Incompatible J1772 plug

I ordered a 40A J1772 extension cord only to find the plug now has a hood over the latch:

The extension cord was to repair a J1772 plug with a broken latch at a Whole Foods Chargepoint EVSE. But the non-standard hood prevents the J1772 plug from inserting into the Chargepoint socket.

I had considered removing the hood so it might insert. But I might then discover the dimensions of the latch have also been changed so it won't fit existing J1772 sockets.

Bought on eBay, I sent a message documenting the problem to the seller and is too soon for a reply. Regardless, this could cause a lot of problems for buyers of 3d party EVSE or J1772 repair kits.

As a Tesla owner, our J1772-to-Tesla adapter works just fine. But the owners of existing, non-Tesla EVs are likely to find the hood and possibly the latch, incompatible with their cars.

Bob Wilson

ps. My fix for the broken latch is to use a J1772 extension cord, tie-wrapped connected to the broken latch, J1772. The extra 20 ft would open up more EV charging spots as well as reach badly placed J1772 sockets on any EV.

I have replaced a broken J1772 plug in the past but it requires a heavy-duty compression tool for the AC power pins. Worse, the cost of the replacement plug was greater, $200, than the cost of this cheaper extension cord, $109.

pps. I got a reply:

Hello there

Thanks for your message and sorry for the inconvenience that cause to you,we don't have extension cords without the latch hood for sale.But in our experience, this J1772 plug has been adapted to 90% of American and Japanese EV,may I have your car information,brands and models?

And sure you can return it to our returned item warehouse and get the refund :​

 

Yes but it turns out they only work with the property owner. Some have a maintenance contact and others handle broken equipment on a case-by-case basis.

I spoke with the Whole Foods manager and his electrician was unable to handle it and no help from Amazon corporate. It was going to stay broke.

So I did some creative ‘vandalism’ that leaves it more operational. I also tie-wrapped the second unit cable-plug to the second retraction cable.

Call it anti-destructive vandalism.

Bob Wilson

 

Slip knot would work. There is a lot of tension in that wire.

I carry tie wraps in the car.

Bob Wilson