Bricklin EV-1 Owner's Manual
voltage at ~168 until the current required to do so diminishes to a couple of amperes. At that point it
shuts off automatically.
It will NOT come back on later at any point automatically. To restart it, you would have to remove the
power connection and reconnect it to reset the charger.
The result is that the charging procedure is quite simple, plug a 120 Volt AC or 240 Volt AC power
source into the provided charging port, and walk away. You may also use the J1772 style plug that is
provided under the rear license plate.
Illustration 16: J1772 Plug and outlet
If using a typical electric plug at home, you would use a normal NEMA 5-15 three-prong male plug.
You would connect the female end of a HEAVY extension cord into it, and the male end of that cord
into an ordinary wall receptacle.
The vehicle comes equipped with a heavy duty 12 gauge three conductor extension cord quite
suitable for charging from 120 VAC outlets. Also provided is a heavy duty NEMA 14-50 adapter. This
is the type of connector most often found on electric ranges but also at RV parks across the country.
This adapter will connect the two phases
of 240 VAC service to the two blade
prongs of the charge port, and the neutral
of the two phases to the ground pin.
The battery pack in the vehicle is
completely isolated from the frame of the
vehicle and ground. So grounding the
circuit accomplishes nothing in any event.
In this way, you can use the same charge
port from either 120 Volt AC or 240 Volt AC
sources. Your electrical box in your house
or building usually has two 120 Volt AC
phases for 240 Volt AC. In almost all
lighting and sockets in your house, you
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Illustration 15: 240 VAC to 120 VAC power cord adapter
Illustration 17: NEMA 14-50 240 VAC plug
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