TennLeafer
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Please forgive me if this has been covered in another thread. I couldn't find anyone with this same problem.
I was house-sitting for some friends this week, and had to use my Nissan level1 EVSE every day. I used a 12gauge extension cord to connect to a 110v outlet on the outside of their house. I have periodically used the leaf EVSE, but not on a regular basis. I've not encountered this before.
So I park and turn off the car. My EVSE is already plugged into the house, and the green "ready" light is on. When I plug in, I first hear a single beep and the orange "charge" light turns on. Less than a second later I hear a "beep, beep", and the orange "charge" light turns off. Carwings sends me a "charging stopped" email. The leaf indicates that it is plugged in, but not charging.
I've discovered two methods to get my car charging after encountering this. First, I can simply unplug the EVSE from the car, and plug it back in. Second, it seems to get the "charge" light back on if I hit the "timer override" button inside the car. Interestingly, I verified I do not have either charge timer set, or turned on, in the car. Once I get the "charge" light back on, the leaf will charge normally to 100%. However, when I unplug the evse and turn on the leaf, I get the yellow "<!>" warning light on my dash. That light goes away once I power-cycle the leaf. I've been playing this game with my car all week!
Concerned that this was a defect with either the leaf, or the EVSE, I attempted to replicate the problem at my own home on a different 110v outlet. Of course, at my house, the trickle charge proceeds normally. I don't have to hit the timer override, or power-cycle the leaf to get rid of any error lights. Note, I didn't have to use the extension cord at my house so I guess it was not an exact replication.
I don't know if the 110v outlet I used at my friend's house is on a dedicated circuit, but I don't think that I ever tripped any breakers. If there is some reason why this problem would occur at this particular outlet, and not another, I have no idea!
Has anyone else encountered this, or have any suggestions?
Thanks.
-David
I was house-sitting for some friends this week, and had to use my Nissan level1 EVSE every day. I used a 12gauge extension cord to connect to a 110v outlet on the outside of their house. I have periodically used the leaf EVSE, but not on a regular basis. I've not encountered this before.
So I park and turn off the car. My EVSE is already plugged into the house, and the green "ready" light is on. When I plug in, I first hear a single beep and the orange "charge" light turns on. Less than a second later I hear a "beep, beep", and the orange "charge" light turns off. Carwings sends me a "charging stopped" email. The leaf indicates that it is plugged in, but not charging.
I've discovered two methods to get my car charging after encountering this. First, I can simply unplug the EVSE from the car, and plug it back in. Second, it seems to get the "charge" light back on if I hit the "timer override" button inside the car. Interestingly, I verified I do not have either charge timer set, or turned on, in the car. Once I get the "charge" light back on, the leaf will charge normally to 100%. However, when I unplug the evse and turn on the leaf, I get the yellow "<!>" warning light on my dash. That light goes away once I power-cycle the leaf. I've been playing this game with my car all week!
Concerned that this was a defect with either the leaf, or the EVSE, I attempted to replicate the problem at my own home on a different 110v outlet. Of course, at my house, the trickle charge proceeds normally. I don't have to hit the timer override, or power-cycle the leaf to get rid of any error lights. Note, I didn't have to use the extension cord at my house so I guess it was not an exact replication.
I don't know if the 110v outlet I used at my friend's house is on a dedicated circuit, but I don't think that I ever tripped any breakers. If there is some reason why this problem would occur at this particular outlet, and not another, I have no idea!
Has anyone else encountered this, or have any suggestions?
Thanks.
-David