PIP Charging Cable

Home Depot -


$11.49
Pass & Seymour 15 Amp 125-Volt Industrial-Grade Angle Plugs

 

Here is a similar on on Amazon -


Leviton 515AN 15 Amp, 125 Volt, Angle grounding Plug, White by Leviton

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Yeah, and it's just a 3-wire plug.
The Amazon price is half.

The Righ-Angle won't pull itself out of the outlet with the weight of the brick pulling straight down.

 

This one allows the prongs to be rotated for ground prong up or ground prong down position when first wired. Good for exiting outdoor covered boxes or not obstructing the other outlet. The others may allow this also when wiring just not stated in the description.
Amazon.com: Leviton 5266-CA 15 Amp, 125 Volt, Angle Plug, Straight Blade, Industrial Grade, Grounding, Black-White: Home Improvement

 

I like this one... might get it. Thanks!

 

I have a regular outlet in the garage rafters for my garage outlet. I plug the PIP charger cord into an empty receptacle and zip tie the cord along the rafters, supporting the brick and cord. I then have a simple bicycle hook screwed into the rafter above the place where my pip parks and hang the charger plug on that. Works great. Supported and stays out of the way.

 

now that we had 60 degrees today, my charging cable is soft n supple, not stiff, like when it was 23 degrees out

 

Thanks, I'm ordering one now. It is currently $5.93 as I type this. I don't need the angle as I lay my brick on a box. I just dislike unplugging and plugging in the EVSE twice everyday at work and at home. I feel like I am putting extra wear and tear on the plug. The walkie stacker pallet machine at our warehouse require a particular position for the plug in order to charge. I don't want to have that happen to a $1000 EVSE or whatever Toyota charges for it.

 

I originally used a bungee cord, but since I moved my EVSE into the attic of my garage, I mounted a wire basket onto the rafters, and have it resting in that. Can't find it online, but it looks very similar to this. It's just the right length/spacing, allowing the entire unit to rest, with no strain anywhere.

 

Like a piece of coat hanger. plenty strong, handy, cheap plentiful and flexible.

 

Just out of curiosity, that looks like a parking lot light pole you have the wires coming out of. We have similar light poles where I work, but I was told the power at those poles doesn't come on until after dark, so even if we tapped into the power in the pole, it wouldn't be active until it got dark outside. Did you have similar issues or is the power always on on those light poles?

 

I have the same issue with timed light poles at work. I thought for sure that they would be running 120V to the lamp post, and use a relay in the lamp post itself, but they told me that all lamp posts high voltage wiresare homerun, and controlled from within the building.

 

10 degrees at work tonite, first time i've noticed any stiffness.

 

At least it is outside, away from structures. Is that a flammable pole?

 

Here's a easy 15 minute solution for a garage. Used the support brackets for the garage door opener to run the charger cord above the PIP using zip ties. Simple plug in on both ends without the cord hassle.

 

IMO you have too much tension on your cable. Also check out the link in my sig

 

i have the exact same setup! fortunately, i'm not tall enough to hit my head on it.