On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 11:27, patata <[email protected]> wrote: > > Either if the charging station has an attached cable or not, its > connector is always female. The male is always on the car, or on the > cable we carry with us. So tagging male/female wouldn't work. >
For some definitions of "male" and "female." By "male" do you mean it has pin contacts? Or do you mean it is free rather than fixed to metalwork? Or are you describing the connector housing? If it has pin contacts, are they shrouded so you cannot touch them (and if so, does that then make them female)? What you are confident is a male connector on the car is often referred to as a jack, and the mating connector on the cable is a plug. But many people think of plugs as male, because for most connectors they encounter that is the case. On one side of the Atlantic plugs mate with jacks, on the other side plugs mate with sockets. Although it is common for the "hot" connector to have female contacts for safety, shrouded male contacts are also possible (and desirable even on the car end to prevent accidental shorting). The terminology is confusing and inconsistent. It varies across industries and it varies geographically. It varies depending upon the degree of technical knowledge of the person using it. And it also seems to be irrelevant. If it's a fixed connector on a charging station the sex is going to be standardized rather than drivers needing two cables. If it's a free connector on a charging station the sex is going to be standardized rather than drivers needing sex-changing adapter cables just in case the station they go to has the wrong sex connector at the end of its cable. About the only thing you need to know is if the charging station connector is fixed (you need your own cable) or free (you do not need your own cable). And that only if there are any types of charging station where some have fixed connectors and some have free connectors of the same type but different sexes. And then only if drivers are stupid enough not to carry necessary cables and need to hunt for a charging station within range that has a free connector rather than a fixed one. About the only thing we ought to do is change socket to connector in all the tags. Which won't happen because it's too widely deployed. -- Paul
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