Congrats!  Excellent detective work.

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August 25, 2021 2:23 PM, "Bob Bath via EV" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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