{"id":13936,"date":"2025-05-22T19:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/?page_id=13936"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:58:15","slug":"ev-chargers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/?page_id=13936","title":{"rendered":"&#8211; EV Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;ve installed<strong> Level 2 Electric Vehicle chargers<\/strong> operated by Blink in our parking lot. With more people switching to electric vehicles, these chargers offer a convenient and affordable option for anyone who needs to charge their vehicle. These stations will charge any vehicle at a rate up to <strong>16 kW<\/strong>, although they may require an adapter and charge slower depending on the vehicle&#8217;s Level 2 charging specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/charger-closeup-762x1024.png\" alt=\"photo of EV charger\" class=\"wp-image-13161\" style=\"width:281px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/charger-closeup-762x1024.png 762w, https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/charger-closeup-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/charger-closeup-768x1032.png 768w, https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/charger-closeup-624x839.png 624w, https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/charger-closeup.png 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There are two ways to use and pay for the chargers (<strong>current rate<\/strong> posted on the <strong>charger screen<\/strong>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Call Blink&#8217;s automated help line at <strong>1-800-663-5633.<\/strong> Make payment <strong>via credit or debit card<\/strong> by following the prompts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Download the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blinkcharging.com\/products\/blink-app\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blinkcharging.com\/products\/blink-app\">Blink Charging<\/a> <\/strong>app. Create an online account with Blink or use the app as a guest. When using the app, search for the library&#8217;s address (<strong>230 S Rosina Avenue, Somerset, PA<\/strong> <strong>15501<\/strong>), then select the <strong>charging station<\/strong> by confirming the serial number:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>East Charger Serial Number: <\/strong>BAE700586<br><strong>West Charger Serial Number: <\/strong>BAE700596<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please feel free to check out our <strong>outdoor shade garden <\/strong>(consisting of native pollinator plants) in the parking lot, the <strong>outdoor reading area<\/strong> (with commemorative bricks) outside our Church Street entrance, or come into the library to relax, explore our collection and sign up for a library card while charging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve installed Level 2 Electric Vehicle chargers operated by Blink in our parking lot. With more people switching to electric vehicles, these chargers offer a convenient and affordable option for anyone who needs to charge their vehicle. These stations will charge any vehicle at a rate up to 16 kW, although they may require an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13936","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13936"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14542,"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13936\/revisions\/14542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}