To add J1772 Level 2 capability to my old Citicar, it required three items - a 240v charger, a J1772 inlet, and a vehicle-side control board.
Since I also wanted to use 120v at times, the charger needed to be multi-volt capable. I used an ElCon 2500 charger (2.5 kW, 90 to 250v input). This charger was about $700. I purchased the J1772 inlet and vehicle-side control board from Modular EV Power for about $150. Wiring the charger to the inlet is straightforward. Wiring the control board to the vehicle / J1772 inlet is easy as well. Hardest part is deciding where to mount the inlet, and making some sort of door to cover it when not in use. The Citicar went from a 120v only, 1.4 kW charger (about 4 miles of charge per hour of charging) to a 120 - 240v, J1772 capable 2.5 kW charging system (about 10 miles of charge per hour of charging). I'll be doing much the same when I upgrade the charger in my present EV. Tom Keenan _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
