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[Patrick Truchon]

I cut a cardboard box to the size of the Elcon 2500 charger to see what the size would look like on the bike and added a few pictures here:  http://ptruchon.pagekite.me/wiki/zerodsmods#charge_tank Spoiler Alert: it doesn't fit in the tank...

[Electric Cowboy]

Can someone from the EU post a photo of the EU common charger?

[RNM]

Common charger or common plug?

[xmjsilverx]

I was looking at the underside of the tank in your pictures and wondering if the meanwells would fit on either side of it.  I know they aren't weather resistant but might be something to look into and we could keep our tank bag still. 

[Burton]

I was looking at the underside of the tank in your pictures and wondering if the meanwells would fit on either side of it.  I know they aren't weather resistant but might be something to look into and we could keep our tank bag still. 

All four meanwells fit on the top of the battery just fine on my 2013.

Put down some velcro on top the battery and on the bottom and inner sides of your chargers if you do this as they will slide around. This is if you laid them flat and no on their sides; something I haven't tried yet.

It should be noted as well you can flip all your electrical connections from behind the battery to on top the battery even with the chargers in place as described above.

My bike would still be like this if I didn't move the chargers to the bottom of the bike to keep the weight lower

[RNM]

Does anyone know the specs of those original meanwells?

[Burton]

Does anyone know the specs of those original meanwells?

I think they are HLG-320 (look on the charger themselves they will have the model number on them)

[RNM]

Thanks!

[Justin Andrews]

Can someone from the EU post a photo of the EU common charger?

Wikipedia article on the VDE-AR-E 2623-2-2 plug above, which is, more or less, our version of J1772.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_62196

[Erasmo]

That's your typical Mennekes plug used in poles like this:



Which are pretty common in city centrers and places like malls nowadays(at least in The Netherlands).

But there's also a new type of charging station being rolled out now, Fastned:



Their coverage is growing by the week and they now already cover pretty much the most important freeways:


The offer not only Mennekes but also CCS and Chademo, the latter two up to 50kW!