Doesn't anyone know Phil well enough to pursued him to give us the benefit of his considerable wisdom?
(Or.... Get him drunk and convince him to spill? I'll chip in for the drinks)
Wow.
I posted this pretty innocently, and I'm sorry if I kicked a hornet’s nest. I’m not sure why things are so stirred up.
I logged on here, saw 2 new pages were added, and got excited that this project was gaining steam, and couldn’t wait to see what was new.
This was not what I expected.
I’m not sure that “Phil is not talking” was even an accurate statement a ways back.
Phil has up until now chosen not to wade into this is probably more accurate.
I don’t think this particular discussion is going to help us convince him to do so.
I respect Phil's knowledge and advice on here. It has helped me many times.
I'm not, nor was I ever being critical of him in any way.
I'm an engineer, who is about to try to do something that another engineer has already done twice.
And the other engineer (Phil) knows a butt load more about this that I do.
I was just hoping not to have to reinvent the wheel.
I've been involved in a lot of projects in my 40+ years of engineering, and there are very few words more frustrating after you have spent lots of time and money trying to make something work than hearing...... "Yes, we spent two years trying to do it that way before we figured out if you just do ____, it solves the whole problem".
I purchased Phil's EVSE upgrade.
OF Course I Did.
He devoted time and effort to making it work, and probably discovered the best way to do it, and he did it at a reasonable price.
Again, why reinvent the wheel. I'm happy to pay him for that work and knowledge.
He has freely offered his advice and expertise on here on a wide range of subjects, and I am very grateful.
I'm sorry if I was naive. Again. I meant no criticism in any way.
I was looking at this as a bunch of "guys" (gender neutral) with a common "obsession" working together, cooperatively, sharing our work to take this as far as we can, and make it work the best that we can.
And yes, some of the posts on here are scary.
"I want to make my Schneider L2 EVSE a portable with a big honking dryer plug on it and 1000' of 14-2 home depot SJTO, what sort of electrical tape should I use?"
So; If you haven’t already done 10 or more projects more complicated, more involved, more potentially dangerous if you get stooopid or careless, then give this project a big pass.
I can do the high voltage stuff in my sleep.
I can, given a source of plugs and sockets create removable, reversible interface cables to attach the Brusa.
I can fabricate a mounting plate that looks like Nissan produced it, or even better.
However, I have never worked with a CAN buss, and cannot, with my current knowledge, interface the Nissan system with the Brusa.
That's not a situation I'm used to being in.
Good news is that there are people on here who can do THAT in their sleep, and do it every day. I thought that was the point of working together?
If I knew of a book I could read, or a class I could take, of conference I could attend where a panel would explain how to do this in detail, I’d jump on it.
If I knew Phil personally, I’d ask him to dinner, and seek his advice.
If he chose not to give it because he thought I would blow myself up, or because he didn’t want to give away knowledge that he might wish to use to make a profit, or because he just didn’t fricking want too, then so be it, and I respect that.
We are going to proceed with this project.
We are too far into it not to.
We would be better off, have a better experience, and in my opinion have a safer and higher quality result if Phil wishes to “help”.
The only reason anyone “
expected” any help, is because of all the help he has freely offered in the past. Thank You.
I’d appreciate any help you wish to offer, either publically or PM.
If not, that's cool.
Sorry you got dragged into this in absentia.
(this was way too long; sorry again)
Now can we get back to talking about where I can get some interface plugs?