From cafe.electric at gmail.com  Tue May  5 16:58:07 2026
From: cafe.electric at gmail.com (Otmar Ebenhoech)
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 16:58:07 -0700
Subject: [Caevlist] Wednesday 5/6 7PM EV Club in Corvallis
Message-ID: <5C05901D-9E7F-4087-90AA-3E4C5CF02F1A@gmail.com>

Hello Friends, 

Let?s hang out and talk EV?s and technology, or whatever. I?ll be here. 

All are welcome to this casual somewhat-monthly gathering that openly shares EV projects and experience from beginner to expert.

Starts at 7PM

Location:
Otmar's shop, the big red garage in back with white doors.
2255 SE Crystal Lake Dr
Corvallis, OR 97333

Plenty of overflow parking is available in the main driveway and the next two driveways to the south.

Charging is available: J1772 at 30A, 120V, 14-50's and three Tesla high power wall connectors.

Attractions:
Not much new fr me at the shop, 

Various EV items of interest. Bring your project and share with us all!

Brining something interesting? Let us know what?s happening on this list. 

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These gatherings are usually on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 PM. The day, time and location will occasionally change depending on who's hosting. Gatherings are often confirmed and communicated with only a few days notice. We communicate all meeting details through this mail list.

You can add yourself to the mail list here:
https://www.tinyurl.com/Local-EV-Enthusiasts

Otmar Ebenhoech

2255 SE Crystal Lake Dr.
Corvallis, OR 97333
cafe.electric at gmail.com
Shop Voice and TXT 541-862-1606
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From justinclose at comcast.net  Mon May 25 10:55:19 2026
From: justinclose at comcast.net (Justin)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 10:55:19 -0700
Subject: [Caevlist] Bought an EV! Need a home charger...
Message-ID: <0180fc04-65c0-45e7-bc2b-00f6ca67e02f@comcast.net>

My wife and I finally bit the bullet and bought an EV!? We are 
excited...? Hyundai 2023 Ioniq 5 SEL.? Really liking the car.

But now I need to work on all the ancillary stuff... most notably 
charging at home.? It came with a 120v Level 1 charger...? it looked 
like it was working in our first attempt at using it, but it later 
tripped the GFCI outlet, which cause the rest of the garage circuit to 
cut out, of course.? There is a freezer on that same circuit - don't 
want to have that go out!? :)? (Not sure if it is the charger, the car, 
or the freezer... if the freezer kicked on while charging, it seems like 
it would have tripped the breaker, not the GFCI.? Car and outlet are all 
inside the garage, no moisture or water in the neighborhood.)

I have a NEMA 6-20 outlet that I was planning on using in the short 
term... but no adapter for the current charge cable (which is standard 
3-prong 120v, NEMA 5-15 or 5-20).? Are there places locally to source an 
adapter?

And then I plan on installing a Level 2 charger in the (near?) future.? 
I saw some Eaton ones on Facebook... person had stacks of them, new in 
box.? These appear to be more commercially oriented - but seem like they 
could work in a home setting.

Saw a Juicebox one, for fairly cheap - but that company went out of 
business (in the US).? There seems to be an after-market OpenSource kit 
you can buy (for certain Juiceboxes anyway - not sure it would fit on 
this particular model).

I hope to (again, at some point in the future) supply this via solar 
panels, also.? Do I need to take that into account when settling on a 
charger?? Or are all those issues handled by upstream equipment?



Thanks,

*-- Justin*


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From ianaudio at peak.org  Tue May 26 07:21:17 2026
From: ianaudio at peak.org (Paul Wallace)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 10:21:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Caevlist] Bought an EV! Need a home charger...
In-Reply-To: <0180fc04-65c0-45e7-bc2b-00f6ca67e02f@comcast.net>
References: <0180fc04-65c0-45e7-bc2b-00f6ca67e02f@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <1015983504.164110070.1779805277706.JavaMail.zimbra@peak.org>

Justin, 
the 6-20 outlet can sustain 240vac at 16 amps, it is rated to 20 amps, but won't sustain that. You need a 12Awg cord with the 6-20 plug on the end. I suggest that you get something like an Open EVSE: [ https://www.openevse.com/ | https://www.openevse.com/ ] . I have 2 of them and they work quite well for me. They have the ability to adjust the maximum input current so you could use an SOW type flexible cord with the 6-20 plug, set the current correctly, and use the 6-20 outlet. Later, when you get a higher power outlet you can switch out the EVSE input cable to support the full 11KW capability of the car AC charger. On the 6-20 you will be charging at a maximum of about 3.8kw. 

regards, 
Paul 


From: "Justin" <justinclose at comcast.net> 
To: "Corvallis EV CLub" <Caevlist at caevclub.org> 
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2026 10:55:19 AM 
Subject: [Caevlist] Bought an EV! Need a home charger... 

My wife and I finally bit the bullet and bought an EV! We are excited... Hyundai 2023 Ioniq 5 SEL. Really liking the car. 

But now I need to work on all the ancillary stuff... most notably charging at home. It came with a 120v Level 1 charger... it looked like it was working in our first attempt at using it, but it later tripped the GFCI outlet, which cause the rest of the garage circuit to cut out, of course. There is a freezer on that same circuit - don't want to have that go out! :) (Not sure if it is the charger, the car, or the freezer... if the freezer kicked on while charging, it seems like it would have tripped the breaker, not the GFCI. Car and outlet are all inside the garage, no moisture or water in the neighborhood.) 

I have a NEMA 6-20 outlet that I was planning on using in the short term... but no adapter for the current charge cable (which is standard 3-prong 120v, NEMA 5-15 or 5-20). Are there places locally to source an adapter? 

And then I plan on installing a Level 2 charger in the (near?) future. I saw some Eaton ones on Facebook... person had stacks of them, new in box. These appear to be more commercially oriented - but seem like they could work in a home setting. 

Saw a Juicebox one, for fairly cheap - but that company went out of business (in the US). There seems to be an after-market OpenSource kit you can buy (for certain Juiceboxes anyway - not sure it would fit on this particular model). 

I hope to (again, at some point in the future) supply this via solar panels, also. Do I need to take that into account when settling on a charger? Or are all those issues handled by upstream equipment? 



Thanks, 

-- Justin 




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From shawntucker541 at gmail.com  Tue May 26 07:35:56 2026
From: shawntucker541 at gmail.com (Shawn Tucker)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 07:35:56 -0700
Subject: [Caevlist] Bought an EV! Need a home charger...
In-Reply-To: <0180fc04-65c0-45e7-bc2b-00f6ca67e02f@comcast.net>
References: <0180fc04-65c0-45e7-bc2b-00f6ca67e02f@comcast.net>
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There's a couple things going here.

1) You can't charge your EV on the same circuit as your freezer. The garage
outlets are going to be limited to 15 or 20 amps, and the EVSE for the car
will pull around 12 amps, leaving essentially nothing left on the circuit
for additional loads. I learned that my garage circuit is also shared with
my hallway circuit when I was charging on 120v and tried to vacuum at the
same time. Popped the circuit.

2) your freezer should be on its own, separate, non-GFCI circuit. Freezers
can often trip GFCI circuits, so it's best to have them on a separate
single circuit that isn't GFCI. It's (normally, often) allowed as the plug
is usually behind the unit, not used by anything else, and a single outlet
for the freezer only so exception to the "everything in the garage needs to
be GFCI".

3) HARD WIRE your L2 EVSE. Period. The NEMA 14-50 plugs can all too often
be the cause of melting or fires with EVSEs. Whatever you get, hardwire it.

4) When you get the EVSE installed, use an electrician, and have the
electrician install a second circuit for the freezer. Win-win.

On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 11:01?AM Justin <justinclose at comcast.net> wrote:

> My wife and I finally bit the bullet and bought an EV!  We are excited...
> Hyundai 2023 Ioniq 5 SEL.  Really liking the car.
>
> But now I need to work on all the ancillary stuff... most notably charging
> at home.  It came with a 120v Level 1 charger...  it looked like it was
> working in our first attempt at using it, but it later tripped the GFCI
> outlet, which cause the rest of the garage circuit to cut out, of course.
> There is a freezer on that same circuit - don't want to have that go out!
> :)  (Not sure if it is the charger, the car, or the freezer... if the
> freezer kicked on while charging, it seems like it would have tripped the
> breaker, not the GFCI.  Car and outlet are all inside the garage, no
> moisture or water in the neighborhood.)
>
> I have a NEMA 6-20 outlet that I was planning on using in the short
> term... but no adapter for the current charge cable (which is standard
> 3-prong 120v, NEMA 5-15 or 5-20).  Are there places locally to source an
> adapter?
>
> And then I plan on installing a Level 2 charger in the (near?) future.  I
> saw some Eaton ones on Facebook... person had stacks of them, new in box.
> These appear to be more commercially oriented - but seem like they could
> work in a home setting.
>
> Saw a Juicebox one, for fairly cheap - but that company went out of
> business (in the US).  There seems to be an after-market OpenSource kit you
> can buy (for certain Juiceboxes anyway - not sure it would fit on this
> particular model).
>
> I hope to (again, at some point in the future) supply this via solar
> panels, also.  Do I need to take that into account when settling on a
> charger?  Or are all those issues handled by upstream equipment?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> *-- Justin*
>
>
>
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From model at exchangenet.net  Tue May 26 09:51:34 2026
From: model at exchangenet.net (model at exchangenet.net)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 09:51:34 -0700
Subject: [Caevlist] used 60ah calbs  type lfp
Message-ID: <a745407a1f1c1c6fbe1c524154234cab@exchangenet.net>

theres 6 of theses left over, 3.2  volts with red/green mini bms type 
moduals. they vary in capaity form 20 ah ? to  40ah? . this would be 
beging practice setup. get cheap 4s bms, a small solar panel , 12 volt 
led bulbs, etc..

they some day learn to build larger systems.

From charlesbonville at comcast.net  Tue May 26 10:36:41 2026
From: charlesbonville at comcast.net (Charles)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 10:36:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Caevlist] Bought an EV! Need a home charger...
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From justinclose at comcast.net  Tue May 26 16:05:32 2026
From: justinclose at comcast.net (Justin)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 16:05:32 -0700
Subject: [Caevlist] Bought an EV! Need a home charger...
In-Reply-To: <1911187728.89171.1779817001301@connect.xfinity.com>
References: <0180fc04-65c0-45e7-bc2b-00f6ca67e02f@comcast.net>
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Hey all,

Thanks for the various feedback.? All interesting things to think about.

? After some further testing, turns out the freezer is on the kitchen 
circuit, not the garage.? So far, charging has all gone well, about 20 
hours of it.

? I'll check with PGE (my power company)

? Interesting point about hardwiring the unit - makes sense.

? Sticking with something quantity is a good point.? Seller of the Eaton 
unit was asking $400 for the 32a version...

? We could live with L1 charging, sure... but I think I like the 
flexibility of having an L2 charger.? If needed, we wouldn't feel 
constrained if we expect to drain-and-full-charge in a single day, 
because we would need to do it again the next day.? Is it common? No; 
but we do periodically go on longer trips, sometimes back to back.? So 
not having to wait 3 days for it to charge up fully would be a nice bit 
of peace-of-mind to have in the back pocket.



Thanks,

*-- Justin*




On 5/26/26 10:36, Charles wrote:
> Which utility are you with?
> There may be EV charger rebates offered by the utility, but only for 
> certain brands and certain installation conditions (like hardwired, 
> not plug-in).
> -Charles
> (Project Manager at a solar/battery/evse installer)
>> On 05/26/2026 7:35 AM PDT Shawn Tucker <shawntucker541 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There's a couple things going here.
>> 1) You can't charge your EV on the same circuit as your freezer. The 
>> garage outlets are going to be limited to 15 or 20 amps, and the EVSE 
>> for the car will pull around 12 amps, leaving essentially nothing 
>> left on the circuit for additional loads. I learned that my garage 
>> circuit is also shared with my hallway circuit when I was charging on 
>> 120v and tried to vacuum at the same time. Popped the circuit.
>> 2) your freezer should be on its own, separate, non-GFCI circuit. 
>> Freezers can often trip GFCI circuits, so it's best to have them on a 
>> separate single circuit that isn't GFCI. It's (normally, often) 
>> allowed as the plug is usually behind the unit, not used by anything 
>> else, and a single outlet for the freezer only so exception to the 
>> "everything in the garage needs to be GFCI".
>> 3) HARD WIRE your L2 EVSE. Period. The NEMA 14-50 plugs can all too 
>> often be the cause of melting or fires with EVSEs. Whatever you get, 
>> hardwire it.
>> 4) When you get the EVSE installed, use an electrician, and have the 
>> electrician install a second circuit for the freezer. Win-win.
>>
>> On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 11:01?AM Justin <justinclose at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>     My wife and I finally bit the bullet and bought an EV!? We are
>>     excited...? Hyundai 2023 Ioniq 5 SEL.? Really liking the car.
>>
>>     But now I need to work on all the ancillary stuff... most notably
>>     charging at home.? It came with a 120v Level 1 charger...? it
>>     looked like it was working in our first attempt at using it, but
>>     it later tripped the GFCI outlet, which cause the rest of the
>>     garage circuit to cut out, of course.? There is a freezer on that
>>     same circuit - don't want to have that go out!? :)? (Not sure if
>>     it is the charger, the car, or the freezer... if the freezer
>>     kicked on while charging, it seems like it would have tripped the
>>     breaker, not the GFCI.? Car and outlet are all inside the garage,
>>     no moisture or water in the neighborhood.)
>>
>>     I have a NEMA 6-20 outlet that I was planning on using in the
>>     short term... but no adapter for the current charge cable (which
>>     is standard 3-prong 120v, NEMA 5-15 or 5-20).? Are there places
>>     locally to source an adapter?
>>
>>     And then I plan on installing a Level 2 charger in the (near?)
>>     future.? I saw some Eaton ones on Facebook... person had stacks
>>     of them, new in box.? These appear to be more commercially
>>     oriented - but seem like they could work in a home setting.
>>
>>     Saw a Juicebox one, for fairly cheap - but that company went out
>>     of business (in the US).? There seems to be an after-market
>>     OpenSource kit you can buy (for certain Juiceboxes anyway - not
>>     sure it would fit on this particular model).
>>
>>     I hope to (again, at some point in the future) supply this via
>>     solar panels, also.? Do I need to take that into account when
>>     settling on a charger?? Or are all those issues handled by
>>     upstream equipment?
>>
>>
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     *-- Justin*
>>
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From lcweymouth at peak.org  Tue May 26 17:21:12 2026
From: lcweymouth at peak.org (L.C. Larry Weymouth)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 20:21:12 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Caevlist] Bought an EV! Need a home charger...
In-Reply-To: <960db12a-3817-40eb-a0c9-6c97c901a8c0@comcast.net>
References: <0180fc04-65c0-45e7-bc2b-00f6ca67e02f@comcast.net>
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I have an L2 charger at home which is indeed very convenient for an overnight full-charge after a long day trip. Until you get one for when the need arises, I assume nearby you can find an L3 fast charging station, and have downloaded the PlugShare app so useful for long trips. 

Last bit of advice is expect that the 12V battery in the car is only going to last 2 years. When it dies, so does everything in the car including the Start button. It seems the manufacturers install cheap 12V batteries in new cars. I always carry a small portable jump start battery with me. 

Best, 
Larry 


From: "Justin" <justinclose at comcast.net> 
To: "Charles Bonville" <charlesbonville at comcast.net>, "Shawn Tucker" <shawntucker541 at gmail.com> 
Cc: "caevlist" <Caevlist at caevclub.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 4:05:32 PM 
Subject: Re: [Caevlist] Bought an EV! Need a home charger... 

Hey all, 

Thanks for the various feedback. All interesting things to think about. 

? After some further testing, turns out the freezer is on the kitchen circuit, not the garage. So far, charging has all gone well, about 20 hours of it. 

? I'll check with PGE (my power company) 

? Interesting point about hardwiring the unit - makes sense. 

? Sticking with something quantity is a good point. Seller of the Eaton unit was asking $400 for the 32a version... 

? We could live with L1 charging, sure... but I think I like the flexibility of having an L2 charger. If needed, we wouldn't feel constrained if we expect to drain-and-full-charge in a single day, because we would need to do it again the next day. Is it common? No; but we do periodically go on longer trips, sometimes back to back. So not having to wait 3 days for it to charge up fully would be a nice bit of peace-of-mind to have in the back pocket. 



Thanks, 

-- Justin 




On 5/26/26 10:36, Charles wrote: 



Which utility are you with? 
There may be EV charger rebates offered by the utility, but only for certain brands and certain installation conditions (like hardwired, not plug-in). 
-Charles 
(Project Manager at a solar/battery/evse installer) 

BQ_BEGIN

On 05/26/2026 7:35 AM PDT Shawn Tucker [ mailto:shawntucker541 at gmail.com | <shawntucker541 at gmail.com> ] wrote: 
There's a couple things going here. 
1) You can't charge your EV on the same circuit as your freezer. The garage outlets are going to be limited to 15 or 20 amps, and the EVSE for the car will pull around 12 amps, leaving essentially nothing left on the circuit for additional loads. I learned that my garage circuit is also shared with my hallway circuit when I was charging on 120v and tried to vacuum at the same time. Popped the circuit. 
2) your freezer should be on its own, separate, non-GFCI circuit. Freezers can often trip GFCI circuits, so it's best to have them on a separate single circuit that isn't GFCI. It's (normally, often) allowed as the plug is usually behind the unit, not used by anything else, and a single outlet for the freezer only so exception to the "everything in the garage needs to be GFCI". 
3) HARD WIRE your L2 EVSE. Period. The NEMA 14-50 plugs can all too often be the cause of melting or fires with EVSEs. Whatever you get, hardwire it. 
4) When you get the EVSE installed, use an electrician, and have the electrician install a second circuit for the freezer. Win-win. 

On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 11:01 AM Justin < [ mailto:justinclose at comcast.net | justinclose at comcast.net ] > wrote: 

BQ_BEGIN

My wife and I finally bit the bullet and bought an EV! We are excited... Hyundai 2023 Ioniq 5 SEL. Really liking the car. 

But now I need to work on all the ancillary stuff... most notably charging at home. It came with a 120v Level 1 charger... it looked like it was working in our first attempt at using it, but it later tripped the GFCI outlet, which cause the rest of the garage circuit to cut out, of course. There is a freezer on that same circuit - don't want to have that go out! :) (Not sure if it is the charger, the car, or the freezer... if the freezer kicked on while charging, it seems like it would have tripped the breaker, not the GFCI. Car and outlet are all inside the garage, no moisture or water in the neighborhood.) 

I have a NEMA 6-20 outlet that I was planning on using in the short term... but no adapter for the current charge cable (which is standard 3-prong 120v, NEMA 5-15 or 5-20). Are there places locally to source an adapter? 

And then I plan on installing a Level 2 charger in the (near?) future. I saw some Eaton ones on Facebook... person had stacks of them, new in box. These appear to be more commercially oriented - but seem like they could work in a home setting. 

Saw a Juicebox one, for fairly cheap - but that company went out of business (in the US). There seems to be an after-market OpenSource kit you can buy (for certain Juiceboxes anyway - not sure it would fit on this particular model). 

I hope to (again, at some point in the future) supply this via solar panels, also. Do I need to take that into account when settling on a charger? Or are all those issues handled by upstream equipment? 



Thanks, 

-- Justin 




BQ_END

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From shawntucker541 at gmail.com  Tue May 26 18:49:32 2026
From: shawntucker541 at gmail.com (Shawn Tucker)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 18:49:32 -0700
Subject: [Caevlist] Bought an EV! Need a home charger...
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From schepige at gmail.com  Wed May 27 12:04:04 2026
From: schepige at gmail.com (schepige)
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 12:04:04 -0700
Subject: [Caevlist] Wanted: 12v batteries, inverter
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Dear Corvallis EV Club,

It's been a good number of years since I have been to a meeting, but I only
recently moved back to Oregon full time. I used to come out before the
pandemic and I helped out Kirk a bit back in the day.

I have a truck/trailer combination that I've been slowly upgrading into a
mobile stage and/or parade vehicle. This year I'm working to upgrade the
truck so it has a high output alternator and hoping to have a battery pack
and inverter setup on both the truck and the trailer to supply AC power
both while the truck is running and off grid for a certain amount of time.

My business is not a non-profit, but I do offer this setup essentially for
free to keep music accessible within the community. We often work with
nonprofits that don't have comprehensive budgets. The trailer will be
returning to Da Vinci Days this year, and we have some other parades and
community events on the calendar as well.

Does anyone have any deep cycle 12v batteries they can sell me? Also,
looking for at least one inverter to get to 120VAC (hoping ultimately to
have two: one for the truck and one for the trailer). Size and weight are
nothing to consider for the truck or the trailer: it can be heavy and I
have plenty of space to work with. I've upgraded a lot of my musical
equipment so I'm not drawing a lot of continuous amps: my full PA setup
clocks in at about 6A, so realistically I'm thinking I can size for a
typical 20A circuit. Given the initial usage frequency (currently a couple
times a summer) I am OK with buying something used that might be a good
chunk of the way through its service life.

I'm open to other voltages but since the truck is of course a 12V system,
sticking with 12V seemed like the obvious choice.

Please contact me if you have anything you are willing to part with! Just
looking for a good deal on something. Figured this group would be my best
bet to find something local.

- Shep
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From shawntucker541 at gmail.com  Fri May 29 09:03:37 2026
From: shawntucker541 at gmail.com (Shawn Tucker)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 09:03:37 -0700
Subject: [Caevlist] Sad news - F150 Lightning was totaled
Message-ID: <CAKz+0in0ztPUNJAyf=7DyCMGueqrjd7EADqP5stG8pVo1QRZWQ@mail.gmail.com>

We were in an accident a week and 1/2 ago that caused some pretty heavy
front end damage to our F150 Lightning.

Sadly, while the truck is repairable, and the insurance is giving us $48k
value, the salvage value of the truck is 52%, which means they're only
willing to go up to 48% of that value to pay for repairs, which we're just
about at $26k for total repair cost. Because of that, it costs less to the
insurance company to total the truck and sell it for salvage than pay to
repair it.
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