Greetings all! I recently replaced my OG 2011 Nissan leaf with a 2020 SL plus a few days ago. The charger I had installed originally back in 2012 was an SPX EL-50600 charger that worked flawlessly all these years. I believe this is the same as the Bosch EL-50600 which looks identical and has the same part number. Here is the link to the manual for the Bosch unit since the SPX unit documentation has disappeared from the Internet.
https://boschevsolutions.com/sites/default/files/578987 REV A_0.pdf
Now when I plug the charger in to my “new” 2020 Leaf, I get the usual servo clicks of acknowledgment from both the car and the charger, and everything seems to be going fine, including the flashing green light on the charger and flashing blue light on the dashboard of the leaf showing proper operation. About one to two minutes later, however, the charging unit light starts flashing red, which the manual indicates as a pilot charging error. I followed the manual instructions to clean both the EVSE plug and EV receptacle. I’ve also thrown the breaker on the 220 V circuit, unplugged and plugged back in the charger to the wall outlet, manually reset the charger via its main circuit breaker, and all have had no effect. The red light still comes on after a minute or two of charging and charging stops. The leaf acknowledges an error with the third blue light on the dash coming on and blinking.
So is my SPX charger shot, or is this some issue with an old 5.8kw charger on a new vehicle?
Am I going to run into this issue with all 24A chargers? My plug is a 6–30 R, so I can’t use a 14-50 charger.
Any help appreciated!
https://boschevsolutions.com/sites/default/files/578987 REV A_0.pdf
Now when I plug the charger in to my “new” 2020 Leaf, I get the usual servo clicks of acknowledgment from both the car and the charger, and everything seems to be going fine, including the flashing green light on the charger and flashing blue light on the dashboard of the leaf showing proper operation. About one to two minutes later, however, the charging unit light starts flashing red, which the manual indicates as a pilot charging error. I followed the manual instructions to clean both the EVSE plug and EV receptacle. I’ve also thrown the breaker on the 220 V circuit, unplugged and plugged back in the charger to the wall outlet, manually reset the charger via its main circuit breaker, and all have had no effect. The red light still comes on after a minute or two of charging and charging stops. The leaf acknowledges an error with the third blue light on the dash coming on and blinking.
So is my SPX charger shot, or is this some issue with an old 5.8kw charger on a new vehicle?
Am I going to run into this issue with all 24A chargers? My plug is a 6–30 R, so I can’t use a 14-50 charger.
Any help appreciated!