If I remember correctly, the charging area was unlighted until the 2013 model year. There is a LED light between the CHaDeMo port and the J1772 inlet on 2013 and newer model years. Not sure if the J1772 wiring involved anything with the lighting setup.
Tom Keenan > On Nov 14, 2015, at 7:54 PM, Jay Summet via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > The charging "bay/door area" on the Leaf is lighted, but that light is in a > different location and separate from the actual inlet. > > I don't see any LED's/lights inside the inlet itself (and I can't find any > other wires for LED's (unless they are powered by the pilot/proximity lines > themselves...) > > Jay > >> On 11/14/2015 10:02 PM, Alan Arrison via EV wrote: >> Jay, is the inlet lighted? >> Could it be ground returns for LED's? >> >> Al >> >>> On 11/12/2015 9:34 PM, Jay Summet via EV wrote: >>> I've taken the J1772 inlet & cable from my salvaged (2013) Nissan Leaf >>> and am planning on connecting it up to the new charger for my S-10 >>> pickup truck conversion. >>> >>> It has the standard 5 pins (Hot/Hot/Ground/Proximity/Pilot). The two >>> hots connect to two large orange wires. The Proximity/Pilot connect >>> to two small wires that come out of the harness close to the inlet. >>> >>> However, there are THREE green wires that emerge from the back end of >>> the harness. One large, which is connected to the ground pin on the >>> J1772 inlet, and two other smaller green wires that are connected to >>> the large green wire via a shared ring terminal. I don't know what >>> these two small green wires go to, but it's not any of the pins on the >>> J1772 inlet! >>> >>> When I disconnected them from the ring terminal, they do not have >>> connectivity to any of the other wires, or to any of the pins on the >>> inlet. As far as I can tell, they just go into the harness heading >>> towards the inlet and disappear! >>> >>> The only thing I can think of is that they are routed near to the HOT >>> wires in such a way that if the hot wires are compromised they may >>> short out to ground? >>> >>> Has anybody got a definitive answer to what these two guys are for? >>> I can post photos of them if you want to see, but I figure that >>> anybody who already knows the answer won't need the photos.... >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Jay >>> _______________________________________________ >>> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>> Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >>> Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 >> Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >> Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
