A2z fast charger

[Billyk24]

Yea. Selected the charger and it worked

How did you get yours to work while Tom on YouTube could not? What was the difference?

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[AhardFSU]

How did you get yours to work while Tom on YouTube could not? What was the difference?

Tom was trying to see if he could get the Rivian and Bolt to charge as a way to see if Tesla is using some sort of authentication to identify which vehicles are allowed to charge. Tom couldn't get the Bolt nor the Rivian to charge bc as you saw, those cars weren't authorized yet.

 

[Jlbern27]

I have the A2Z adapter. Actually, you slide the switch at the bottom forward to unlatch and slide it back to latch.
From the manual:

Latch Description:

I have those too i just couldnt get it to lock

 

[4sallypat]

This is good to hear.

Waiting for my Lectron adapter....

 

[Woeo]

I ordered mine 1/27/24, mine is arriving this Thursday………Bill P

1/6/24. Arriving Thursday ?

 

[The Electric Duo]

We got our A2Z adapter on Monday and went out right away to test it. It worked just like the Ford adapter. The latch is a little tricky, but it does work.

 

[Billyk24]

We got our A2Z adapter on Monday and went out right away to test it. It worked just like the Ford adapter. The latch is a little tricky, but it does work.

Just orded mine

 

[Mach-Lee]

We got our A2Z adapter on Monday and went out right away to test it. It worked just like the Ford adapter. The latch is a little tricky, but it does work.

EDIT: Right side of case is expected to be hotter due to the internal design of adapter (right side bus bar is closer to the case than left side), see post #27 below. Not a problem.

What I see there is a little bit concerning, because it looks like one of the DC pins is a lot hotter than the other. This could indicate a bad connection on the one pin. The two pins should be approximately equal temperature. Not sure if you guys have Car Scanner to look at the DC pins temps from the car side of things?

I suppose it's possible the internal design is asymmetric (e.g. one bus bar is more rearward than the other), but you might want to share that thermal photograph showing the heat on only one side with A2Z and see what they say.

And Ford Focus Electric will not work on Superchargers, too old to support the certificates.

 

[The Electric Duo]

What I see there is a little bit concerning, because it looks like one of the DC pins is a lot hotter than the other. This could indicate a bad connection on the one pin. The two pins should be approximately equal temperature. Not sure if you guys have Car Scanner to look at the DC pins temps from the car side of things?

I suppose it's possible the internal design is asymmetric (e.g. one bus bar is more rearward than the other), but you might want to share that thermal photograph showing the heat on only one side with A2Z and see what they say.

And Ford Focus Electric will not work on Superchargers, too old to support the certificates.

We do have car scanner and I was already thinking of doing a new test this weekend. I talked to Kyle Conner this morning and he had some suggestions so we're going to give that a try.

A2Z is now over on YouTube responding to questions in the comments. I'll see if they had said anything and if not, I'll send a message.

 

[Mach-Lee]

We do have car scanner and I was already thinking of doing a new test this weekend. I talked to Kyle Conner this morning and he had some suggestions so we're going to give that a try.

A2Z is now over on YouTube responding to questions in the comments. I'll see if they had said anything and if not, I'll send a message.

FYI I remembered he charge port temp parameters are screwed up in CarScanner. ChgACT (the second one listed) and ChgDCT1 and ChgDCT3 are the actual charge port temps. The #1 and #3 DC temps are actually the same sensor. I think one of the DC pin temps is missing (left pin) so it won't really work to compare.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

With the angle of your IR camera photos in this video, and with the extra casing around the Ford adapter, it's difficult to see the relative temperature disparities very well. If you charge for 10-15 minutes, get the camera ready, and then pull the adapter off and immediately take a photo of the pins on the adapter and on the car, you can better show the temperature differences between the two pins and also between the two adapters.

 

[The Electric Duo]

What I see there is a little bit concerning, because it looks like one of the DC pins is a lot hotter than the other. This could indicate a bad connection on the one pin. The two pins should be approximately equal temperature. Not sure if you guys have Car Scanner to look at the DC pins temps from the car side of things?

I suppose it's possible the internal design is asymmetric (e.g. one bus bar is more rearward than the other), but you might want to share that thermal photograph showing the heat on only one side with A2Z and see what they say.

And Ford Focus Electric will not work on Superchargers, too old to support the certificates.

I asked A2Z about this and their CEO sent me this image. They way the pins go from NACS to CCS in the adapter they form a crossing pattern. That is why the heat looks uneven, the bars inside are not symmetrical. The thermal image is basically showing more heat from the bar in front.

 

[Mach-Lee]

I asked A2Z about this and their CEO sent me this image. They way the pins go from NACS to CCS in the adapter they form a crossing pattern. That is why the heat looks uneven, the bars inside are not symmetrical. The thermal image is basically showing more heat from the bar in front.

Cool, that's exactly what I was thinking about if the internal design was asymmetric. So yes, the right pin will appear hotter because that bus bar is closer to the case than the left side.

I forgot that positive and negative pins swap sides with NACS vs. CCS, so the bars would have to cross over internally like that.

 

[Anwarlucas]

FYI, ordered mine 2/29, it shipped today with UPS with an ETA of 3/18.. not bad!

 

[Billyk24]

FYI, ordered mine 2/29, it shipped today with UPS with an ETA of 3/18.. not bad!

18 days shipping? From China.

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