I know it says that, but I'm finding that unavailable and greyed out doesn't perfectly correlate with broken. The situation will look worse than reality based upon the app.
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CCS Adapter - ?
- Thread starter Neil M
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I was wondering about why they have 2 cables on the same cabinet, both for CCS. I know some have 1 CCS and one Chademo, for example, but am not clear on why 2 of the same thing. Are they assuming that one cable may not work?!
It is a combination that one cable may fail so the other is backup, but also because the ports aren't always in the same place on cars so a cable on each side of the cabinet makes it more likely that a cable will reach and be able to be plugged in to your car.
You are not alone, I thought the same thing. Last time I went to an EA it was like watching musical chairs, or musical chargers
On EA’s site they state the extra cable is for ease of connection but I’d hazard a guess it is to add redundancy and increase uptimeMaybe we should be regulating where the charge ports are located on the car.
A lot of people park behind the stall, because that is often where the cable will reach the most easily. Others have to park in front of it, because of port placement. The net effect is that there are often two spots that could sensibly be used for a single unit.
They couldn't do that with gas fillers with almost 150 years of experience. Some on the left, some on the right, others in the rear (maybe none of those anymore). I remember the old chargers had them on top of the right(? maybe left) fender. I think at least some of the corvettes are like that too. Someone had a filler up on the front fender but I don't remember who that was.You are not alone, I thought the same thing. Last time I went to an EA it was like watching musical chairs, or musical chargers
Maybe we should be regulating where the charge ports are located on the car.
If you have a even relatively modern ICE, look at the dash. It probably has a picture of a pump with an arrow so you at least know which side the filler is on.
Then you have the plugins. I think the prius has the filler on the left and the plug-in on the right.
Yes, remember now when I ran in to a telephone pole in my '63 beetle I turned the spare tire and the gas tank in to a 'V'. Car totally derivable but the dang insurance company thought it was totaled anyway.
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I was going to make a comment about Bryan Adams but was wondering how many people could even relate to him, much less the song! Lol but Canadians shouldn’t have a problem with this hehe…
You still need a card on file because they need to be able to charge you for idle fees if you're "that guy".. admittedly i got hit with one for a few minutes but it was BS cause the station was less than half full
About to go cross country and got the adapter. In a few places it will save me having to reduce my speed and generally give me peace of mind. Went to EA by my house and out worked flawlessly the first time…. Didn’t bother with 350 as I was at 55% and this was just a test.
Rivian pulled in while I was there and it was really nice. Struck up conversation with the owner who had a few Teslas and had the adapter as well. He basically mirrored what people have said here, it’s great to have as backup but the CCS network is *sugar* next to SC and even though EA can be cheaper, he suggested sticking to SC on the trip and that X-country on CCS can still be dicey.
Rivian pulled in while I was there and it was really nice. Struck up conversation with the owner who had a few Teslas and had the adapter as well. He basically mirrored what people have said here, it’s great to have as backup but the CCS network is *sugar* next to SC and even though EA can be cheaper, he suggested sticking to SC on the trip and that X-country on CCS can still be dicey.
Given my experience with broken charging connectors, I bet this is a planned redundancy.
Interestingly enough their new updated design only has one, longer, cable per cabinet.
