Hi Mike, You're right about the 110 support in Level II EVSE's. Chargepoint had one in their early EVSE's, but I'm not sure if they still have them. And there is no such animal as a J1772 to twistlock. Again this points out how little the conversions were considered when the OEM's were making plans about EV's.
One thing that you can do is find a place for a J1772 inlet (I don't rem your conversion well enough to suggest a place) and hard wire it up to the charger. If you did that then you'd have two inlets to charge off of, and that when you charged on one the other would be hot, a safety issue. I'll email you off list with some prices. Rush www.TucsonEV.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Mike Nickerson > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 12:39 AM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: [EVDL] J1772 Thoughts > > I just learned two interesting facts about J1772 today. My employer is about to > upgrade our 3 Level 1 outlets (120V/20A) to 2 dual-plug ChargePoint > CT4000 stations. This will increase our charging capability from Level 1 to > 7.2kW Level 2 and increase the number of charging cars to 4. Great news so > far. The Leaf owners will be ecstatic. > > The first thing I learned is that latest-technology EVSEs ONLY support J1772. > There is no support for 120V outlets in the station. Unfortunately, we have > several early adopters that don't have J1772 ports. These include my > conversion, a Solectria Force with a Zivan charger, and a couple of electric > motorcycles. Since the old outlets are being removed to put in the new > stations, we have to do something. > > The second thing I learned is that I am suddenly WAY more interested in a > J1772 adapter than I used to be! Since my charger is dual-voltage, I at least > have the option of doing an adapter. Some of the other vehicles will be much > more difficult. > > Since I have a twistlock receptacle (NEMA L6-30P) under my gas flap, and > already have 220V-twistlock and 110V-twistlock adapter cords, I'm looking for a > J1772 to twistlock adapter. I don't think such a thing exists, so I will probably > have to make my own. I don't really feel like converting my car and all my > pigtails to J1772-compatible. Call me lazy. And cheap. I also don't feel bad > about connecting J1772 to my twistlock connector since it is rated for > 250V/30A. > > I've seen discussion on the list for Rush Doughterty's adapter box and/or bare > J1772 socket. That sounds like it could work and I could then wire that to a > female twistlock connector. > > Other thoughts on how to get J1772 support into a conversion? My charger is > an Elcon 2000+, so I'm never going to get the benefit of the J1772. I will be > drawing about 10A on the 220V line. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > 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: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/7003 - Release Date: 01/14/14 _______________________________________________________ Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain Hosting http://www.doteasy.com _______________________________________________ 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)
