ENIAC
Well-known member
Last night our LEAF failed to charge, even though it was plugged in or at least the LEAF thought it was. We have a Clipper Creek EVSE. The LEAF is set to begin charging at 12:00am and stop at 80% or 5:00am. This morning I was looking at the vehicle status from the owners web page and noticed it said 50% state of charge and it also showed the LEAF was plugged in. So I knew it hadn't actually charged because it was at 50% last night. I checked the J1772 handle and noticed it was connected but wasn't positively locked in. After dozens of attempts, I was able to recreate what had happened. There is a point on the connector where the car thinks it's plugged in but the EVSE doesn't. However, if the handle is firmly locked (you can't pull it out without pushing the release) then the EVSE also always believes it's plugged in.