From the newest member on the forum, thank you to everyone who researched the problem, and posted the solutions to this Blink failure.
I performed the lobotomy this evening, and the unit appears to be charging our Leaf just fine.
Couple of quick questions about this fix/ faulty Blink.
So, after unplugging the upper, and lower blue connectors and making it a dumber Blink:
This thing is "safe." Right?
We can plug into the car, and let it charge- it will not over charge. Right?
2011 Leaf, with 24,000 miles. Seems to be in good shape. We are missing 2 bars on the battery.
We purchased from the original owner.
We started off charging with the 110 cord that comes with the car, while I searched for a EVSE. I found this Blink unit for $250. Brought it home and had it installed. It worked, once.
Then we started getting the dreaded pink screen of death error. My calls to Blink were exasperating. They first said I received the error because it wasn't "registered." And, Blink wouldn't transfer the registration from the original owner to us. This went on for a month, with me, and the previous owner both calling them multiple times.
Then, the day they finally transferred the unit into my name, the thing died. Totally. Black screen. No Response.
Even though they followed up with the offer to sell me a new unit, I was ready to throw the thing in the trash and start over with a different company, when I stumbled across this thread. I've been a little hesitant to play around inside a 220 unit, but happy to say, all is well- thanks to this forum.