Spies
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The good news is that my retrofitted EVI MCS 100-3 EVSE with a brand new Yazaki J1772 plug and cable from the fine folks at Clipper Creek will in fact charge the LEAF but the bad news is none of the LEAF timers work.
This of course creates a number of issues for me including not being able to join the 80% club and also having to continue to rely on the pool timer hooked to the EVSE so the LEAF will charge during off-peak time. I suspect I will not have the ability to pre-heat or pre-cool the Leaf cabin with grid power either.
This situation seems to be triggered by the fact that the LEAF does some sort of "testing" of the EVSE when first plugged in when using a timer. This "testing" will cause the relays in my EVSE to close but then the relays will open up again after just a few seconds. I suspect my EVSE does this as a safety measure because it senses no power being drawn. Once this cycle happens the timers will come and go without the relays closing again.
Now if I don't set a timer or I override the timer the moment I pug in the EVSE the relays will close and the LEAF will charge.
Next to going out a buying a different EVSE does anyone have suggestions on how I might be able to get this combination to work? How are the LEAF timers supposed to function with the EVSE? I will also be contacting Clipper Creek to see what they think. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
This of course creates a number of issues for me including not being able to join the 80% club and also having to continue to rely on the pool timer hooked to the EVSE so the LEAF will charge during off-peak time. I suspect I will not have the ability to pre-heat or pre-cool the Leaf cabin with grid power either.
This situation seems to be triggered by the fact that the LEAF does some sort of "testing" of the EVSE when first plugged in when using a timer. This "testing" will cause the relays in my EVSE to close but then the relays will open up again after just a few seconds. I suspect my EVSE does this as a safety measure because it senses no power being drawn. Once this cycle happens the timers will come and go without the relays closing again.
Now if I don't set a timer or I override the timer the moment I pug in the EVSE the relays will close and the LEAF will charge.
Next to going out a buying a different EVSE does anyone have suggestions on how I might be able to get this combination to work? How are the LEAF timers supposed to function with the EVSE? I will also be contacting Clipper Creek to see what they think. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.