Converting a Think City to J1772 standard

[Frederic]

Hello,

I have installed a nice charging station at home supplied with J1772 connector.

I would like to convert my Think City and my PCS to this standard.

I have managed the mechanical interface so far but I have some doubts regarding wiring and hook up.

Has anyone done it yet ?

Regards

[stradivaria]

Hi,

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[Stromskap378V]

Bonjour
TH!NK AC charge inlet, connector, wiring, harness.
Grüße und viel Erfolg

[Stromskap378V]

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[Frederic]

Thank you !

[Frederic]

It is working !


Thank you

[BauDemo]

Congrats!
Did you by any chance made more photos of the process of conversion?
Is this Gen1 or Gen2 car?
If it is a Gen1 car - do you get a faint glow of the plug symbol even though the car is not plugged?
Do you have a resistor mounted in the inlet?

[Frederic]

Hello Baudemo,

This is a Gen2 Li-Ion

With the litterature provided by Stromskap378V it was easy !

Beside desoldering the old Think connector on the car, I had to modify the plug support plate. I had to drill aditional holes to move the plug 6 mm higher and a few mm towards the back to allow the door of the plug to open on a wider angle.

No additional resistor, nothing !

On the EVSE side I cut the plug from the cable and soldered the plug with the cable accordingly, no issue except that now it is allways in boost mode (Max Amp)

regards

[BauDemo]

Thank you for the details!
Yes, Gen2 is straight forward.
I did a conversion of a Gen1 car with Zebra to Type 1 inlet, and will have to revisit this soon.