Electric Vehicle Safety
With all the emphasis on electric vehicles and expanding infrastructure around green energy, let's consider some safety-related topics. It is important to understand the different types of EVs and EV charging equipment available, as well as installation considerations.
1. A true hybrid electric vehicle does not require the vehicle to be plugged into an electric outlet for charging.
Correct Answer: True
2. A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle can only charge its batteries from the vehicle's regenerative braking system.
Correct Answer: False
3. A plug-in electric vehicle does not contain a regenerative braking circuit.
Correct Answer: True
4. Electric vehicles use standard lead-acid batteries to power the vehicle's drive train.
Correct Answer: False
5. A trickle battery charger generally takes up to ___ hours to reach full charge.
Correct Answer: 24
6. A charger that converts from fast charging to trickle charging once the battery achieves a full charge is a ___ charger.
Correct Answer: Combination
7. A Level 1 EV charger takes between __ hours to achieve a full charge.
Correct Answer: 4 and 6
8. A level 2 charger connected to an EV can reach full charge for the batteries in ___ hours.
Correct Answer: 4 to 6
9. Conductors used to supply electric vehicle service equipment must be sized at __ of the calculated load current.
Correct Answer: 125%
10. Each outlet installed for charging EVs shall be installed by an individual branch circuit.
Correct Answer: True
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