Double-ended Cable

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Steven B

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Apologies if this has been discussed, but noticed in the UK that the street-side chargers have no cable. The style most frequently seen was Podpoint Pedestals with a CCS female connector, requiring the cable to be supplied by the user. Anecdotally, it seems the least reliable component of the typical public charger is the cable (or the cable's connector). If the user is required to bring their own cable:
1) The quality/reliability of that component is shifted to be the user's responsibility, and the user will be incentivized to keep it in good working order.
2) The EVSE is streamlined with no loose cable/connector to be damaged.

Is there a technical or governing body standards reason that double-ended cables are not employed in U.S. EVSE design? This would appear to be a simple solution to greatly improve the reliability of public charging stations with the added benefit of removing the idle cable as a tripping hazard.
 

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Steven B said:
Is there a technical or governing body standards reason that double-ended cables are not employed in U.S. EVSE design?
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Maybe if public charging-station EVSE cables become even less reliable or vandals become even more EV-antagonistic, the US will also force people to carry their own charging cables. Then we'll have problems with unreliable charging cable sockets and vandals' sticking bubble-gum in the sockets.
 
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insightman said:
Maybe if public charging-station EVSE cables become even less reliable or vandals become even more EV-antagonistic, the US will also force people to carry their own charging cables. Then we'll have problems with unreliable charging cable sockets and vandals' sticking bubble-gum in the sockets.
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I believe most of the cable removals around here have been for the copper.

One way to address this would be to have folks bring their own charging cable for L2 charging. Another way would be for the local governments to require the scrap dealers to mail a check for the scrap copper.

This is one outfit that is trying the bring your own cable. However the cost to charge seems out of line with gas prices. https://www.itselectric.us/
 
If there is a ZIF version of a NEMA 14-50, I would use it should the charger at Propst fail.

Bob Wilson
 
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