02/05/19 - Level 3 Charger Rant
Above is the strongest indication yet that my
original voltwagen concept remains off-the-charts counter culture.
The Goshen, NY Level 2 charger shown above is a device that was overpriced and over engineered from the start,
requires a $600/yr network agreement forever afterwards,
and could only have been installed by a committee with a grant.
The saddest part is that the resulting charger
is woefully inadequate to be useful in the real world which is most
profoundly expressed by the fact gas cars have taken over the "EV
charging only" spaces, and nobody seems to care.
This just reinforces how these things are slated to remain in the
control of already established corporate interests with no "personal
freedom" attached to their greening aspects.
When alternative fuel provides no true alternative but only bolsters the
status quo, it is merely a decorative adornment tossed into a sparse
jail cell.
The "bragging rights" of my original concept was never meant to impress
but to scream an insurrection.
And here we are.
Mary and I went over to check out the Goshen
charger after the electrician totally failed to understand and install
our Level 3 charger — despite having done the preparatory work of
installing a full-house
backup generator plus consolidating our O&R electric service.
No, you are not going to see a bad Yelp review
from us, they brought the project to the level they could, and we gave
them their final $17,000.00 check this morning and sent them packing.
Afterwards we hoped to find a "business card"
mention of whoever installed the Goshen charger on the unit itself,
but there was only a model number plus a helpline phone number.
Subsequent online review revealed the scary
truth about the device... after the $12,000.00 basic cost of the
inadequate device (price not a
problem for us), it requires joining a network with a $600/yr fee forever
afterwards.
Somebody (tax payers) got took.
Therefore, we are continuing our search
elsewhere for a
skilled installer.
My old studio for the production of
Factory
Preset was put together with the help of a person who went on to win 6
Emmy's and 2 Grammy's for their work in audio.
The Endico studio
scanning back camera with
proofing station was put together for us by the same people who put
together the same system for the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
I hate finding myself once again on the extreme
leading edge of technology, having to conduct another frustrating and
extended search to find somebody with the appropriate level of expertise
and understanding.
Well, I guess the world can't be changed nor the
planet saved without persistent effort along with the great cost.
Anybody who thinks they can do the job is
welcome to drop by the
Endico watercolor studio and try to get Mary to let you
through to me.
Project requirements for the Level 3 charger -
1) No network involvement or ongoing post installation service
charges.
2) Must have a lock function either via key, or an inside the house
on/off switch, or by cable removal.
3) Must accommodate all EV interface plug types (no proprietary plug
types alone — such as Tesla wishes to enforce).
4) Both input and output usage must be discreetly metered.
5) Must accommodate current state-of-the-art DC fast charging.
Basically we are looking for somebody who
can install a
Bosch EV2000 charger.
Think you can do it?
To be clear, the 6 Emmy's/2 Grammy's guy who
helped me put together my first music studio had a degree in physics.
All serious musicians at the time had similar
credentials.
In fact, one of the top guitarists of the day
(who used to hang out around the music stores) even designed missile
guidance systems for the U.S. Government.
Therefore it is probably best for the installer
of our EV charger to have an advanced degree in physics... that way they
will understand what I am talking about.
They might be able to talk me out of a
requirement or two.