I have been reading everything I can find on here and elsewhere about charging. I am an engineer (though not the electrical kind), and I am having a hard time understanding the options for quick charging and how I would make them work. Ultimately I am trying to determine if it makes sense to get a quick charging solution which would let me use J1772 stations in the US.
I have evaluated all of the "turnkey" solutions, of which there seem to be two; Charge Tank and Diginow. The Charge Tank is not available after delivery, which I had specifically asked about and left the door open...but alas, was misinformed about by my dealer, and am a little upset at because I probably would have gotten it if I'd known it was a one-time decision.
The Diginow is just too expensive. And it's not really that turnkey. Maybe that is the state of the industry and I am being unfair, that is part of what I'm trying to determine.
I reached out to Hollywood Electrics and while they do not make offboard charging kits anymore, they offered to sell me some old inventory, but it is only 2500w and I am really looking for one unit which can take advantage of a 6kw J1772 plug.
I've seen Evtricity mentioned, but I can't find anything at all on their site (literally, their shop has no items
http://evtricity.com.au/?page_id=178)
At this point I am probably more interested in an offboard charger than on; I don't want to replace the stock charger, and I won't need the fast-charging capability the majority of the time. Being able to throw it in a bag or case opens up a lot of options though. I'm also only really interested in one box which can do 6kw; needing multiple boxes with their attendant cables seems like it will over complicate things.
What really has my attention, and is ultimately the point of my post, is the Elcon TC HK-J 6600w charger (
http://evcomponents.com/elcon-tc-hk-j-6600w-charger.html). This thing is $789 and seems to be everything I want. I just have no idea how I would make it work. I gather that I need a J1772 adapter which is going to be around $50-100 at least. What else do I need? How do I plug it all in? I don't want more than one box and I don't want to use more than one J1772 adapter at a time.
I have a basic understanding of voltage and current, but I do not understand "phase", how my Zero's batteries are assembled or implemented and how that interacts with my charging, what the magic communication happening between a charger and my BMS is, and if it is necessary, nice to have, or superfluous, or any of the connections involved. Am I being unrealistic? Really that Elcon is the reason I'm thinking I can do this the way I am envisioning, but it also seems to contradict a lot of other options which are way more expensive and complicated.
I am willing to do some work, but am not actively seeking a science project. Turnkey would be ideal, but I am thinking that's not in the cards. I am not willing to put my bike at risk however.
tl;dr:
What I ultimately want is a box with two cables coming out of it; one goes into my bike, the other goes into a J1772 plug, and my bike charges at 6kw. Ideally for less than $1000 USD. Is this possible and how do I do it?
