should be able to afford to buy one of these chargers made by an American company instead of one from Germany.

I'd rather take the $500 that I could save buying the German product (which provides jobs to Americans, when you think about how the product arrives at your house) and spend it on other things that give Americans jobs. You could take that $500 and go to a nice dinner. This supports a small business, server, busboy, and chef. With the rest of the $350, I could buy a used kayak, made in the US. That just provided more jobs in the factory and from the shipping company that shipped it to me.

They own Square D and APC. (Which speaks of the quality of the item).

Nothing wrong with Schneider Electric, and that's a decent price. question I have is if you can get the Tax writeoff on this?


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This appears to be a simple 30a 240v box.

Why not install a 30a 240v circuit like for any other large appliance and then make your own cord? The only thing you'd need is to find the proprietary plug to make the connection to the vehicle.

If you do it yourself, cost should be under $100

Is there something inside the box or this is just an expensive extension cord.
Also the installation shouldn't cost you more than having an electric dry installed.

This appears to be a simple 30a 240v box.

Why not install a 30a 240v circuit like for any other large appliance and then make your own cord? The only thing you'd need is to find the proprietary plug to make the connection to the vehicle.

If you do it yourself, cost should be under $100

Also, most locales prohibit the home owner from getting a permit for installing one of these so you can't really install it yourself.

I don't think electric is really as green as everyone thinks.
Where do you guys think electricity comes from?

Was wandering the same thing is there any brain inside the box or power filter conditioner.
I'm surprise that Monster Cable is not in this business.