Safety shutter at the outlet of charging station in North America

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Hi guys,

I would like to know, is a safety shutter at the outlet of charging station or wallbox mandatory or optional in North America?
Could you please tell me the standard or regulation reference, which I can find this information?

Thanks
 
Pioneer said:
Hi guys,

I would like to know, is a safety shutter at the outlet of charging station or wallbox mandatory or optional in North America?
Could you please tell me the standard or regulation reference, which I can find this information?

Thanks
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By shutter, do you mean shut off, as in a button or switch to turn off the power in case of an emergency? If so, I don't think we do, but hopefully others will chime in.
 
Domenick said:
By shutter, do you mean shut off, as in a button or switch to turn off the power in case of an emergency? If so, I don't think we do, but hopefully others will chime in.
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thank you for your reply. I mean the safety shutter, you can see the links:
http://www.mennek.es/index.php?id=l...]=1044&cHash=5ac1f7f021fe6f17bb7f69936a235694
In this picture, shows Type 2 connector with safety shutter, however, North America uses Type 1. I would like to know, whether Type 1 has also safety shutter or not? or even maybe it is not allowed to have a charging outlet for Type 1 charging station in North America?
 
Pioneer said:
thank you for your reply. I mean the safety shutter, you can see the links:
http://www.mennek.es/index.php?id=l...]=1044&cHash=5ac1f7f021fe6f17bb7f69936a235694
In this picture, shows Type 2 connector with safety shutter, however, North America uses Type 1. I would like to know, whether Type 1 has also safety shutter or not? or even maybe it is not allowed to have a charging outlet for Type 1 charging station in North America?
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I know in the UK (other countries too?), the charging station has a type 2 receptacle like what you show, and each car comes with 2 cables. One is the 'granny' cable that plugs into a standard household outlet, the second is a cable that has a J1772 (type2) on both ends. For them, a shutter like what you describe makes sense if you were to place it on the charging station.

All US type 2 charging stations already have a cable with a J1772 plug on it - there is no need for a shutter, as there is no place to put it. Our cars only come with the one granny cable.
 
In the north America the cables are hardwired to the EVSE (charger) which is different from Europe. The safety shutter you are referring to is for plugging a cable into a EVSE (charger). That option does not exist in north America.
 
Fastnf said:
In the north America the cables are hardwired to the EVSE (charger) which is different from Europe. The safety shutter you are referring to is for plugging a cable into a EVSE (charger). That option does not exist in north America.
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The Leafs I owned had one and was referred to as a "dust cap", but no such cap on Kona EV.
 
Fastnf said:
In the north America the cables are hardwired to the EVSE (charger) which is different from Europe. The safety shutter you are referring to is for plugging a cable into a EVSE (charger). That option does not exist in north America.
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thank you for the information. you are right. I found the evidence to prove this information in standard SAE J1772 and IEC 62196-2.
 
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