[ausev] 110 or 220??

[Peace]

My experience with the Zivan USA distributor was so poor that I can not recommend using their chargers.  The owner Elcon (the US distributor of Zivan) refused to offer any documentation on reconfiguring their chargers.  To add insult to injury, he was quite rude about a simple inquiry.

If you don't ever need to adjust the charger for a different configuration, support might not be a concern.  But one of the big selling points of the Zivan is that it's reconfigurable, so it begs to question why pay the premium for that feature when it's an enormous hassle getting support for that.  Evcomponents.com carries a number of other chargers that work well.





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Fw: [ausev] 110 or 220??



Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:11:35 PM
From: 
"The Mullins" <ckmullins at earthlink.net>
To: 
"'AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion'" <ausev at austinev.org>
 


I’m determined to leave my rear trunk uncluttered
(except for 2 batteries half-sunk into the floor). My search for a charger that
would fit in the front trunk has led me to conclude that I have to use the Zivan
NG3. (Unless there’s another charger out there that’s only 4’
tall)
This means that I have to choose between 110 and 220 Volts
input. I can install either one in my home charging station and I don’t
commute anywhere so that means I will be at the mercy of other (unknown) sites
for opportunity charging.
 
What do we know about public charging sites that are, or
will be, out there in the near future? Will they be 110, 220 or both?? That is
the question.
 
George Mullins


      
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