Home charging - Zoe & Leaf

[appletonn]

Having bought (well bargain PCP'd) a nice Zoe for Mrs A in January, I'm now in the process of dumping the company car & securing a cheaply PCP'd Leaf for me to use as commuter vehicle, leaving spare allowance to spend on Porsche 996 with chocolate engine, but that's a whole other thread!

So we had a free BG 32kwh home charging unit install for the Zoe, but there is no such freebie with the Leaf, strangely, so I was wondering if I could simply buy a lead off that there t'internet that would convert the Zoe type connector to a Type 2 connector for the Leaf & thus use the same charge point?

All ideas very welcome!

Cheers

[jpringle819]

I don't have any experience of the different types of connectors but it looks like the Leaf uses the Type 1 and the Zoe the Type 2. It does look as if you can get leads to convert them

http://www.rolecserv.com/ev-charging/product/Plug-...
http://uk.farnell.com/multicomp/dsi-dsiec-ev-16p-3...

http://nuworldenergy.co.uk/shop/type-1-j1772-to-ty...

Edited by jpringle819 on Tuesday 21st April 09:10

[B3NNL]

appletonn said:

So we had a free BG 32kwh home charging unit install for the Zoe, but there is no such freebie with the Leaf

May I ask why you can't get the second charger? There’s still the government subsidy, its just less than it was 75% of the cost to be precise, so the cost to you would be £250 approx. Rather than spending over £100 on an adaptor, wouldn’t it be better to get yourself the second charger? I ask as I have got two of them and there wasn’t an issue with the installer or government subsidies.

[DSLiverpool]

appletonn said:

So we had a free BG 32kwh home charging unit install for the Zoe, but there is no such freebie with the Leaf,

I would check again - we have a nice 32a Leaf charger from Rolec to complement the 16a Zoe charger - both free


Also I decided on a socket and cable not a tethered type 1 for versatility ie both cars can charge on both chargers - I needed a T1 to T2 cable at £120

Edited by DSLiverpool on Tuesday 21st April 14:19

[pboyall]

The OLEV grant rules changed on the 12th April, so only one charger per home I believe (although it's hard to keep up).

But yes, a Type 2 to Type 1 lead sounds easy, if you have a socketed chargepoint not a tethered lead.

[PKLD]

It's one grant per car and as others suggest you don't have to use BG to do it. the funding was cut from £900 to £700, so I t's no longer free but it's better than paying for one outright!

Edited by PKLD on Tuesday 21st April 21:00

[appletonn]

B3NNL said:

May I ask why you can't get the second charger? There’s still the government subsidy, its just less than it was 75% of the cost to be precise, so the cost to you would be £250 approx. Rather than spending over £100 on an adaptor, wouldn’t it be better to get yourself the second charger? I ask as I have got two of them and there wasn’t an issue with the installer or government subsidies.

Well if I can charge the car on rapids to & from work, then I'm aiming to only need to charge at home on te odd occasion, hence my reluctance to shell out £250 on another charger.

[DSLiverpool]

The leaf comes with a free 3 pin plug adapter - may fill the void ?

[appletonn]

DSLiverpool said:

The leaf comes with a free 3 pin plug adapter - may fill the void ?

Ah yes, so it does - I was thinking it came with same type of cable as the Zoe.

Good point, so overnight charging could still be an option at home!