alozzy
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nlspace said:That's a Nema 5-20 on the right, not a 6-20.
How can you tell the difference? I'm not an electrician, but I thought a 5-20 and a 6-20 looked the same?
nlspace said:That's a Nema 5-20 on the right, not a 6-20.
alozzy said:nlspace said:That's a Nema 5-20 on the right, not a 6-20.
How can you tell the difference? I'm not an electrician, but I thought a 5-20 and a 6-20 looked the same?
nlspace said:That's a Nema 5-20 on the right, not a 6-20.
NEMA 5- vs 6-
DaveinOlyWA said:SageBrush said:I have the Nissan EVSE that came with my 2013 LEAF. It has been upgraded to also work with L2 by (the now defunct) evseupgrade.com.
Anybody know its voltage range ?
Oddly enough (or perhaps not), I have only used it a handful of times, and never as an L2.
Addendum: I found the answer courtesy of the wayback machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180815150625/http://evseupgrade.com/?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=2
Note: This is the upgrade service for the unit supplied with 2013 and 2014 North American Nissan LEAF. It requires a minimum 30 amp 208-240 volt outlet for high-power charging!
If you only have 20A circuit available for charging, or have a different model, we have special options,
Should work fine. The EVSE I got with the car only works on 70% of outlets tested. EVSE Upgrade has worked on every outlet tested. I have same issues; won't charge on 208 with LEAF EVSE. Lot of heft for the value it provides.
nlspace said:there has to be a good ground path. The EVSSE does a ground check before activation, i.e. it will intentionally create a circuit path to leak a small current to ground, if it doesn't read within expectations it won't activate. The boost transformer is likely isolated from earth ground such that there is no path thru ground back to the secondary windings output.
SageBrush said:^^ Does the EVSE provide error codes, say via blinking lights ?
cheves said:DaveinOlyWA said:SageBrush said:I have the Nissan EVSE that came with my 2013 LEAF. It has been upgraded to also work with L2 by (the now defunct) evseupgrade.com.
Anybody know its voltage range ?
Oddly enough (or perhaps not), I have only used it a handful of times, and never as an L2.
Addendum: I found the answer courtesy of the wayback machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180815150625/http://evseupgrade.com/?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=2
Should work fine. The EVSE I got with the car only works on 70% of outlets tested. EVSE Upgrade has worked on every outlet tested. I have same issues; won't charge on 208 with LEAF EVSE. Lot of heft for the value it provides.nlspace said:there has to be a good ground path. The EVSSE does a ground check before activation, i.e. it will intentionally create a circuit path to leak a small current to ground, if it doesn't read within expectations it won't activate. The boost transformer is likely isolated from earth ground such that there is no path thru ground back to the secondary windings output.
that would cause the problem...thanks for the update!
It was the Ground.
SageBrush said:^^ Does the EVSE provide error codes, say via blinking lights ?
No, it doesnt.
Ok, after following the grounds we realized that the ground was together with the neutral, we separated it and it worked.
Now the Leaf charger works on the 14-50 outlets with the lower voltage and the outlets with the transformers to 240V.
This was the problem, all fixed!
Thank you all.
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