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!

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    I went through 3 other (very expensive) EVSEs before purchasing an OpenEVSE. Used daily now for several years, left on the ground in the sun and rain. I only ever had one problem and that was with the J1772/NACS adapter. Got some water in it and started causing some faults. Removed it and left it in the sun to dry out and then it was back working again.

    Connected mine to Home Assistant and now I have all sorts of automations available as well.

    • hylobates@jlai.luOPEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Curious about the automations? Linked to solar panels?

      I connected mine to Home Assistant via MQTT but could find any meaningful use to it since.

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        Well I have a unique situation where I have a bunch of large loads on the same circuit so I just use the EVSE as a sort of load balancer, along with a whole home energy monitor, so it will automatically decrease charging current when large loads come on.

      • ThePantser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        One use I have is when frigate sees a car in my driveway and it’s not plugged in to send me an alert right before bed time. Before I had a vehicle I could do a proper schedule on the vehicle settings I had scheduled charges for my EV and used HA to add extra charge before a trip.