Should I get Prius Prime

I've seen the setting, but haven't tried it. The problem is, if the breaker does trip--it's very inaccessible to me. The other part is that the power outlet is in the ceiling (with the design intention of only the garage door opener plugging into it.) I'd have to run a crazy extension cord and tether it... not wild about the idea.

The row of garages (about 8 of them) share a single 20A circuit.

 

8 amps isn't much on a 20A circuit. I would buy a 12 gage 25 foot extension cord, plug into ceiling/rig as necessary; and set your charge schedule in middle of night. I would expect no problems. There might be a few amps on that circuit max in the night. You could probably get by with the full 12 amps.

 

I wonder how many amps a garage door opener uses? Do all 8 garages have one?

 

My 1/2 HP Genie draws 5 amps. For 10 seconds while the door opens. Those won't be an issue.

 

Interesting. I've way overestimated the draw of those units, then.

 

Synchronized garage door opening is unlikely to be an Olympic sport

 

And they are of such short duration, that even if two did run while you were charging at 12 amps, it would not likely trip the breaker. Breakers are not an instantanous trip at or near the current rating.

 

OK, you guys have been extremely informative--thanks. If I get a good solution to rig and hang this, I'll report back.

 

When you spend $4 on a gallon of gas you're stealing thousands of dollars in climate damage damages from the future of all the kids alive today. This stick in the mud reaction to preventing efforts to resolve catastrophic air pollution on a global scale is a million times more a crime than getting some electricity from a commonly shared source.

 

Really?

 

True costs accounting.... Elon Musk is the person who points that point out... Saying that putting all this fossil fuel in the air is going to be the most costly blunder humanity ever has to face and if you calculated the total cost of trillions in damages to planet that we'll be realizing over the next 80 years and divide it by the amount of gallons of fuel we put in the air, you'd find that the true cost of that fuel ( including the damages it has caused) makes the true cost of that gallon of gas not $4 but thousands of dollars.

 

If you drive other than a BEV or PHEV, aren't you also part of the problem?

 

Pretty much.

And it doesn't just apply to fuel, but any source of greenhouse gases (primarily fossil fuel burning whether for vehicle or electricity, but can include agricultural or building-related emissions). However, we can psychological assuage our guilt because 1) we're all guilty and 2) there aren't great alternatives in all areas where we contribute to climate change.

 

You drive a Prime, as do I; the climate change scolding on the topic of how best to charge a Prime to avoid the use of fossil fuel appears to originate from somebody who does not.

 

The research shows that even if you're charging your car with electricity from the dirtiest of power plants, you're still improving air quality overall compared to gas vehicle, as well as improving air quality by near 100% in your neighborhood where you drive most... But more to point sitting around deciding who's to blame and by how much does absolutely nothing to further efforts to address the problem. What also doesn't help is banning people from using electricity to charge their cars when they're at home.

 

We don’t know that is the case, since the OP has not responded with the details. There is a difference between banning somebody from charging at home and not funding the infrastructure they want you to install for them.

If I PM you the address, would you send me a check to install L2 charging in my home?

 

His exact words were: "Strata will be implementing a no car charging bylaw." That sounds like ban to me... Call it whatever you want, you're wasting my time and your time making a 100% completely irrelevant point. But then again that's how things work at Prius Chat... Reminds me why I like working on Honda Hybrids and the helpful folks at Insightcentral who don't bicker, just help people who ask for help.

 

Hopefully the OP can provide details of the "ban." Inquiring minds want to know...

 

Yeah, me too. I'm curious.

 

I'm going to be tossing and turning all night long...