EvoCharge EVSE

I chose this charger in large part because it was already so highly reviewed by a large number of people. I like the sleek look of the charger, especially since I'm using an outside wall where it's visible to anyone coming in my side door. I also chose it because it has a shorter than usual cord--18 rather than 25 ft. I didn't need the extra length and appreciated the option of a shorter cord and less clutter on my wall. While the charger is rated for 32 amps, it can be internally set (by your electrician) for 24 amps. My electrician was pleased at how easy this was to do. This is a nice option if, like me, you have a pre-existing 240 line that was used for, say, a dryer and don't want to upgrade the wiring to handle a 32 amp charger. Since I will be charging overnight, the extra charging time for 24 amps doesn't matter to me, and it was a considerable cost savings over installing all new wiring. The electrician and I both agreed that the cord from the charger to the outlet was sufficiently short and stiff that it was better to install an upside down outlet box below, rather than beside, the charger and let the cord hang straight down. You certainly could install the outlet right side up and next to the charger. I chose the non-wifi version because I didn't want to deal with apps. I just used the car's charging options to set the maximum AC charge to 90%. The charger has a flashing blue light that shows it is charging once you plug it into your car. There are no controls on the charger. You just plug it into your car, and the car begins to charge. I trust it will cease charging once it reaches my 90% setting. In sum, I'm very pleased with the appearance, price, and functionality of this charger for my Hyundai Kona EV.

This unit is as described. The white box is actually smaller than a piece of paper (picture attached). It can be set for 40, 30 or 20 Amp breakers at 240V, so that 32, 24 or 16 Amps would be the maximum draw to keep things safe. There is a dip switch setting inside that needs to be switched for the different settings. (picture of the tiny dip switches is attached) The unit comes with very heavy duty cables. The 6-50 plug and cable is quite substantial but only about 1 foot long, and the charging cable is also quite thick and solidly built, but still flexible enough to handle easily. As a separate part, they supply a wall mountable holster for the charging plug. This is attached separately from the unit, so you can put it anywhere, and the top of it is also designed so you can loop the cable over the holster instead of on top of the white box. I have attached a couple pictures, but the cable in the pictures is the one that came with my Leaf. The EvoCharge cable is a bit thicker. I changed the wiring so that it could take a 30A 240V breaker circuit in my house which was used for a dryer. It was very easy to take apart the box with a T20 Torx driver. When switching to a 30A circuit, I had 4 wires in my cable, but the unit's 6-50 plug cable only had 3 wires. The 6-50 had Black, Green and White, but the 30A circuit had Black, Green, Red, and White. The manual says to put the Red where the White cable was, and that worked fine. The extra white was just taped up and pushed aside. Instead of using a plug adapter or hard wiring to my wall, I just replaced the 6-50 plug cord with a standard dryer cord with plug which cost a lot less and was simple to install. Although I left the new cord at 4 feet, it probably should have been cut shorter to less than 18 inches to stay within code. I plan to reattach the 6-50 once I get a new 40 Amp circuit put in my garage. When charging with this unit, my Leaf Spy says my Leaf was drawing between 5 and 5.1 kW. With my regular wall plug (15A/120V) I would only get 1 kW, so this is almost exactly 5 times faster when using my 30A 240V circuit. I imagine it would be about 6.5 times as fast if I used a 40A circuit and drew at 32A. I note that I am using the 25 foot version, plus a 40 foot JLong extension cable ( JLONG - 40 Amp, 40ft, J1772 extension cable ), so there is probably a bit more energy loss in my set up than most. I'm happy with the 5 X boost in charging speed though, as I was able to add 44% charge in a little less than 2 hours. I note that the cables and the charging unit did not even get warm, so I think everything is pretty safe in terms of capacity. One of my deciding factors on choosing this unit was its relatively compact size. It is big enough to be wall mounted, but small enough that I can carry it around very easily. I compared this unit to the Siemens, but the Siemens was just too big and heavy for my purposes, and the Siemens also has a slightly lower top charging capacity. Regarding customer service: Before buying this unit, I had a few questions, so I posted my question on Amazon about using this with my dryer plug. I got an answer the next day saying I could, but without the details of how. So, I emailed them directly and got a reply the same day telling me that I would have to change a few dip switches inside the machine. Upon my request Chris, in customer service, emailed me a copy of the owner's manual, since it is a new unit and they didn't have it on the website yet. He said that if I told him when I was ordering that they would set the dip switches for me so I wouldn't have to open up the unit. In the end I did open it up to wire it to the 30Amp/240V service, but when I got the unit the dip switches were already set up as requested. The default setting is for a 40A service. They shipped the unit the same day I ordered, with the dip switches set up for me. I also emailed Chris because I wanted to be sure the 18 foot cable was going to be long enough, as it was going to be pretty tight with 18 feet of cable (plus my 40ft JLong). Chris had it measured and confirmed that the 18 feet is from the charging box to the business end of the plug. This helped me decide to get the 25 foot cable to be sure I wasn't going to be caught short. I think this was for the best anyway, as I like having the extra few feet of wiggle room. The extra cost for the longer cable was about the cost of one fill up of my old ICE car. The combination of the simplicity of the unit, the high charging capacity, the relatively low price, and the fantastic customer service leaves me with no regrets in buying this unit. I am very happy with this unit so far, and I hope to be using it for many years to come. I will post a follow up if I have any issues or additional information.

Bought a Kia Niro Dec. 17, 2021 and immediately started my charger research. Since I am familiar with wiring and already had a Nema 6-50 3- prong receptical, that is what lead me to the Evo unit. No frills, 16-32 amp. adjustable output, convenient mounting hardware and J-1772 plug holder.....what more could you ask for !! So far no issues and performs as expected. Great price and instructions. I personally think folks should do their homework and educate themselves on their EV's and how EV chargers operate/charge. All is available online. Less misunderstandings/hiccups/problems etc. would occur. You have a Tesla and are surprised the unit came with a J-1772 plug ?? Seriously ?? Anyway....love my Niro and Evo charger. Great combo and highly recommend both !!

Excellent charger and customer service both before and after sale. All technical questions were answered before sale, Fast order and delivery. The charger itself is compact, well-made inside and out, with a supple cord and robust connector. Simple to mount. Three power levels makes it somewhat future proof if we eventually get an EV with a higher demand than our plug-in hybrid. I incorrectly set the power level DIP switch (totally my fault) and tech support quickly resolved the problem over the phone. Tech support was immediate and knowledgable and got the engineering guys to answer one question within hours. For the highest power level, just plug it in. No configuration needed. Highest recommendation. Updated after one year: This unit has been trouble free and is holding up great. It handles our poor input power gracefully. Still very happy with it. Highest recommendation still.