[Buyers group] IEC 62196 (Mennes) to J1772 cable (4m, 63A, single-phase)

[Kevin Sharpe]

The German vendor isn't able to supply a 70A connector at this moment, 32A is their max.

Should we just settle for a 32A cable? Are any of the Charge Points actually able to deliver more current than this?

 

[Eberhard]

32A would be fine, because most of the public charging points are currently limited to this.

 

[Lloyd]

Kevin,

Why not order the cables without the J1772 side, order a supply of the 80 amp certified J1772 connectors from ITT Cannon and then you have a fully capable adapter?

 

[dpeilow]

Maybe make a cable that is 70A everything else, then it would be a straight swap when a 70A Mennekes turns up. Or at least have an option.

 

[widodh]

Those "Open end" cables are not a big problem, a IEC 62196-2 connector on one side and nothing on the other side.

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

Why not order the cables without the J1772 side, order a supply of the 80 amp certified J1772 connectors from ITT Cannon and then you have a fully capable adapter?

I already have some of the 75A ITT J1772 connectors/cables but would prefer to source off the shelf cable sets going forward.

At some point the Charge Point hardware we donate will migrate from 32A "Commando" sockets to 32A "Mennekes" sockets and I'd like to be able to tell users where they can buy a suitable cable if the car has J1772.

 

[Talkredius]

Well, these Chinese stopt replying

be very carefully with these Chinese. Make sure that they are not using you for importing these cables. For every single cable you bring into the European market without or with a false CE label you might have to pay a penalty of 5.000 EUR.

I used this recently successfully against a small importer of batteries, after he talked to his lawyer he was very obliging to my complaint and took the batteries back. I had ordered explicitly with CE Label and I knew why:wink:

 

[Kevin Sharpe]

At some point the Charge Point hardware we donate will migrate from 32A "Commando" sockets to 32A "Mennekes" sockets and I'd like to be able to tell users where they can buy a suitable cable if the car has J1772.

Here's one of our 32A mennekes-to-j1772 cables on test by a Leaf owner yesterday;

http://www.leaftalk.co.uk/showthread.php/4688-Testing-Ecotricity-s-charging-points

We are making some minor changes to the cable but expect to sell it for £200 (~$320) early next year.