nlspace said:Your plan to swap the electronics avoids anymore risk of getting damaged goods. You know it works plus you have already done half the job by pulling the electronics boards out of your original unit, and you know that it wasn't a leaker.
nlspace said:The difference between the two versions. Your original has 2 empty fenced doghouse areas, these are populated by the AC EMI filter inductors on the salvage unit. Yours are likely external to the enclosure in the biege colored plastic box where the AC from the EVVSE comes in. That is the same style as my unit.
Yes. It’s still in great shape as the L2 has been the workhorse.nlspace said:Do you still have the OEM level 1 version?
nlspace said:Maybe it's just a coincidence, but i'm leary that your EVVSE may be faulty. You have had 2 failures in the same functional section of the OBC, namely the PFC boost stage immediately after the AC rectification.
nlspace said:The original "bad-boy" charrger design was seriously flawed, as would be all bad-boy concepts. So my personal opinion of them is very low, i would not use or recommend anyone to use it. i have never taken one apart to actually see how it is implemented, so i am ignorant in this respect.
? Won't it still detect residual current faults caused by leakage outside the unit?nlspace said:notice the useless current sensor on both output lines to the car (reads zero current, so what's the purpose) ...
For example if you were to look inside your OEM EVVSE you will find a zero current sensor such as this, but on the AC input lines in order to check for a ground and detect ground faults--it doesn't do any good on the output leads.
I'll likely pull the board tonight or tomorrow depending on time.nlspace said:When you pull the board there are some diode voltage checks that you can do to make sure the waffle plate is not damaged.
I'm planning on purchasing a new EVSE, because I don't believe it can be a coincidence that I have two blown on board chargers AND an EVSE that was an early JuiceBox without some of the protective components you mentioned. If you have a prefered brand/model, I'd appreciate it. I'm still doing some research, but I don't want to bog the thread down too much with that tangent, yet.nlspace said:A "bad boy" is a bare bones chargger cheap hack that some EV folks used to avoid buying a proper EV chargging device
nlspace said:When you pull the board there are some diode voltage checks that you can do to make sure the waffle plate is not damaged.
goldbrick said:Since we're on the subject of substandard EVSE, does anyone here have a strong opinion about the OpenEVSE unit?
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