[toscal353]

I have spent hours trying to get our car to charge from our existing Podpoint 30A tethered unit. Connected up, light on port and dash go green and message 'initiating charging' displays.... and stays there. Nothing happening.
Fiddled and farted about disconnecting, reconnecting etc etc and no joy.
Then i noticed - the bottom section of the car port has a rubber cover, secured to the car by a very thin flexible rubber strap. This had found its way into the side of the Type 2 port. It was thin enough to have pushed right in yet big enough to prevent a clean connection.
Pulled it back and Hey Presto! all good. charging now at 25A (stepped down to prevent freezer tripping)
Moral of the story - make sure the tiny black strap is well clear of the top port!

 

[GDank]

I posted on Speak EV.

Do you mean this bit? (Edit: He did! - Good to know!)

 

[toscal353]

It's obvious in the photo above, but when peering into the port in bright sunlight or perhaps also at night that little loop is not so obvious, especially when it is aligned into the gap already between the pin socket block and the type 2 housing.

 

[Fidelis]

Sorry, misread your post - thought you wrote “when peeing into the port” - thought for a moment the problem was identified!

 

[ProfessorCook]

Sorry, misread your post - thought you wrote “when peeing into the port” - thought for a moment I’d identified the problem!

My friend, Jonathan, and I peed into a floor receptacle after swimming lessons one day when we were 10 years old. We were greated for that effort by an 8" high blue flame resulting in much panic and running around. No real disaster after that. 'Told the parents water had dripped off the towels.

Bottom line? Yeah... don't pee in any electrical device. It probably won't go well.

 

[PCR]

I had read and inwardly digested this post but still didn’t stop me trying to push the wretched rubber strap into the socket on a dark night after a long journey. Looking this morning still can’t figure a way of looping it out of the way so at present looks like a routine check to hold it and ensure not tangling. What a pain.