I thought everyone would be interested in knowing what I finally did. I elected to leave the car alone and get the J1772 Adapter Box from TucsonEV. I put a NEMA L6-30P connector on the end, and plugged it into my car. I've been using it with the ChargePoint EVSEs at work and it's working fine.
I did this for two reasons: I already have L6-30P pigtails for 110/20A and 220/20A for convenience charging and charging at home. Also, the L6-30R installation into the car was kind of a shoe-horn. I wasn't looking forward to working in that area of the car again. For the time being, it was easier and cheaper to just add another "pigtail" to the collection for charging at work. We don't have a lot of chargers in this area, so I think all my charging will be at home or work. I do have J1772 capability with me though, so I do have options when they show up. The J1772 Adapter box seems well made and is working well. It also appears fairly weather-resistant. I used it in a freezing rain earlier this week with no issues. Mike > -----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) _______________________________________________ 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)
