mllcb42
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There was a discussion that popped up today on the 4xe FB group regarding someone that was having an arc flash issue going on with his Jeep while charging. A very unsafe situation if legit. He had the same unheard of issue come up on a second 4xe that seemed to persist.
Turns out he is using a Mustart brand EVSE, commonly sold on Amazon. There are a handful of other threads in the 4xe community talking about melted charging ports. They all appear to also be using the Mustart brand EVSE. Diving deeper, it turns out this is a common problem across multiple EV brands with the Mustart brand EVSEs.
Further, Nissan USA did an evaluation of widely available EVSEs from Amazon (https://assets.ctfassets.net/ucu418...h_2019_EPRI_IWC_-_EVSE_Safety_Analysis-ET.pdf) and found that the Mustart units were missing critical CCID protection, had no record of being tested, appear to have counterfeit certification markings, and are potentially extremely unsafe to use.
If you're going to be purchasing a level 2 EVSE for faster charging, be very wary of the inexpensive brands available on Amazon.
Turns out he is using a Mustart brand EVSE, commonly sold on Amazon. There are a handful of other threads in the 4xe community talking about melted charging ports. They all appear to also be using the Mustart brand EVSE. Diving deeper, it turns out this is a common problem across multiple EV brands with the Mustart brand EVSEs.
Further, Nissan USA did an evaluation of widely available EVSEs from Amazon (https://assets.ctfassets.net/ucu418...h_2019_EPRI_IWC_-_EVSE_Safety_Analysis-ET.pdf) and found that the Mustart units were missing critical CCID protection, had no record of being tested, appear to have counterfeit certification markings, and are potentially extremely unsafe to use.
If you're going to be purchasing a level 2 EVSE for faster charging, be very wary of the inexpensive brands available on Amazon.
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