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This is a new section to document design and repair of electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment.  The industry term for this equipment is Electric Vehicle Servicing Equipment or EVSE, and includes both Level 1 / 2 charging stations that connect AC electricity to the car, and DC Fast Charging (DCFC) stations that connect DC electricity to the car.
This section documents the design and repair of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.  The industry term for this equipment is Electric Vehicle Servicing Equipment or EVSE, and includes both Level 1 / 2 charging stations that connect AC electricity to the car, and DC Fast Charging (DCFC) stations that connect DC electricity to the car.
 
In accordance with this RepairWiki's guidelines, this section should be structured with manufacturers at top (listed on this page), then device models, then documents specific to those models, as illustrated here.  Initially, though, it will skip the extra manufacturer layer, until we start building up a larger body of information.
 
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== Manufacturers / Models ==
 
* [[ClipperCreek HCS series]]
* [[Tesla HPWC|Tesla High Power Wall Charger (HPWC)]]
* [[Ecotality PE-30]] (pedestal version for heavy public use)
* Sumitomo DCFC (40-50 kW DCFC fielded by Nissan to their dealers in 2010s)
 
== Resources ==
Below are three internet forums where DIY repairs of EVSEs are often discussed.  They represent the earliest adopters of EVs, many of whom were technically minded (engineers or even EEs) so had no fear of diving in.
 
Search of these forums using their own site software often works poorly, so provided here for convenience are links to use Google to search those forums, via the "site:" directive.  After clicking on that search link and getting to a Google search results page, replace the "searchterm" placeholder text with whatever you want to search for (but keep the "site" directive).
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|[https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/forums/-/list TeslaMotorsClub.com]
| https://www.google.com/search?q=searchterm+site:teslamotorsclub.com
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|[https://mynissanleaf.com/ MyNissanLeaf.com]
| https://www.google.com/search?q=searchterm+site:mynissanleaf.com
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|[https://www.gm-volt.com/forums/ GM-Volt.com]
| https://www.google.com/search?q=searchterm+site:gm-volt.com
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== About this wiki ==
This EV chargers section of Repair.Wiki was created in July 2024 by user [[User:ChrisC|ChrisC]] in order to start building a database of DIY repair knowledge.  For easy access, the domain '''www.EVSErepair.org''' forwards to this page.

Latest revision as of 22:24, 7 August 2024

This section documents the design and repair of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The industry term for this equipment is Electric Vehicle Servicing Equipment or EVSE, and includes both Level 1 / 2 charging stations that connect AC electricity to the car, and DC Fast Charging (DCFC) stations that connect DC electricity to the car.

In accordance with this RepairWiki's guidelines, this section should be structured with manufacturers at top (listed on this page), then device models, then documents specific to those models, as illustrated here. Initially, though, it will skip the extra manufacturer layer, until we start building up a larger body of information.

Manufacturers / Models

Resources

Below are three internet forums where DIY repairs of EVSEs are often discussed. They represent the earliest adopters of EVs, many of whom were technically minded (engineers or even EEs) so had no fear of diving in.

Search of these forums using their own site software often works poorly, so provided here for convenience are links to use Google to search those forums, via the "site:" directive. After clicking on that search link and getting to a Google search results page, replace the "searchterm" placeholder text with whatever you want to search for (but keep the "site" directive).

Forum Google search Notes
TeslaMotorsClub.com https://www.google.com/search?q=searchterm+site:teslamotorsclub.com
MyNissanLeaf.com https://www.google.com/search?q=searchterm+site:mynissanleaf.com
GM-Volt.com https://www.google.com/search?q=searchterm+site:gm-volt.com

About this wiki

This EV chargers section of Repair.Wiki was created in July 2024 by user ChrisC in order to start building a database of DIY repair knowledge. For easy access, the domain www.EVSErepair.org forwards to this page.