Remember when i dissassembled chrashed Opel Ampera and took its parts? Well among those parts i got a charging cable and a J1772 Level 1 charging socket from that car. Since i will be using 3kW Eltek charger for my primary charging i decicded that single phase will be enough.
I sorted out the cables and put a good 2.5mm2 on the main phase lines. I will rout that to the charger. I kept thin signal wires so that they will signal start of charge to Arduino monitoring chip i will use to control charging system.
I mounted the charging socket inside 406 gas filling hatch. It was a quick job of drilling 3 holes and torquing some bolts. Since socket was exposed to elements in Ampera it was already sealed and i dont need to provide additional protection. Well maybe i will put a tube over that connector.
Now i need to find some flat springs to replace the plastic that broke in original hatch. I think of riveting some 8mm thin spring steel to keep hatch opened.
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