Choosing a charger for your Ford Fusion Energi (or any electric car)

[doug]

Hi Everyone, I leased a Fusion Energi Titanium this past weekend and I love it. 

 

I've created a blog to share what I'm learning about the car.  The forum admins here have granted me permission to post links to my blog articles here for discussion.

 

Please have a read and post comments on this forum thread:  Choosing a charger for your Ford Fusion Energi

 

I'd prefer to promote this forum and have discussions here rather than on my blog.

 

 

 

[lokicat]

The number of sockets you need for the circuit breaker depends on the type and brand of electrical panel you have. Some can support single slot 240V, others can only take double. It's not a matter of amps but must be double pole and not single. There are also "quad pole" breakers that give you both a single 240V line plus 2 120V lines all in a double socket slot. Very useful if you don't have any spare open sockets. Really need an electrician that can tell you. Home Depot also has a useful guide:

 

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/catalog/servlet/ContentView?pn=Breakers&storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053