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I have a question about the fix of adding thermostatic switches to the J1772 connector to open the proximity line. Does this affect drive-off protection? The reference circuit shows that the EVSE normally grounds the proximity pin through a 150 ohm resistor, increasing this to 480 ohms (by...

Like everyone else, I was plagued by self-test failures and pink screens of death from my Ecotality/Blink piece-of-junk. But I found an excellent workaround. The unit contains two circuit boards. One speaks J1772 to the car and the other is a high level controller board that runs the display...

I thought about doing this back when my warranty expired, but I couldn't think of a single useful thing to do with the control computer. Really, I couldn't. (I have a separate device speaking ZigBee to my electric meter, so I can easily monitor our net power draw that way. And it never crashes...

Many thanks for the pointer to the other thread. I now see how to do the mechanics of the 12-volt approach. Using a 12V DC -> 120V AC inverter is certainly one way to reduce line loss, and it also provides what the radio equipment and accessories in the trailers already expect to see. But it...

I know this is an old thread, but I found it in a Google search for ways to suck lots of DC power out of a Leaf and found it very informative. I've been thinking of a much more ambitious way. That is, instead of pulling power through the car's DC-DC converter, connect directly to the 400V high...

Well, it's happened and it only took a couple of days. Wednesday night I got home after midnight (ready for bed) to encounter a Pink Screen of Death on my post-contract on-the-Blink EVSE. A "critical error" had occurred, but naturally it wouldn't tell me what it was. (We can't confuse the poor...

Sounds like somebody isn't obeying the J1772 spec. It'll be interesting to see who's fault it is. It's not necessarily Nissan's; it could be that they changed something they were entitled to change but that the EVSE didn't accept the still-legal EV interface. In fact, if the uncooperative EVSEs...

I see the wires you're talking about, and I will take your advice. But I see four wires between the ground fault current transformer and the EVSE controller. Two apparently come from a winding inside the transformer (it appears to be a purpose-made GFI sense coil) and two more from a separate...

I was very careful not to accept their magnanimous offer of an extended warranty, and I even explained why in great detail when they called me to express their "concern" that I hadn't yet accepted. Basically, the only reason I've ever had to call for service for my on-the-Blink EVSE is to fix...