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Steam is NOT fuel!
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Picky, picky...
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Originally Posted by wodin
I was poking around the Nissan LEAF website, and looking at the infrastructure requirements. I wonder if it would be possible, regulations wise, to wire directly into the grid with a separate meter to alleviate the issue of antiquated house wiring. It takes a 220/240V 40 amp dedicated circuit for an 8 hour home charge (quite a PV farm!), but if you could tap the grid directly there should be no reason you couldn’t have a 440 V ½ hour quick charger. |
I wouldn't see why not, as long as the line from the grid can handle the load. And yeah, with today's tech you'd need a lot of PV cells to generate the power you'd need. Hopefully the PV cells around the corner will be cheaper and much more efficient at collecting energy... something like
this.