Hello-
I brought home my S85 today and plugged into my Voltec charger that I was using for my Chevy Volt, using the J1772 adapter. The S seemed pretty happy when I initially plugged it in. Watching the screen, the voltage varied between 240-242V and it was pulling 15A/15A, which is the max the Voltec charging station is rated for.
After about 10 minutes, however, the amperage dropped down to zero amps quite rapidly (within a second) and I could hear some heavy duty relays in the S clicking by the plug receptacle area. It then tried to restart the charging, voltage was around 240-242V, and I could see the amperage trying to increase from zero amps, but the amperage would just go to around 1 amp then drop back down to zero. Then I got the error message, "unable to charge/unplug and try again." I did unplug and replug, it would charge normally for about 5 minutes, then the same thing would happen again.
I am almost 100% certain that it is a problem OUTSIDE of the car because it charged fine using J1772 and supercharging today elsewhere.
Any idea what could be causing this? I've got it plugging at 12A/120V for now, but would like to troubleshoot this. For starters, how do I know if this is a problem with my charging station or some other type of electrical problem?
Thanks!
I brought home my S85 today and plugged into my Voltec charger that I was using for my Chevy Volt, using the J1772 adapter. The S seemed pretty happy when I initially plugged it in. Watching the screen, the voltage varied between 240-242V and it was pulling 15A/15A, which is the max the Voltec charging station is rated for.
After about 10 minutes, however, the amperage dropped down to zero amps quite rapidly (within a second) and I could hear some heavy duty relays in the S clicking by the plug receptacle area. It then tried to restart the charging, voltage was around 240-242V, and I could see the amperage trying to increase from zero amps, but the amperage would just go to around 1 amp then drop back down to zero. Then I got the error message, "unable to charge/unplug and try again." I did unplug and replug, it would charge normally for about 5 minutes, then the same thing would happen again.
I am almost 100% certain that it is a problem OUTSIDE of the car because it charged fine using J1772 and supercharging today elsewhere.
Any idea what could be causing this? I've got it plugging at 12A/120V for now, but would like to troubleshoot this. For starters, how do I know if this is a problem with my charging station or some other type of electrical problem?
Thanks!