Re: [EVDL] Charge Cable Theft Idea (boots on the ground)

2014-09-03 Thread Dennis Miles via EV
Behalf Of Dennis Miles via >> EV >> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 11:13 AM >> To: Robert Bruninga; Electric Vehicle Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Charge Cable Theft Idea (boots on the ground) >> >> The J1772 cable consists of two heavy copper conduct

Re: [EVDL] Charge Cable Theft Idea (boots on the ground)

2014-09-03 Thread Rush Dougherty via EV
lto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Miles via EV > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 11:13 AM > To: Robert Bruninga; Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Charge Cable Theft Idea (boots on the ground) > > The J1772 cable consists of two heavy copper cond

Re: [EVDL] Charge Cable Theft Idea (boots on the ground)

2014-09-03 Thread Roland via EV
rg<mailto:ev-requ...@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Charge Cable Theft Idea (boots on the ground) > From: Robert Bruninga via EV mailto:ev@lists.evdl.org>> > > I once looked into it [stripping cable], and the time &g

Re: [EVDL] Charge Cable Theft Idea (boots on the ground)

2014-09-03 Thread Jan Steinman via EV
> From: Robert Bruninga via EV > > I once looked into it [stripping cable], and the time > and effort of striping the cables just broke even since the weight of the > load was then half as much. My brother does a lot of scrapping. He throws the cable in a big bonfire. Of course, no one can brea

Re: [EVDL] Charge Cable Theft Idea (boots on the ground)

2014-09-03 Thread Dennis Miles via EV
The J1772 cable consists of two heavy copper conductors ( line 1, line 2, 240 VAC) in the USA or three in Europe where 3 phase @240 V AC is household power.(Mynekey) There a two small "Signal" or "Handshaking" conductors, and one mid sized "Ground" conductor (Not a 'neutral') used to implement the

Re: [EVDL] Charge Cable Theft Idea (boots on the ground)

2014-09-03 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
Ø Unlikely to help, stripped wire fetches more money than insulated so the cable won't be recognizable. Yes, more per pound but fewer pounds. I once looked into it, and the time and effort of striping the cables just broke even since the weight of the load was then half as much. On Wed, Sep

Re: [EVDL] Charge Cable Theft Idea (boots on the ground)

2014-09-03 Thread Peter Gabrielsson via EV
Unlikely to help, stripped wire fetches more money than insulated so the cable won't be recognizable. On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 6:35 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > IM going to ask our local EVSE MFR to give me some 6” samples of his EVSE > charge cables. > > > > Then I will mount them on a s

[EVDL] Charge Cable Theft Idea (boots on the ground)

2014-09-03 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
IM going to ask our local EVSE MFR to give me some 6” samples of his EVSE charge cables. Then I will mount them on a small display board and see if I can get the local recyclers to hang the plaque on the wall with a sign “Stolen EV charge cables”… The conductors are unique, 3 big ones and 2 s