tigerbalm
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- Damien
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Our travel EVSE: Juice Booster 2
Did we use it on this trip? No, we didn't.
Have we used it? Yes, lots. Mostly at hotels that don't have dedicated destination chargers. Some purposefully don't install Type 2 chargers and just have country specific sockets at parking spaces.
In this case, I find a travel charger the best. I don't regret purchasing one – but I'm a bit into it and wanted to support this company by purchasing their product. It supports everything Europe can throw at you. You'd be surprised what kind of 3-phase industrial sockets that hotels – without dedicated chargers – have near their air conditioning units. I've pulled 22kW from hotels that technically didn't have charging.
You can likely get by with the charger that comes with the car and a few normal adaptors.
Passing cables in the window of a hotel in Ireland:
Note: I unrolled the extension cable – to avoid cables heating up dangerously. And yes, I had permission to park on the disabled spot!
Plugging – a loaner Taycan – into wall sockets at hotels in France on a previous EV road-trip:
Did we use it on this trip? No, we didn't.
Have we used it? Yes, lots. Mostly at hotels that don't have dedicated destination chargers. Some purposefully don't install Type 2 chargers and just have country specific sockets at parking spaces.
In this case, I find a travel charger the best. I don't regret purchasing one – but I'm a bit into it and wanted to support this company by purchasing their product. It supports everything Europe can throw at you. You'd be surprised what kind of 3-phase industrial sockets that hotels – without dedicated chargers – have near their air conditioning units. I've pulled 22kW from hotels that technically didn't have charging.
You can likely get by with the charger that comes with the car and a few normal adaptors.
Passing cables in the window of a hotel in Ireland:
Note: I unrolled the extension cable – to avoid cables heating up dangerously. And yes, I had permission to park on the disabled spot!
Plugging – a loaner Taycan – into wall sockets at hotels in France on a previous EV road-trip:
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