It is one of the new Elcon chargers (upgrading from an old 120vac non automatic charger that died) so I think it can do 120 or 240vac input. I'll check out the J1772 handshake box.
Thanks Zeke On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Rush Dougherty <[email protected]> wrote: > Zeke, > > If your charger is only good for 120vac I'm afraid you're out of luck with > the new J1772 EVSE's. They put out ONLY 220vac. In some of the Chargepoint > EVSE's there is a 120vac receptacle, but they are rare to find. > > You can upgrade your charger to a 120-220vac charger and then use the J1772 > EVSE's, but you will still need an additional piece of equipment - a J1772 > Adapter Box. The J1772 Adapter Box generates a signal that completes an > electronic handshake with the J1772 EVSE and tells the EVSE that the car > can > be charged. > > I sell the J1772 Adapter Boxes and if you go to www.TucsonEV.com you can > read more about it. > > Good luck > Rush > www.TucsonEV.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Zeke Yewdall > > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 7:06 AM > > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > > Subject: [EVDL] Using new charge stations with older conversion > > > > So.... wondering what it will take to be able to use a conversion with > the > > new charge stations that are available in town in various places. It > only > > needs 120vac at 16 amps, or less. So far, I haven't investigated exactly > what > > sort of charging stations the ones in town are.... which I supposed could > also > > affect it. But.... in general, what do you need to go from the standard > > extension cord input to the fancy charge station? I seem to remember > some > > discussion on this recently, but when I searched, I was only finding > > discussions on the opposite (charging a newer factory EV from a 240vac > > outlet). > > > > Thanks > > > > Zeke > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev- > > evdl.org/attachments/20130603/b726c82a/attachment.htm> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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) > > > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2013.0.3343 / Virus Database: 3184/6378 - Release Date: 06/02/13 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130603/9c419801/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
