adric22
Well-known member
I think I've seen other threads here and on the volt forum where people have gotten twigs and whatnot stuck in their charge ports. Well, something odd happened to me today that took me a while to figure out so I thought I'd pass it along. I have the Nissan-branded Aerovironment 240V EVSE in my garage. When I went to plug it into the Volt today, it wouldn't go all of the way in. It went in most of the way but would not click into place. I kept pulling it out and looking inside of it and inside of the charge port on the Volt and couldn't find any obstruction. I tried it on the Leaf and it wouldn't plug in there either. After scratching my head a bit and re-examining the situation I finally discovered the cause. There is a tiny rubber O-Ring or something of that sort towards the back of the J1772 connector, towards the very back. It had come slightly out of its place and what was happening was when I would insert the connector into a vehicle, it would catch on and pull the O-Ring out even more and it would interfere with the insertion. I was able to use a small screwdriver to pop the ring back into place and so far it has not given me any trouble. I believe this happened when snapping the connector back into the receptacle on the EVSE itself for when it is not in use.