this may be a really dumb question but I'm going to ask it anyway....
Is there any reason why I cannot use a wall mountable charging box as a portable charging unit? What I was thinking of was something like the attached. Instead of connecting the box to the wall, I would just put it in the frunk for the very odd occasions when I need it. The power end would be terminated in a 32A commando (RV) plug instead of being connected directly into a domestic fuse box. I already have a set of 32A ->16A camp ground, 32A ->16A European Schuko and 32A - >UK 13A domestic plugs (all single phase) and obviously I can set the maximum current to be drawn in the car itself. When arriving at a destination to charge, I can just suspend the charging unit from somewhere suitable, connect the plug (via an adapter if need be ) to the 32A/16A/13A socket, and then charge the car.
Why do this? Well the British government has been subsidising the fitting of these wall mounted devices and increasing numbers are now coming onto the market second hand. I can pick one up for about a third of the price of a UMC and about 20% or less of the price of a Juice Booster. I know it would be much bigger than a UMC but for the amount of times it will be used I actually don't care.
Any thoughts would be really welcome: I pick up my MS tomorrow night so I really need to decide by then whether to drop £500/$850 on a UMC or not as I am too far from the service centre to want to go back to pick one up later.
Thanks
Is there any reason why I cannot use a wall mountable charging box as a portable charging unit? What I was thinking of was something like the attached. Instead of connecting the box to the wall, I would just put it in the frunk for the very odd occasions when I need it. The power end would be terminated in a 32A commando (RV) plug instead of being connected directly into a domestic fuse box. I already have a set of 32A ->16A camp ground, 32A ->16A European Schuko and 32A - >UK 13A domestic plugs (all single phase) and obviously I can set the maximum current to be drawn in the car itself. When arriving at a destination to charge, I can just suspend the charging unit from somewhere suitable, connect the plug (via an adapter if need be ) to the 32A/16A/13A socket, and then charge the car.
Why do this? Well the British government has been subsidising the fitting of these wall mounted devices and increasing numbers are now coming onto the market second hand. I can pick one up for about a third of the price of a UMC and about 20% or less of the price of a Juice Booster. I know it would be much bigger than a UMC but for the amount of times it will be used I actually don't care.
Any thoughts would be really welcome: I pick up my MS tomorrow night so I really need to decide by then whether to drop £500/$850 on a UMC or not as I am too far from the service centre to want to go back to pick one up later.
Thanks