I know enough about electricity to know the longer a cord is the more voltage drop there will be and this hurts efficiency and at some point the drop would be too low for a charger to operate.
I'm planning to get a charger installed in my condo parking space, but in the meantime my parking space is about 150' from where I could plug it in. I'm trying to understand if it's foolish or dangerous to buy a 100' extension cord and a 50' extension cord and plug in via the included charger. The fact that 110V heavy duty extension cords more than 100' don't seem to exist seems like it might be a red flag, and in any case I'm not sure if there are considerations for using them with an EV charger.
I don't drive a ton of miles each day, so I sort of figure round the clock 110V charging should be good enough for my needs most of the time, and if I'm taking a long trip or end up getting quite low I could visit a charging station to top off the tank.
Anyone tried a cord this long?
Relatedly I also have several 220V unused outlets (e.g. unused dryer plug) but I find that extension cords for 220V NEMA plugs are even more limited (50' seems to be the max and they are expensive) so I am really doubtful it'd be a good idea to chain 3 of them together. This seems weird as I would have thought overall it'd be more efficient to run electricity over a long distance via a higher voltage but maybe there are some considerations here. The 220V cords (50A) are also very expensive. I realize my dryer plug is likely not 50A but I think I read there are ways you can tell the truck to charge at a lower amperage.
Hopefully I'm getting the truck Friday & trying to not be completely unprepared when it shows up. Also even once I have a charger installed, I figured it might be worth carrying a long extension cord in the truck for emergency charging when I can find a plug but it's not that close to where I could park the truck.
I'm planning to get a charger installed in my condo parking space, but in the meantime my parking space is about 150' from where I could plug it in. I'm trying to understand if it's foolish or dangerous to buy a 100' extension cord and a 50' extension cord and plug in via the included charger. The fact that 110V heavy duty extension cords more than 100' don't seem to exist seems like it might be a red flag, and in any case I'm not sure if there are considerations for using them with an EV charger.
I don't drive a ton of miles each day, so I sort of figure round the clock 110V charging should be good enough for my needs most of the time, and if I'm taking a long trip or end up getting quite low I could visit a charging station to top off the tank.
Anyone tried a cord this long?
Relatedly I also have several 220V unused outlets (e.g. unused dryer plug) but I find that extension cords for 220V NEMA plugs are even more limited (50' seems to be the max and they are expensive) so I am really doubtful it'd be a good idea to chain 3 of them together. This seems weird as I would have thought overall it'd be more efficient to run electricity over a long distance via a higher voltage but maybe there are some considerations here. The 220V cords (50A) are also very expensive. I realize my dryer plug is likely not 50A but I think I read there are ways you can tell the truck to charge at a lower amperage.
Hopefully I'm getting the truck Friday & trying to not be completely unprepared when it shows up. Also even once I have a charger installed, I figured it might be worth carrying a long extension cord in the truck for emergency charging when I can find a plug but it's not that close to where I could park the truck.