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Proud of myself: my new OpenEVSE installation (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 month ago by hylobates@jlai.lu to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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Background story: had an OpenEVSE since 2021. But it was hidden in the crawl space under the house since then. No attached cable, it was a Type 2 socket installation.

Recently got an issue with the aforementioned female Type 2 socket (no more ground, faulty lines, etc…) so I decided to move everything back into the sunshine.

That’s not the prettiest installation, but it’s working and the attached cable makes it way easier to use.

Next step would be to move it inside an old gas pump for decoration and laughs!

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[–] hylobates@jlai.lu 12 points 1 month ago

OpenEVSE doesn’t cost very much (I imported it back then for less than 250€ total, including tarrifs). Doing the installation yourself saves you a lot of money too.

And finally, you are in control of your EVSE and can expose it to Internet or not, upgrade the firmware or not, etc…