Steepndeep
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Hi
I would prefer to be able to use 16A when charging my PHEV at home. Having looked into the IEC standard on what the box on the cable does it does a number of safety functions. The most important being turning on the power only after the PHEV has been connected and saying that I am ready to receive current. It also signals to the PHEV the maximum current the PHEV can use. This is now set as 10A only.
According to IEC the box signals the allowed current by Pulse Width Modulation signalling (very basic). HAs anyone opened the charge box on tha cable to see if the PWM can be changed? Presumably Mitsu uses a standard chip where the PWM is set static with an outside resistor. If that could be changed by a switch you could alternate between 10A and 16A depending on your socket.
I would prefer to be able to use 16A when charging my PHEV at home. Having looked into the IEC standard on what the box on the cable does it does a number of safety functions. The most important being turning on the power only after the PHEV has been connected and saying that I am ready to receive current. It also signals to the PHEV the maximum current the PHEV can use. This is now set as 10A only.
According to IEC the box signals the allowed current by Pulse Width Modulation signalling (very basic). HAs anyone opened the charge box on tha cable to see if the PWM can be changed? Presumably Mitsu uses a standard chip where the PWM is set static with an outside resistor. If that could be changed by a switch you could alternate between 10A and 16A depending on your socket.