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L1 Portable Charger Compatibility


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Has anyone tried to charge an Energi with the Volt or Leaf L1 charger that come with those cars?  I recently tried a Volt charger from a 2011 model.  On those you can select the charge rate on the charger itself and both the 12A and 8A settings didn't work on my Fusion.  I was even more curios if anyone has tried a Leaf charger as those seem to be the cheapest option on Ebay for buying a second portable charger.

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The Volt charger worked fine with the Volt, although for some reason he was also having issues with the 12A setting, so he used the 8A just fine.  But I had no issues with the same outlet and the Ford charger at 12A.  Maybe the Volt one has a way to detect Voltage drop and it is just something specific to this circumstance.  Just generally curious if others have had success with other OEM chargers.

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The idea of the J1772 port is that it is required to negotiate the charge so they SHOULD be interchangeable. The cars with faster chargers should get the faster charge, they should not try to blow out our slow chargers. People are sad that my household one is 3.3 kWh (20 Amp 240) as that's all I needed.

 

That said Leafs may and Teslas do have a different connector at the car.

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The idea of the J1772 port is that it is required to negotiate the charge so they SHOULD be interchangeable. The cars with faster chargers should get the faster charge, they should not try to blow out our slow chargers. People are sad that my household one is 3.3 kWh (20 Amp 240) as that's all I needed.

 

That said Leafs may and Teslas do have a different connector at the car.

In short: If it plugs in, it should charge. 

 

The leaf has a J1772 with a CHAdeMO for DC charging.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Nissan_Leaf_Charging_Sockets_2012-04-01.jpg

 

The Tesla does not have a J1772 but does have an adapter available to use one.

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