You can also do your own J1772 implementation:

http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2012/11/electric-bug-charger-control-design/

corbin

On Jun 3, 2013, at 8:08 PM, Zeke Yewdall <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>> 
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>>> 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
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