****BRAIN FADE**** '... dial down your charger to the appropriate CURRENT manually?'
<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 12:44 PM Chris Tromley <[email protected]> wrote: > Noob question here. Isn't the EVSE's current capability part of the J1772 > handshake? Even if there's no way to automatically throttle your EV > charger, could you query the EVSE through the plug and dial down your > charger to the appropriate query manually? Or at least use the EVSE signal > to prevent your charger from attempting to draw too much and pop the > breaker for the EVSE? > > Chris > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#m_5901560461036889342_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 6:01 PM John Lussmyer via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Fri Aug 30 14:06:19 PDT 2019 [email protected] said: >> >Well, a little quick Googling found a J1772 Adapter Box ( >> http://www.tucsonev.com/) -- at >> >$150 I'm sorely tempted! Anybody have experience with this or any other >> J1772 adapter? >> >> The one issue I have with those is that it doesn't prevent your charger >> from trying to draw MORE current than the EVSE allows. >> As long as you have a 3.3KW (or less) charger, it will likely be fine - >> Unless plugged into a 120V 15A outlet where the EVSE is telling your >> charger to limit itself to 12A (about 1500W). In which case you need a >> REALLY wimpy charger. >> >> >> -- >> >> Tigers prowl and Dragons soar in my dreams... >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html >> INFO: 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/20190901/2739d62e/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
