nmikmik
Well-known member
Spoke with Bosch rep. today.
He is pushing the Power express charger, I suspect for the obvious reason, it's more money.
My question is, what is the probable best choice in my situation.
I am currently using the stock 110V charger, it's working fine, but you know - it is slow...
I am using utility power i.e. no PV supplementation, at least yet.
I really like the Voltec charger becasue of the price and the features it has, but.... I am not sure about the amperage. The Voltec seems to come only in 15A hard wire setup. The next step up (in my mind) would be the Power Max 30A with 18ft cord $593, it's not coiled and short. The next iteration would be pretty much the same charger only with 7ft longer cord and $156 higher price tag. I know I should be getting a rebate, but I still have to pay the difference.
I hear some people are dissatisfied or at least had at first defective charger/bad experience with it.
How much faster will I be able to charge my Spark with 30A compare to the 15A charger? Is it a linear progression, where twice more amps = twice the speed of charging?
I just don't want to end up with the wrong charger and/or overpay for something I don't really need.
Of course I don't want to miss on the rebate thing, I think it ends on May 31st.
Thanks,
He is pushing the Power express charger, I suspect for the obvious reason, it's more money.
My question is, what is the probable best choice in my situation.
I am currently using the stock 110V charger, it's working fine, but you know - it is slow...
I am using utility power i.e. no PV supplementation, at least yet.
I really like the Voltec charger becasue of the price and the features it has, but.... I am not sure about the amperage. The Voltec seems to come only in 15A hard wire setup. The next step up (in my mind) would be the Power Max 30A with 18ft cord $593, it's not coiled and short. The next iteration would be pretty much the same charger only with 7ft longer cord and $156 higher price tag. I know I should be getting a rebate, but I still have to pay the difference.
I hear some people are dissatisfied or at least had at first defective charger/bad experience with it.
How much faster will I be able to charge my Spark with 30A compare to the 15A charger? Is it a linear progression, where twice more amps = twice the speed of charging?
I just don't want to end up with the wrong charger and/or overpay for something I don't really need.
Of course I don't want to miss on the rebate thing, I think it ends on May 31st.
Thanks,