any progress you can tell us about Tom?
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any progress you can tell us about Tom?
Kevin Sharpe - Founder and Patron for UK registered charity Zero Carbon World. Founder and Chairman Mainpine Group. http://about.me/kevinsharpe
As long as I had to have the cable rebuilt for the problem with the pins, I wanted to also do a new revision of the bracket plate.
We were supposed to get a 3-D printer at the end of December, so I've been waiting for that. That got delayed, so I've been stalling on solving the pin problem. We finally got most of the kit for the printer yesterday (we're early adopters for a friend who is starting a business selling kits for the printer he designed, a RepRap variant that's relatively easy to build and produces very nice output).
I'm swamped with other projects until the end of the month. After that I expect this project will start moving again.
We are getting a lot of public J1772 charging stations in the Seattle area and also in areas where I travel and stay overnight, so conversion is becoming more appealing. Is that happening in other areas as well?
Tom Saxton
Nov 30 2006 to Jun 5 2009 - A long wait for an awesome ride.
Yes in Tennessee there are now hundreds of J-1772 options in city garages, Cracker Barrel , Nissan dealers etc. But I have yet to see my first Roadster plug. But this is not a big deal with my adapter plug.
In the North East, they're popping up everywhere; I'm back to considering the J1772 again. Thanks to the ActiveE I have a J1772 EVSE in my garage and am feeling the urge to standardize.
WARNING: Danger of Electric Shock! Vehicle may accelerate quicker than anticipated.
Yeah. A Central Market (grocery store) in the area just installed 4 ChargePoint chargers and they're showing up a movie theaters as well. Of course they don't have signs and ICE cars park there.
I had this signage made for my office.Originally Posted by dsm363
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Definitely here in the Bay Area. Lots of L2 J1772 around. I've only needed to charge outside of my own garage once but why not convert the Roadster and my UMC just in case I need it someday (different job, longer commute, etc). Also, J1772 plugs are lighter weight than the Roadster one so less chance of knocking myself out if I drop it while unhooking it from the ceiling in my garage :P
Twilight Blue Roadster 2.5 - #1098 / Grey Model S Performance - #1459
I'm finally back to making some progress on this long-running project. I have an improved bracket that both fits better and is much sturdier than previous prototypes. Now, I need to go back to the cable guys and get another prototype cable made.
With an eye toward getting a production run going, who is interested in getting a cable to upgrade their v1.5 Roadster to J1772?
There are a number of variables, but I expect the cost of the cable+board+bracket+hardware to be around $450, give or take.
If you're interested, send me a private message with your name, email address and answers to these questions:
1. Are you interested in being a beta tester and trying one of the first few, or would you prefer to wait until others have tested it out?
2. Are you willing to take a dremel to your car's inlet mounting cup to cut out a notch to accomodate the J1772 connector (or pay someone to do so)?
3. What existing charging equipment will you need to convert from a Tesla plug to J1772?
Again, please send me this info via private message, not just posting to this thread. I don't want deposits or anything, I just want to get an idea of how many cables I'll need to have made. (Costs go down a little with more orders.)
Tom Saxton
Nov 30 2006 to Jun 5 2009 - A long wait for an awesome ride.
IMHO give up on it and buy Henry Sharpe's adapter which is simple, and small. J1772 plugs cannot handle 70A so why limit yourself to that lousy standard? Spend the time hacking a better head unit than Alpine's!
Your statement is not true. J1772 plugs can and do handle 70 amps plus.
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