I thought that the OBC wouldn't draw any power unless it had a PWM signal from the EVSE.
In the case oy 2016 Kia Soul EV the OBC will draw anywhere from 6A through ~28A on 120V and 240V. It may draw less than 6A but I didn't program my OpenEVSE to go below that amount. David Nelson On Thu, May 30, 2019, 13:41 Mark Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Hi Folks > EVs have their own onboard chargers, essentially a 85-264V switching power > supply. The off board EVSE is a microprocessor communication board and a > contactor. No charger off board. The EV senses 120 or 240V applied and > sets the PWM on the charger appropriately to draw typically 12 amps at 120V > or up to its design limit at 240V unless told otherwise from the EVSE. > Have a renewable energy day, > Mark > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190530/6ddc603c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
