Proposal to charge in my condo garage

i have an electrician coming by this week to discuss options for charging in my garage - I'll use this to create a proposal for the condo board.

I'd like to run some ideas past you experienced folks. I want to propose an option whereby I can reimburse the association for juice used.

One idea is to put a normal, but metered, 110 outlet near my stall. I've found something called EKM meters which look like they'd work to monitor my usage.

Another option, much more expensive I think, would entail running 240 a long distance to my stall, and installing something like a JuiceBox Smart EVSE which I believe can produce summaries of my usage.

Any thoughts on these or other options? I haven't seen either the meter or the EVSE in person so I hope I'm understanding their usage correctly.

 

Do you think both options would work to document my usage for the purpose of reimbursing the association?

 

Thanks, giora, that's a good suggestion. There are some owners who are very focused on each expenditure, and I want to make very sure that they are comfortable that my car isn't going to cost them money.

 

OMG, you've met my neighbors?!

Re: unauthorized use, I have scouted out locking outlet covers at Menards. I need to carry my cable inside to make sure it fits in the 'box' but I think it will work. I was less worried about unauthorized use than would like to be lazy and keep my cable plugged in without having to worry about it walking away.

 

I was running my idea (the 110/EKM meter version) by a coworker and he said this:

"If you are tapping into a line which is shared elsewhere the other current may have to be taken into account. For example, if you draw 12 Amps and are ultimately hooked to a 15A breaker that is shared with a garage door opener, the breaker might trip if anyone opens the garage while you are charging."

This doesn't strike me as a worry for charging a Prime overnight, even in a shared garage.

I will be asking the electrician about the 240 option, but the only current 240 source is quite a distance from my car, and in a concrete block room where the trash compacter is. I think it's going to be cost prohibitive to go that route, but I will ask.

 

yes, unfortunately my parking spot is as far from the breakers as you can get!

Shoot, I hope this is going to be doable.

 

No, I'm alone in the ICEy wilderness.

bisco, what do you mean by the 8 amp option? (sorry if my question is naive - I'll still a newbie at this charging stuff.)