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What are your EV charging habits? (beehaw.org)
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I mostly charge up at home (240V receptacle and L2 EVSE), and I limited my charge to stop at 80%. I've heard competing ideas about if that's really necessary, but I usually drive <50mi each day, so I figured I don't need to full range anyway. When we're planning to take a trip or something with the car, I will charge fully the night before.

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[–] jasparagus 1 points 1 year ago

I drive a PHEV (Volt Gen. 2, 2018) where I need the full range, depending on weather, so I charge to full every night at 240V/20A. I have a Grizzl-E at home set to the lowest-current dip switch since it's more efficient and generates less heat that way. L2 is plenty fast enough overnight, so it hasn't been an issue. I used to just use L1, but it was annoying shuffling plugs in the garage when I wanted to do woodworking, so we had another circuit put in (and we therefore went with L2).