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Title: using j1772 for fxs in canada???
Post by: francifxs on June 03, 2018, 05:28:28 AM

hi everybody i just bought a 2018 zero fxs. and I want to take adventage of all the j1772 plug in my city for charging.
here is my question: with a adapter from http://www.tucsonev.com/ , can I power one or more quick chargers? I know they can take 220v but here in north america our 220v is 2 phase 110v combined. does the quick charger can only take one phase 220v like in europe? can it take both?

Title: Re: using j1772 for fxs in canada???
Post by: KrazyEd on June 03, 2018, 10:08:40 AM

You can customize the TusconEV adapter with the number and style of cables that you wish.
You can power the FXS and ONE external charger. If you get the Y Cable from Zero, you can
add a second external charger. Not sure of Supercharger options.
If able to charge at work, unless there are several other EVs
that will be sharing the charger, Not sure if it would be worth the added expense of external
charger(s). I have two External chargers that I use on my SR for road trips. I was going to
sell my 2013 FX(s) when I got the SR, but, it is so much more FUN to ride that I kept it.

Title: Re: using j1772 for fxs in canada???
Post by: francifxs on June 03, 2018, 08:05:07 PM

my main question is: does the quick charger work with 220v 2 phase?

Title: Re: using j1772 for fxs in canada???
Post by: clockfort on June 03, 2018, 10:06:07 PM

Welcome to the EV moto club!

A better description of north american (residential, not industrial) power distribution is that its a more confusing single-phase, 3 wire, also called split phase ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-phase_electric_power ). Europe tends to have proper 3-phase where everything is 120 degrees out of phase. The J1772 connector you linked is indeed appropriate for the NA market.

You can power several 1kW quick chargers from a single 30 amp (the norm) J1772 plug, but I would be remiss to not tell you that most people on this forum consider the Zero-supplied quick chargers are value and spacewise kind of crap compared to the aftermarket options of (previously the Elcon zero chargers) and now the diginow zero "superchargers" ( https://diginow.it/supercharger.php )

Title: Re: using j1772 for fxs in canada???
Post by: Doctorbass on June 04, 2018, 08:52:05 PM

Quote from: francifxs on June 03, 2018, 08:05:07 PM

my main question is: does the quick charger work with 220v 2 phase?

Yes you can.