Testing, and using a L1 120V EVSE car charger on 240V as an L2

Every electric car will come with a portable charge cable, called an EVSE. The charger is built into the car, the control box on the cable is basically a GFCI, relay / contactor, and a pilot signal generator that tells the car how much power it can draw.

The "trunk EVSE" is for Level 1 charging at 12 amps, or 1440 watts. However, some EVSEs are capable of working as a Level 2 240v charger. The Voltec charger that came with our ELR has been confirmed to work on 240v, and I was curious if the Ford unit a friend gave me would as well.

In this video I test to see if the Ford EVSE will work safely on 240v, then charge the car at nearly full L2 speed.

More info on the MOV (Metal oxide varistor): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varistor

Dim bulb tester diagram from here: https://antiqueradio.org/dimbulb.htm

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