- #Mounting juicebox charger full#
- #Mounting juicebox charger android#
- #Mounting juicebox charger pro#
The JuceBox 40 (non-pro) is currently on sale for $499, so if you don’t feel you need the remote network reporting features of the Pro unit, you can save $50-100. Even my S10 truck conversion will only be able to use 17 amps at 240 volts (30 amps into my 128 volt battery).
#Mounting juicebox charger full#
After I purchased it, they lowered the price to $549, and it’s an even better deal at that price point! However, very few current vehicles will be able to use the full 40 amps of power it can provide. So far I’ve been very impressed with the JuiceBox Pro 40 Amp EVSE, and think it is a very good value at $599. (Their website states that they are currently undergoing the 1-2 month long UL certification process.) If you trust the manufacturer this is fine, but having an independent 3rd party UL laboratory put their mark of approval on the device would make it eligible for some rebates that require UL certification.
The EVCC on my S-10 reports electricity usage about halfway between the JuiceBox and my analog sub-meter, so I’m willing to believe that my sub-meter over-estimates the electricity usage slightly, (and my JuiceBox may underestimate it slightly).Ĭurrently the JuiceBox is built to comply with various EU and US regulations, and is “designed to pass UL certification” but has not yet been UL certified.
This upgraded charger also offers a charging summary report, so that gave me a third “meter” to compare to the JuiceBox and analog sub-meter. I am in the process of adding a SAE J1772 inlet and a charger that supports it to my S-10 conversion electric truck. Back when I had only one gauge I always knew how much power I used, now that I have two gauges, I’ll never know for sure. At least the two numbers are in the same order of magnitude. I only have one JuiceBox on a 50 amp circuit, so I have not had to set up or tested the power-sharing feature, where you can have multiple juiceboxes on a single circuit and they will coordinate to never go over the total circuit rating even if more than one of them are being used at the same time.Īn acquaintance charged his Nissan Leaf with the upgraded 6.6 kW charger package at a peak of 27 amps (240 volts * 27 amps = 6480 watts) for two hours and the JuiceBox reported 9.45 kWh while my sub-meter reported closer to 10.5 kWh.
#Mounting juicebox charger android#
However, it does not yet have an iOS app (they claim to be working on one) and the Android App does not show the nice graph about charging rate over time that the website does (a feature I would appreciate on my phone).
The android app looked like it made a direct connection to my JuiceBox over the local network, but when I’m away from my home it is still able to connect to the JuiceBox via cellular networks. The Android app is very slick looking, and shows the basic status info such as how many amps you are drawing, and allows you to limit the current to a smaller amount, and set up scheduled charging (for people on Time Of Use tariffs). Here is a screenshot of one of their charging graphs showing the power draw history over time. So you can’t see a graph of the current charging session until it finishes. My only complaint is that the current charging session is not added to the “history” until the J1772 is unplugged. Update: The new “dashboard” web interface is much nicer looking, easier to navigate, and has nice graphs that you can zoom into. The web interface used to be very bare bones, but provided a perfectly serviceable basic info such as how much power each charging session used, when they started and stopped (and total time) as well as a graph of the rate of charge over time. (Update: Now the difference between the Pro and regular unit is only $50.) As I have a dedicated sub-meter for this circuit, the extra monitoring/feedback info may not be necessary, but I have already determined that either the JuiceBox under-reports the amount of power it uses, or my bought used on E-bay analog meter over-reports the amount of power flowing through it. I paid an extra $100 for the “Pro” model that comes with Wifi, Android smartphone app, and web interface. It was included with the JuiceBox, or you can purchase it standalone $25 at the Electric Motor Werks website to use with other EVSE’s. It has a shelf to wrap cables over, and a plastic “fake” J1772 inlet that the “gun” end of the cable latches into when not in use. I especially like the small plastic cable and “gun end” management system which is screwed to the wall above the JuiceBox. I already had the dedicated NEMA 14-50 (50 Amp) circuit previously installed for electric truck charging, and since the JuiceBox plugs into a NEMA 14-50 outlet, installation was as simple as anchoring it to the brick wall of the garage (with concrete screws) and plugging it in. Georgia Power is offering a $250 rebate for installing a Level 2 EVSE with dedicated circuit this year. This is my new J1772 EVSE, a JuiceBox Pro 40 (Amp) unit.
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