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This 120V EVSE claims to provide 15A on a 5-15 plug. https://ev-lectron.com/products/lectron-level-1-ev-charger-with-nema-5-15-plug-15-amp-j1772-electric-car-charger Is Lectron wrong for doing that, or is the homeowner wrong for plugging it into any old 15A circuit? Or is it totally legit?

If I don't use the balance soon, I'll just have it processed as a refund. They will do that when you ask. SWTCH was increments of $10 (refilled at $0). I think Electrify America was $20 and they refill your account when it drops to $10 (total racket) and I forget what BLINK was. For someone who...

Honestly, it's a big mess out there. You have hardware manufacturers, networks, and sometimes the payment isn't even through the network. But sometimes all three are the same company (like ChargePoint). I just made a 600-ish mile trip and what a mess it is. EV-Smart chargers being billed by...

Yeah, those sound like confusing instructions. Many charge stations serve more than one vehicle. It's not like the station can force the current out or anything like that. Are you on Dominion Power? We are. They have that program and I might just sign up for it; the Emporia can do what they...

Emporia is a Canadian company. Might explain the 9 AWG. The label says UL Certified with a number. I'd way rather have the thinner cable that came with the first unit. Dealing with the thicker one isn't awful but it's just a lot less flexible. I'll figure out a good way to use it so that it...

I'm mostly talking about the cord to the gun (which carries the same current as the appliance cord) being 9 AWG for a device potentially passing 48A. I don't think the EVSE has any control over amperage other than connecting or not connecting. My understanding is the EVSE broadcasts the max...

I recently bought an Emporia Smart Home EVSE. 14-50 plug (40A actual) or hardwire (48A actual). It had a problem so they sent me a new one. The old one, which was a refurb, has a 3/4" diameter 9-9-10-18 S-cord to the charging gun, while the newer one has a 7/8" 8-8-10-16. Both have the same...

Can you change the recep to a quad, and have one side GFCI and one site straight?

Thanks for that link. I'm now on the hunt for the Sylvania 40728s. I have liked Sylvania in the past for their nice T12 tubes.

I settled on FEIT for our kitchen floods. Bought three different bulbs as a test and the color we liked the best (including when dimmed) was the FEIT so we went with ten of them. The two "losers" went into the laundry room. That was a little over ten years ago and we just had the first or second...

It would be logical. In the real world, drivers of relatively modern vehicles need cranking power and not capacity. Capacity is always heavy but cranking power doesn't have to be. Better manufacturing of thin plates will give you the cranking power without the weight. And as we know, weight is a...

From everything I can read, movie streaming is typically 1~3 GB/hour which is considerably less than the OP's 60-100 Mb/s and WAY less than 900 Mb/sec. If you are getting 900 Mb/s and having streaming difficulties, I don't think the problem is with the throughput.

Turns out the store 30 minutes away didn't have it (fortunately I tried calling first) but a friend in the HVAC business had the right cap just a few miles away. It did the trick!

You mean no damage was done by the motor humming for so long? I just had another issue... AC outdoor unit fan quit. Just hums and gets warm. I'm assuming that if I get the fan running the rest of it will start to work properly again; I don't know what triggers the compressor to run. I found the...

CAFCI does both types of arc fault detection: Series (open arc) and parallel (shorting arc). Good job on the fault finding. That AFCI breaker led you to find actual problems.

Just chiming in on an experience of my own... I have a 30+ year old Craftsman compressor that started doing the slow wah-wah-wah rather than starting up. I watched a few great videos by grayfurnaceman and then gave the motor a whack with a hammer. Started right up. Bad cent switch. Cleaned the...

I don't see how anyone can't foresee that more sophisticated energy management is in our future.

4 AWG AL XLPE, from a pic.

What brand is that stuff? And how old?

Not a trivial solution but if you want name-brand turnkey this checks the boxes for you: https://leviton.com/products/residential/load-centers "...Turn breakers on and off from anywhere..."