tk3000
That's why you charge an EV with an EVSE (electric vehicle service equipment) and a J1772 plug/cable. The EVSE is a device that for safety reasons negotiates a current and voltage that it has to offer, the the Volt asks "I need 16 amps at 240 volts" after negotiating and checking for ground faults (E.G plug under water) 32a EVSE then turns on the "juice". That's why you can't just plug an EV onboard charger into any old power source directly like a golf cart charger. The protocol used by the EVSE to talk to an EV car is the ISO 15118 Protocol explained in the link below.
www.typhoon-hil.com
The EVSE only asks the car what it needs and if it can do that it will provide the power limited up to it's maximum current (protocol negotiation advertisement) and used by the onboard EV charging system. So with a Volt and a 32 amp EVSE the Volt will only draw 16 amps after the Volt "told" EVSE what it's requesting (16a). 32 amps would still be available but only 16 amps will be drawn by the Volt. If an EV said "I need 40 amps at 240" lets say, the 32a EVSE would reply "I only can do 32 amps" and not turn on to prevent blowing fuses, burning it's wiring, etc. The EV would reply "OK I'll only draw 32 amps can you send power?" the EVSE would reply "yes, turning power on now" example EV would then limit its draw to only 32 amps while charging. I might have the semantics wrong, an engineer on this forum can correct me, but you get the point I hope. The 120v level one provided EVSE only maxes out at 12 amps, the Volt will only ask for 12 or 8 amps at 120 volts. GM and all EV manufacturers engineers follow the SAE J1772-2017 standard which defines the levels of charging supported:
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Stephen
Hello Folks,
I own a 2013 Chevy Volt Premier. Have owned it since 2015, and it only has about 45,000 miles on the odometer.
Always used the 120V Level 1 charger that came along with the vehicle. But recently I installed 32 Amps Level 2 Charger in my garage and, as expected, it charges the Volt much faster than the one that came with the vehicle, but it seems to only feed up to 13.2Amps to the Volt. Is that a limitation of the Chevy Volt itself (that internally does the conversion from AC to DC) or is the new charger defective?
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That's why you charge an EV with an EVSE (electric vehicle service equipment) and a J1772 plug/cable. The EVSE is a device that for safety reasons negotiates a current and voltage that it has to offer, the the Volt asks "I need 16 amps at 240 volts" after negotiating and checking for ground faults (E.G plug under water) 32a EVSE then turns on the "juice". That's why you can't just plug an EV onboard charger into any old power source directly like a golf cart charger. The protocol used by the EVSE to talk to an EV car is the ISO 15118 Protocol explained in the link below.
ISO 15118 Protocol
Description of the ISO 15118 protocol implementation in the Typhoon HIL toolchain.
The EVSE only asks the car what it needs and if it can do that it will provide the power limited up to it's maximum current (protocol negotiation advertisement) and used by the onboard EV charging system. So with a Volt and a 32 amp EVSE the Volt will only draw 16 amps after the Volt "told" EVSE what it's requesting (16a). 32 amps would still be available but only 16 amps will be drawn by the Volt. If an EV said "I need 40 amps at 240" lets say, the 32a EVSE would reply "I only can do 32 amps" and not turn on to prevent blowing fuses, burning it's wiring, etc. The EV would reply "OK I'll only draw 32 amps can you send power?" the EVSE would reply "yes, turning power on now" example EV would then limit its draw to only 32 amps while charging. I might have the semantics wrong, an engineer on this forum can correct me, but you get the point I hope. The 120v level one provided EVSE only maxes out at 12 amps, the Volt will only ask for 12 or 8 amps at 120 volts. GM and all EV manufacturers engineers follow the SAE J1772-2017 standard which defines the levels of charging supported:
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| Charge method | Voltage, AC (V) | Phase | Max. current, continuous (A) | Branch circuit breaker rating (A)[a] | Max. power (kW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charge method | EVSE DC output voltage (V) | Max. current (A) | Max. power (kW) | ||
| AC Level 1 | 120 | 1-phase | 12 or 16 | 15 or 20 | 1.44 or 1.92 |
| AC Level 2 | 208 or 240 | 1-phase | 24–80 | 30–100 | 5.0–19.2 |
| AC Level 3https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_J1772#cite_note-27 |
Stephen
Hello Folks,
I own a 2013 Chevy Volt Premier. Have owned it since 2015, and it only has about 45,000 miles on the odometer.
Always used the 120V Level 1 charger that came along with the vehicle. But recently I installed 32 Amps Level 2 Charger in my garage and, as expected, it charges the Volt much faster than the one that came with the vehicle, but it seems to only feed up to 13.2Amps to the Volt. Is that a limitation of the Chevy Volt itself (that internally does the conversion from AC to DC) or is the new charger defective?
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