Eclectic
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You only need one in the type 2 end as others end will be your sockets
Thanks, I was suspecting that would be the case, I’m just surprised that they would wire a cable that way, when it only needs one resistor?
You only need one in the type 2 end as others end will be your sockets
One talks to the car and one talks to the chargerThanks, I was suspecting that would be the case, I’m just surprised that they would wire a cable that way, when it only needs one resistor?
One talks to the car and one talks to the charger
Be very careful, the adapter I bought for a Kia to use with my MGZSEV had the resistor between different pins to those required by the ZSEV, plus the resistor value is different for the ZSEV.I'm after a bit of advice on modifying a type2 to type2 cable I've bought. The cable is from a Toyota, and I'm unsure as to where I should fit the new 470 Ohm resistor. One end of the cable with the resistor in is connected to earth - is this correct.
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Yes. In a real charging cable, that one tells the EVSE what current capability (ampacity? I don't like that word) the cable has, so a powerful EVSE doesn't overheat a thin cable. As N2STY says, in this application, there will be no EVSE, just a dumb power socket, so you don't need to worry about that resistor. It won't connect through to the other end of the cable, as far as I know.You only need one in the type 2 end as others end will be your sockets
It will be pure sine wave, since that's what is needed for the normal power factor correction task. All the electronics will already be there for pure sine wave generation.is it pure sine or modified sine?
That's probably a good idea, especially for the cases where you repurpose a charging cable, so you'd have a quite long wire connected to the control pilot (CP) input, running in parallel with AC wires that may have some switching noise on them. The long unconnected wire acts a bit like an antenna. It is likely to cause noise and/or 50 Hz AC inductively coupled into the control pilot input, which could conceivably cause glitches or maybe even damage the control pilot input to your on-board charger. The OBC could cost of the order of £3000 to replace. The risk is small, but the effort to short the two pins is also small, so you may as well do that as part of "best practice". Though it might be easier and just as effective to simply cut the CP wire near the vehicle end.I've just come across another video, where both CP and PP are connected to earth, with the resistor between earth and PP as in all the other cases.
That's probably a good idea, especially for the cases where you repurpose a charging cable, so you'd have a quite long wire connected to the control pilot (CP) input, running in parallel with AC wires that may have some switching noise on them. The long unconnected wire acts a bit like an antenna. It is likely to cause noise and/or 50 Hz AC inductively coupled into the control pilot input, which could conceivably cause glitches or maybe even damage the control pilot input to your on-board charger. The OBC could cost of the order of £3000 to replace. The risk is small, but the effort to short the two pins is also small, so you may as well do that as part of "best practice". Though it might be easier and just as effective to simply cut the CP wire near the vehicle end.
Edit: Or do both: cut the CP wire 70 mm from the pin, and use the short end to connect to earth.
James at EVcables contacted me to say they are now connecting CP to PE (PE=Ground) in addition to the 470 ohm resistor between PP and PE (as in Eclectic's diagram above). It seems that some newer MGs don't like having CP disconnected (floating).
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All done, I just need a car to test it with now!![]()
Thank youLooks very neat.
Has anybody purchased one of these. If so what is the length of the cable. It does not say on the GH website. I have emailed them to ask but they have not replied.Like this?
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MG EV Vehicle to Load V2L Discharge Cable
Use the battery in your MG EV to charge or power an electrical appliance with this vehicle to load cable.www.glynhopkinpartsonline.co.uk