To close this thread, the electrician did mash the two wires near the resistor
and microswitch.
Solution was to salvage the switch from the prior, melted paddle.
I’m back to level 2 capability. 😅
Thanks for the help, all.
Sincerely,
Bob Bath
Note: any misspellings of the contents of this message are due to 56 y.o.
vision, hyperactive spell check changing what I typed, or fat fingering— not
cluelessness.
> On Aug 25, 2021, at 2:17 PM, (-Phil-) via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This is the circuit that should be connected between ground, and the Prox
> (PP) pin on the handle:
> [image: evse-prox.png]
>
>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 10:48 PM Peter VanDerWal via EV <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The discrete components in the EVSE plug should just be a couple resistors.
>> Most of the diagrams I've seen indicate that with the plug disconnected
>> from the car, measuring from ground to the Proximity Pilot pin should show
>> around 450-500 ohms when the switch is open and around 150 ohms when it's
>> closed.
>>
>> Measuring the voltage on the pin when it's connected to the car will be
>> difficult to impossible depending on how the cord is set up (many don't
>> have a wire connected to the Proximity Pilot pin).
>>
>> My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key
>>
>> August 24, 2021 8:13 PM, "Bob Bath via EV" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey,
>>> It seems the electrician I hired to replace my melted J1772 plug ran the
>> wiring _along_ the
>>> microswitch instead of underneath it.
>>> Upon testing, the new plug did not work. I’m hoping he didn’t mash the
>> crap out of the wires and
>>> what appears to be a capacitor or some other discrete component.
>>> Anyone have some ohmmeter readings I should be getting when the switch
>> is open vs closed?
>>> Guessing 0 ohms when open. 😅
>>> The plug now does nothing, FYI. Lights on the Aerovironment charger do
>> nothing. No delay of about
>>> 1.5 sec followed by what sounds like a relay closing.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Bob Bath
>>>
>>> Note: any misspellings of the contents of this message are due to 56
>> y.o. vision, hyperactive spell
>>> check changing what I typed, or fat fingering— not cluelessness.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
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