I am in the position of purchasing a level II charger and have a 2012 charge point unit available I'm just wondering should I entertain purchasing this unit used or a new one with the warranty?
If the old one is cheap and works, and if you don't need any features it lacks, you might as well save the bucks.
FWIW, I just bought a Clipper Creek HCS-40 with JuiceNet add-on, as sold here. It's supposed to arrive on Saturday. This unit is way overkill for a Volt, but I wanted to future-proof, and I'm also a bit of a data pack-rat, so the JuiceNet features appeal to me. (Of course, Juice Boxes have the same network features, and modern ChargePoint units have similar features, too.) As near as I can tell from my research, there are a lot of good EVSEs out there, so it's hard to go badly wrong, with the caveat that you might need specific features. (Mine's going outside, for instance, so I wanted the best possible weatherproofing.)
I sometimes buy used equipment if it's cheap enough and the product has a good track record. Other than a few bum units, higher end EVSEs have proven to be reliable.
What is your budget for this including installation?
What are your requirements? Wifi? Cord length? Charging just one Volt? Something else as well?
I have no issue buying used items, but if it fits the requirements, with a great 16A setup with a 25' cord going for $380 and less, I'd have a hard time buying a used unit myself.
I bought the plug-in version of the Charge Point level II charger from Amazon in 2015. Didn't like the idea of having a charger hard wired. When it arrived, I found the stud to mount it above my 240 V plug, drilled the holes, put in the screws, and had the charger installed and working in less than half an hour.
This charger that I got new last year has WiFi and based on my location, knows the utility rates, etc. I can look at the trends and see that I generally use about $27 of electricity per month. On my phone I can see every time I charge, how long, and how much it cost to charge as well as the monthly trends. I spent extra $ to get this WiFi capability with the level II charger and think over the long run, it is worth the extra $.
I'll echo what srs5694 said - the used one will likely work just fine, and you're more data-hungry (as both srs5694 and myself are), you can get the add-ons to measure your charging stats. I was intrigued by the JuicePlug device, but hadn't really looked at it, since I've already decided to buy a L2 EVSE with good data measurement capability.
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