The EVSE or Blink sends a signal to the car over the Pilot Control line
telling the vehicle how much power the it can supply the vehicle. We reset the
commercial units in the Phoenix area to 16 amps down from 30 amps. We have had
several complaints of cord sets heating up and vehicles stopping a charge
session after 30 to 50 minutes. Most of these involved the new Honda FIT, 1
RAV4 and 1 Ford Focus. We are looking into the problem but until we understand
what is causing this issue the decision was made to turn down the amperage
from 30 to 16 amps on commercial units. If he plugged in to a unit then it is
normal that he only pulled 17 amps. Until we understand why some vehicles on
some units are generating so much heat in the power pins we want to insure
there is no way the vehicle connector can be damaged or in your case the
adapter cable connector. While we have a couple of thousand charge session
with the Tesla with no heat issues the problem is we do not know what vehicle
is plugged in at the time so we have to limit current for everyone.
Best Regards,
Shawn Marie Hess
Blink Network Contact Center
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