Secondary Charging Station

[2024Corsair]

I'm looking to add a second charging station in my garage for my Lincoln Corsair . I recently installed a 220 volt outlet for this new charger. Any recommendations on make and model on what to purchase? Any recommendations on where to purchase? Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[NJRonbo]

As a Chargepoint owner, I would stay away from this brand. It seems to get the most complaints and I have had my issues with it over the two years of ownership.

Check with your local power company and see if there are any incentives available for installing EV chargers. Here in NJ, at the time JCPL reimbursed me for the installation costs.

 

[2024Corsair]

As a Chargepoint owner, I would stay away from this brand. It seems to get the most complaints and I have had my issues with it over the two years of ownership.

Check with your local power company and see if there are any incentives available for installing EV chargers. Here in NJ, at the time JCPL reimbursed me for the installation costs.

Thank you very much. Best regards

 

[greerl]

I'm a satisfied Charge Point Flex customer of 1 1/2 years. No problems; very flexible cord.

Do recommend hardwired no matter brand. Safer and less likely to have GFI issues.

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[HairyKnuckle]

I'm a satisfied Charge Point Flex customer of 1 1/2 years. No problems; very flexible cord.

Do recommend hardwired no matter brand. Safer and less likely to have GFI issues.

I also have a 220v 48amp Chargepoint hardwired. The first unit I got I had to send back to the company. It worked for about 2 hours enough time to let me get it registered. They did not give me a hard time and turn around was maybe a week or so.
No issues with the replaced Chargepoint unit to date.

However I did install the Lincoln unit that came with the Corsair GT and use that one for the Corsair charging primarily. The Chargepoint unit charges the Tesla.

 

[ljnelson109]

I don't want to discourage you from installing a hardwired Level 2 charger. I also don't discourage going as big as you want for future-proofing. But, in case you haven't followed previous discussions on this topic, the on-board charger on the Corsair is capped at 3.3kW. As such, no matter how high the capacity on the charger, the charging speed will not exceed about 15A on a Level 2 charger. It takes about 3.5 hours to charge this car no matter how much current the charger is capable of delivering.

 

[2024Corsair]

Thank you very much for the Corsair specifications.

 

[Rick816]

I installed and have been using a ChargePoint level 2 charger for over 9 months with my 23 Corsair GT, and I have not had any issues with it. I installed a 40 amp circuit and have the ChargePoint set at 32 amps. My Lincoln supplied charger takes 3-1/2 hours to fully charge (on 220v) and the ChargePoint takes 3 hours.

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[2024Corsair]

I installed and have been using a ChargePoint level 2 charger for over 9 months with my 23 Corsair GT, and I have not had any issues with it. I installed a 40 amp circuit and have the ChargePoint set at 32 amps. My Lincoln supplied charger takes 3-1/2 hours to fully charge (on 220v) and the ChargePoint takes 3 hours.

Thank you for your information.

 

[ArizonaJon]

I also have had a chargepoint for about 2 years with no problems. I use it for both my Lincoln and my EV.

 

[ljnelson109]

I installed and have been using a ChargePoint level 2 charger for over 9 months with my 23 Corsair GT, and I have not had any issues with it. I installed a 40 amp circuit and have the ChargePoint set at 32 amps. My Lincoln supplied charger takes 3-1/2 hours to fully charge (on 220v) and the ChargePoint takes 3 hours.

This doesn't really add up. The limitation is on the vehicle side. The Lincoln EVSE is actually capable of 40A. If our battery is only charging to 80% (which is common on PHEV), then 14,400*/8= 11,520 Wh/3,300W = 3.49 hours. I haven't watched mine that closely, but if you are getting a complete charge in 3 hours, I would be worried that your battery is not taking on as much power as it should. In 3 hours, at 3.3kW, you are only getting about 10kWh of charge into your battery.

 

[G-107511]

Thank you for your input. Best regards!

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[greerl]

This doesn't really add up. The limitation is on the vehicle side. The Lincoln EVSE is actually capable of 40A. If our battery is only charging to 80% (which is common on PHEV), then 14,400*/8= 11,520 Wh/3,300W = 3.49 hours. I haven't watched mine that closely, but if you are getting a complete charge in 3 hours, I would be worried that your battery is not taking on as much power as it should. In 3 hours, at 3.3kW, you are only getting about 10kWh of charge into your battery.

I don't follow your math but 3-4 hours is about right for a full charge with Level 2. The Corsair accepts only about 16 Amps.

 

[ljnelson109]

I don't follow your math but 3-4 hours is about right for a full charge with Level 2. The Corsair accepts only about 16 Amps.

The math is not precise. We don't know for certain what a "full charge" on our 14.4 kWh batteries get. But, the other post claimed that the Chargepoint was faster than the Lincoln EVSE. I agree with you that the max current for the on-board charger is about 16A. 3300W/220V=15A. With a good supply voltage, I would say you should probably not quite get to the 16A max.

 

[greerl]

The math is not precise. We don't know for certain what a "full charge" on our 14.4 kWh batteries get. But, the other post claimed that the Chargepoint was faster than the Lincoln EVSE. I agree with you that the max current for the on-board charger is about 16A. 3300W/220V=15A. With a good supply voltage, I would say you should probably not quite get to the 16A max.

I've not put a stop watch on them but my experience suggests the Charge Point and the Lincoln supplied charger take about the same amount of time. As both can supply more than the Corsair can accept, same time would be expected.

Maybe I misunderstood the thread but I think the important point is that Level 1 would take at least twice as long and that additional time for Level 1 might well be a burden on occasion; you want Level 2 if you can afford it.

 

[HairyKnuckle]

The math is not precise. We don't know for certain what a "full charge" on our 14.4 kWh batteries get. But, the other post claimed that the Chargepoint was faster than the Lincoln EVSE. I agree with you that the max current for the on-board charger is about 16A. 3300W/220V=15A. With a good supply voltage, I would say you should probably not quite get to the 16A max.

Very good math and I agree. But are we splitting hairs over 3 hours versus 3.5 hours?

Nobody said in all their threads the exact charge state of the battery before charging began. The difference between 5% charge left and 9% charge left may not show up on a gauge when the ambient temperature is not recorded.

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[ljnelson109]

Very good math and I agree. But are we splitting hairs over 3 hours versus 3.5 hours?

Nobody said in all their threads the exact charge state of the battery before charging began. The difference between 5% charge left and 9% charge left may not show up on a gauge when the ambient temperature is not recorded.

Sorry, somehow my original post got lost in the translation. There was a comment made that the Lincoln charger takes 3.5 hours and the ChargePoint takes 3. That is simply not realistic. There is either a problem with the power source for the Lincoln charger or someone is trying to justify their investment in CharePoint.

 

[Playero]

As a Chargepoint owner, I would stay away from this brand. It seems to get the most complaints and I have had my issues with it over the two years of ownership.

Check with your local power company and see if there are any incentives available for installing EV chargers. Here in NJ, at the time JCPL reimbursed me for the installation costs.

which brand you are referring to?

 

[Playero]

Got it OK thanks