Jadnashua
Retired Defense Industry Engineer xxx
The more sophisticated EV's have heating and cooling for their batteries to maintain a safe temperature, and lots of monitoring circuits...and, they restrict the max charge rate to something the thing can sustain while keeping the battery compartment cool. That, plus they are in a sealed, thick aluminum housing, they should be pretty robust.
The plan is to probably keep the car outside most of the time, but to keep the condo happy, I'm trying to get permission to put in a small access door to get the cable outside, rather than just installing the unit outside. THen, if I did want to use it inside, it would also be available. First step is probably just put in a 120vac receptacle outside...the only one outside is too far away for the cord to reach, but being small, should pass muster. Only hassle is, the entire cord would be outside, and susceptible to vandalism or theft (not that we have a big issue with that). Replacing it would be expensive and potentially put the vehicle out of commission while getting a new one. My feeling is that people would be less inclined to mess with the cord coming from inside, and putting it away back inside when done.
The plan is to probably keep the car outside most of the time, but to keep the condo happy, I'm trying to get permission to put in a small access door to get the cable outside, rather than just installing the unit outside. THen, if I did want to use it inside, it would also be available. First step is probably just put in a 120vac receptacle outside...the only one outside is too far away for the cord to reach, but being small, should pass muster. Only hassle is, the entire cord would be outside, and susceptible to vandalism or theft (not that we have a big issue with that). Replacing it would be expensive and potentially put the vehicle out of commission while getting a new one. My feeling is that people would be less inclined to mess with the cord coming from inside, and putting it away back inside when done.