Level 1 Charger - does it work on 240v?

[Landshark]

The Home Depot adapter fits it directly. The female end has a slot that accommodates both the horizontal blade from a 15 amp plug and the vertical blade of the 20 am plug. Look carefully.

The adapter from HD that you linked above, has a 6-15/20r on one end. The OEM cable has a 5-15p. How are they compatible without another adapter?

 

[NorCalPete]

Interesting. You stayed in campgrounds. Did you sleep in the car or did you bring a tent? I'm curious to see your route. Did you publish it anywhere?

I used a small tent. The largest gear was an old Coleman convertible ice chest that just fit into the trunk. (Second largest was my golf clubs on floor behind the front seats. ️) Regarding route (Chico CA start point), mostly I80 to I90 to Batavia, NY. Then to Baltimore, MD. Then mostly I70 to I80 and back home.

 

[Daniel Sandoval]

Your picture is a NEMA 5-20R outlet. It must not be wired to anything other than 120VAC. You can plug a Level-1 charger into it. Hopefully, it is connected as a home-run back to the circuit breaker box with no other outlets or devices on that branch circuit. This kind of outlet requires 12AWG or heavier wire. You can safely pull up to 16A out of it.

If it is a home-run, you can convert it to a NEMA 6-20R, which is a 240V, 20A outlet. This will require replacing your single circuit breaker with a double (2-pole) 20A breaker. The ground wire will stay where it is, but you must remove the white wire from the Neutral bus bar, wrap it with Red tape, and connect it to one of the circuit breaker poles. The existing black wire would go to the other pole. At the outlet box, the white wire again must be wrapped with Red tape.

In such a setup, you can safely pull up to 3.84kW, (16A) based on 80% de-rating. For the Clarity 17kWh battery, your theoretical maximum charge rate would be 10.6 miles per hour. To charge faster than that, you'd need heavier cable than 12AWG, which was probably not used in your setup.

 

[The Gadgeteer]

That’s what happens when you read out of order….

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[The Gadgeteer]

So in the end the answer to the OP is: yes, the Clarity OEM cord works on 240v. Usual disclaimers apply.

 

[Daniel Sandoval]

So in the end the answer to the OP is: yes, the Clarity OEM cord works on 240v. Usual disclaimers apply.

No worries. I have an excellent lawyer!

 

[Landshark]

The Home Depot adapter fits it directly.

That’s what happens when you read out of order

I read it in order. In the top quote, what is “it”? The OEM cable, or an adapter? Your response was to a question about the HD adapter connecting to the “stock EVSE cable”. Read it carefully.

 

[Landshark]

In such a setup, you can safely pull up to 3.84kW, (16A) based on 80% de-rating. For the Clarity 17kWh battery, your theoretical maximum charge rate would be 10.6 miles per hour. To charge faster than that, you'd need heavier cable than 12AWG, which was probably not used in your setup.

The OEM cable will only charge at 12A when jury rigged to a 240V source. No need to concern oneself over charging at 16A. The OEM cable is built with 14ga wire, so 12ga upstream is sufficient, if one chooses to go that route.

This all seems like a bunch of Richarding around for a half-cocked solution. If you have access to a 14-50, just buck up and buy a 240V/32A cable.

 

[skikir]

We just got a 2022 Rav4 prime. The best/closest out let for the car in the garage is next to the freezer and, as I knew it would, the car popped the circuit breaker when the freezer cycled. I had a 220v outlet installed in the garage for a welder. I have just come back from a trip in Europe and used my computer and USB chargers with a simple straight through adapter. I wondered if the charger may be universal power type since it made sense for world wide marketing. I Googled the part number on the charger, G9060-47130 and found these images. I saw these images on other Toyota sites also. Observe this image carefully. As you can see the wall plug assembly can be replaced. Notice you can buy the "pig tail" for Korea. What kind of power does Korea use? 220v 60HZ !!! The exact same power the US uses. QED It seems the US and Korea are some of the few countries that use the same common power type unlike European 230v 50HZ.

 

[insightman]

Isn't the US standard 240 Volts AC, not 220 Volts?

This thread discusses how Honda' OEM Level 1 EVSE for the Clarity works on 240 Volts. It wouldn't be surprising to learn that every OEM EVSE is designed to handle 240 Volts, for many reasons.

 

[Joe17]

Isn't the US standard 240 Volts AC, not 220 Volts?

I think it depends on where in the country you live. I've seen residential power at both 115v(230v) and 120v(240v). But either voltage will work with any appliance/light.