Charging adaptors
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:56 am
As there is no board dedicated to charging, and the fact that charging covers all cars, I thought I would start the thread here - as it is me and I am wanting one for my citroen C1 ev'ie car.
My car has a dumb charger in it - all it wants to see is 240 volt mains power and it will draw what it requires up to a maimum of about 10 amps.
Now there are lots of home chargers being installed for free courtesy of the government. But alas, these only come with a J1772 type 1 or type 2 plug on them - they do not supply them with a 16 amp commando type plug on the end of the lead.
Now, on ebay there has appeard a type 2 to 16 amp lead which is great if you are out and about and want to use a charging post where the 13 amp plug is already in use, or if the post only has type 2 sockets on it. This doesn't help for those with home charging points with the type 1 plug.
I know there are a few C1'ers on this site, and some Gwizzers, and I am thinking that perhaps we could club together to see if we can get something designed and built that will fit our needs.
I will put together a drawing of the sort of thing I am thinking about and post it here soon. I will also link this thread on to the GWIZ forum to see if any one from there is also interested - and too perhaps the Twizzy forum ( on leaf talk ) as well.
Matt
My car has a dumb charger in it - all it wants to see is 240 volt mains power and it will draw what it requires up to a maimum of about 10 amps.
Now there are lots of home chargers being installed for free courtesy of the government. But alas, these only come with a J1772 type 1 or type 2 plug on them - they do not supply them with a 16 amp commando type plug on the end of the lead.
Now, on ebay there has appeard a type 2 to 16 amp lead which is great if you are out and about and want to use a charging post where the 13 amp plug is already in use, or if the post only has type 2 sockets on it. This doesn't help for those with home charging points with the type 1 plug.
I know there are a few C1'ers on this site, and some Gwizzers, and I am thinking that perhaps we could club together to see if we can get something designed and built that will fit our needs.
I will put together a drawing of the sort of thing I am thinking about and post it here soon. I will also link this thread on to the GWIZ forum to see if any one from there is also interested - and too perhaps the Twizzy forum ( on leaf talk ) as well.
Matt