Not really ground breaking stuff, but I figured I'd toot my own horn here since my wife is kind of 'meh' over the whole thing.
I went with the 30amp PowerMax with the 18 foot cord. I know my Spark won't use anthing over 16 Amps, but I'm hoping to 'future proof' myself a little bit if I end up with something else when my lease expires. And I have a friend with a Fiat 500e, so he can get good use out of it when he come over.
I was originally going to use my existing electric dryer outlet (NEMA 14-30R) in the laundry room, but decided against that as I would have had to punch a hole through the shared wall between the laundry room and the garage. I decided that probably wouldn't be the best option for many reasons.
My electric panel is mounted to the exterior or my garage, with the back of the panel resting against the drywall inside my garage. I added a new 30 Amp dual pole circuit breaker to my panel and routed the wire through a punch out in the back of the panel, through the drywall to a new surface mount outlet inside my garage. Thanks to youtube videos and pointers and recommendations from the retired electrician at my local Home Depot, I was able to finish the job without killing myself or burning the placed to the ground.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and if you are on the fence about doing the work yourself, and you have even a modicum of do-it-yourself experience, I'd say give it a go. Just remember to tell your wife BEFORE you cut the main power to the house . . .
I went with the 30amp PowerMax with the 18 foot cord. I know my Spark won't use anthing over 16 Amps, but I'm hoping to 'future proof' myself a little bit if I end up with something else when my lease expires. And I have a friend with a Fiat 500e, so he can get good use out of it when he come over.
I was originally going to use my existing electric dryer outlet (NEMA 14-30R) in the laundry room, but decided against that as I would have had to punch a hole through the shared wall between the laundry room and the garage. I decided that probably wouldn't be the best option for many reasons.
My electric panel is mounted to the exterior or my garage, with the back of the panel resting against the drywall inside my garage. I added a new 30 Amp dual pole circuit breaker to my panel and routed the wire through a punch out in the back of the panel, through the drywall to a new surface mount outlet inside my garage. Thanks to youtube videos and pointers and recommendations from the retired electrician at my local Home Depot, I was able to finish the job without killing myself or burning the placed to the ground.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and if you are on the fence about doing the work yourself, and you have even a modicum of do-it-yourself experience, I'd say give it a go. Just remember to tell your wife BEFORE you cut the main power to the house . . .