truthseeker
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Looking to buy a new or used Clarity and ship to Greece. Electricity in Greece is 230V and 50 MHz. Plugs are the 2-pronged type but I can get a converter for American plug. Is there a home charger that will work?
Home charger to use in Europe?
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petteyg359
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Hz != MHz 
. Any level 2 charger will work. We say 240 V is level 2, but the usual standard is actually 230 V +10% (253 V) to -6% (216 V). 50 Hz vs 60 Hz is pretty meaningless these days; it only causes problems with cheap clocks that don't have a crystal. Just make sure any plug adapter you may use actually connects the ground. A lot of the cheap ones don't.
. Any level 2 charger will work. We say 240 V is level 2, but the usual standard is actually 230 V +10% (253 V) to -6% (216 V). 50 Hz vs 60 Hz is pretty meaningless these days; it only causes problems with cheap clocks that don't have a crystal. Just make sure any plug adapter you may use actually connects the ground. A lot of the cheap ones don't.
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JustAnotherPoorDriver
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I guess you could also see if anyone has produced a converter from EN 62196 (Menkes) to J1772 (Yazaki), so you can locally source a charger:
like this:
https://www.evexpert.eu/p/343/adapter-from-type-2-to-type-1-32a-0-5-m
like this:
https://www.evexpert.eu/p/343/adapter-from-type-2-to-type-1-32a-0-5-m
4sallypat
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Get this before leaving the US for an affordable dual voltage (120-240VAC) charger that I use:
https://www.amazon.com/Duosida-Portable-Electric-Vehicle-Charger/dp/B018A6QK7C
Then get a NEMA 6-20 to European 2 prong adapter or re-wire the plug.
https://www.amazon.com/Duosida-Portable-Electric-Vehicle-Charger/dp/B018A6QK7C
Then get a NEMA 6-20 to European 2 prong adapter or re-wire the plug.
Sandroad
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How are European 2 prong plugs wired? Is it 2 hots or 1 hot and 1 neutral? Does the European electrical code call for bonding the ground and neutral somewhere in the building (if there even is a neutral)? Does any of this matter to a North American EVSE, or is that taken care of by the converter/adapter? I know my Level 2 EVSE needs two 120V hots and and a ground to get 240V to the car.
I will never be plugging a North American EVSE into a European outlet, so I don’t need answers to the above. I just wondered if there were more to the OP’s question than simply volts and Hz.
I will never be plugging a North American EVSE into a European outlet, so I don’t need answers to the above. I just wondered if there were more to the OP’s question than simply volts and Hz.