Mine is behind the license plate and uses a standard door/window switch from an old store alarm system. Just a magnet on the plate and a reed relay that switches when the plate is latched closed. Reed relay grounds the interlock relay, while the key switch supplies 12V to the other side of it's coil.
I do like the slide to the side plate, I may have to think about doing that. On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 2:59 AM, Paul Compton via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > The Skoda Elmo pickup had a simple system. > > The charge cable was captive to the vehicle and stored in a > compartment behind what was the grill. A socket was fitted in the > compartment and plugging the cable in completed a circuit via the > earth pin that operated an interlock relay. This also meant that the > integrity of the earth connection in the charging cable was verified > every time the vehicle was driven. > > On 11 January 2018 at 06:31, Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Peter C. Thompson via EV wrote: > >> > >> I've driven off with cars that have battery tenders installed and plugs > >> not visible. Bad scene. > > > > > > I've always arranged my charging connector so if/when I drive off, it > simply > > unplugs itself. No damage done. > > > > I almost always use 120vac charging. The charger is in the car. Arcing is > > only a minor issue with AC; arcs automatically extinguish 120 times a > second > > (at every zero-crossing). Since virtually every appliance every consumer > > owns works like this, AC receptacles are designed to tolerate occasional > > arcing if someone plugs or unplugs something "live". > > > > For instance, my LeCar EV has its charging connector on the front > grille. I > > drive into the garage nose-first, because that's where the charger is. > The > > door to the house is on the right, so I have to walk in front of the car > > anyway to get in or out. That makes it easy and almost automatic to plug > it > > in when I arrive home, or unplug it when I leave. Even if I forget, it > just > > unplugs itself as I back out. > > -- > > Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all > > our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, > > and a sterner sense of justice than we do. -- Wendell Berry > > -- > > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ > group/NEDRA) > > > > > > -- > Paul Compton > www.morini-mania.co.uk > www.paulcompton.co.uk (YouTube channel) > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ > group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20180112/ecb06738/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
