Most public level-2 j1772 EVSE (like the ones you mention below) will provide
30Amps at a voltage from 208VAC to 240VAC (depending on its AC source).

All of the three EVSE brands you mentioned should provide that same 30A or
6kW of AC electricity for your on-board charger to use. With the exception
of the Blink, which had to de-tune/turn-down their public EVSE to 16A to
keep the j1772 coupler from over heating, see
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Blink-turns-some-EVSE-down-to-3kW-to-avoid-coupler-overheating-tp4664830.html
EVLN: Blink turns some EVSE down to 3kW to avoid coupler overheating

CarCharging Group (ccg) bought Blink out, and put out newswires that they
are correcting the over heating issue and will bring the old Blink EVSE back
up to the 6kW asap, see
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-CarCharging-fixing-turning-on-Blink-EVSE-tp4666484.html
EVLN: CarCharging fixing & turning-on Blink EVSE  Nov 29, 2013
 ... 1/3 of Blink's public EV charging stations with known service needs
when CarCharging acquired the Blink Network have been serviced and are now
available for use. Therefore, more than 95% of the Blink EV charging
stations are fully functioning, which makes the Blink Network one of the
most reliable EV charging networks. CarCharging intends to increase this
figure to upwards of 99% before the end of 2013 ...

If you have not checked the Blink EVSE that only gave you 16A in awhile, I
suggest you go back and check again to see if you can now get 30A. If it is
still 16A, then call their toll free number (on the EVSE) and ask when that
EVSE is to be 'fixed'.

I will assume you know you need a separate rfid card for each EVSE brand,
and some may require you to already be on one of their payment plans to make
the use-fee affordable, though you can pay the higher-cost one-time guest
use-fee. 

Since you have an Aerovironment rfid card and are likely on one of their
payment plans, I will assume you are up in either OR or WA
http://evsolutions.avinc.com/services/subscriber_network

As public Aerovironment EVSE are few and far between in the SF bay area, CA,
I do not carry that card. But I still carry with me both a Blink and a
ChargePoint rfid cards. While currently I am EV-less ( ::sniff:: ), I use
the two cards to test public EVSE, and use them as an educational prop/tool
when I am in EVangel-mode yakking with the public about EVs.

I suggest you know what public EVSE is available both near you, and if you
wanted to take a trip.
Both Blink and Chargepoint EVSE locator map sites are slow to load
http://www.blinknetwork.com/blinkMap.html
https://na.chargepoint.com/charge_point

I prefer to use the U.S. Fed Gov site, and then one of the free EV charging
look-up sites/apps like plugshare
http://www.afdc.energy.gov/locator/stations/results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&location=98632&filtered=true&fuel=ELEC&owner=all&payment=all&ev_level2=true&radius=true&radius_miles=200

http://www.plugshare.com/

Personally, I would avoid using a blink/ccg EVSE as they tend to gouge the
the driver with very high use-fees (if the driver is not on one of their
plans), see
https://prod.blinknetwork.com/membership.html#page=1


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On Thu, Mar 20, 2014, at 03:23 PM, ianaudio wrote:
> When I use an Aerovironment level2 station, I can draw 30amps from it, 
> but the Blinks won't support that much current.  
>What is the maximum I can get from a Blink?  
>How about ChargePoint stations?  I haven't tried them yet.
> 
> Paul Wallace
> S10 reborn
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