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Quote from: Crissa on May 16, 2021, 07:21:05 AM

It's just an adapter, it doesn't stop you from adding chargers.

BTW, has this forum been giving you a bunch of errors lately as it is with me?


-Don-  Reno, NV

Certificate expired errors so browsers think the website might be hacked.

Quote from: DerKrawallkeks on April 19, 2021, 07:05:24 PM

1) 28S
2) about 30Ah, but 2 in parallel gives 60Ah
3) Farasis

If you buy a TCCharger, most sellers will know all they need to know when you just tell them it's a Zero.

*28.5Ah

Are these numbers for the 3.6kw FXS and the 7.2kw battery is 57ah capacity?

Quote from: Allen_C on March 13, 2021, 11:24:18 PM

Does anyone sell or has someone made an adapter cord to plug in a j1772 connector from a charger station into the Anderson connector on a Zero? I have a 2020 DS with 7.2k battery. Is the only way to do this to install a charge tank or an external charger like an elcon? Or can I make this cord and connect it to a $300 wall mounted home charger or commercial charge station outputting 1.6k-6.6k with a j-plug?

Is all you're trying to do is charge with a J-1772?  There are many ways to do such by using the 120 VAC inlet. Here is one way.

But a better way is here, in case you want to add external chargers. I can charge my DS at  6.3KW. I can charge my SR at 10KW.  I think the guy there will make any Zero cable you want. Just ask. Much better quality than From Zero and cost less as well.

-Don-  Reno, NV

I can connect to a j1772 with the adapter I have, j-plug split to two c13 connectors.  I think it was made by TucsonEV too! I was hoping to find something that would connect to a j1772 then plug into the Anderson connector on the bike. But it appears I need an external charger to go between the j-plug and the bike.

I've read about elcon or similar chargers that would work but they need to be programmed for the Zero's battery specs. Is there a trusted supplier for this type of charger, outputting between 3kw-6.5kw?

Does anyone sell or has someone made an adapter cord to plug in a j1772 connector from a charger station into the Anderson connector on a Zero? I have a 2020 DS with 7.2k battery. Is the only way to do this to install a charge tank or an external charger like an elcon? Or can I make this cord and connect it to a $300 wall mounted home charger or commercial charge station outputting 1.6k-6.6k with a j-plug?

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Okay, I've updated the article with a note about this report. I cannot reliably revise it without some evidence like a photo, though, and would really appreciate if a 2019 owner can find something concrete to report.

I have a 2020 DS and can confirm the OEM relay is - L +, the same pin-out as the C14. I tried the C13, as stated in this thread, but it did not work! I'll have to exchange my relay. **Acutally, I decided to just swap the wires and keep the relay I bought since it has a knob to adjust the flash speed.**

As a note, with the OEM relay still installed the new LED bulbs flash once when activated then not again until you wait a few seconds then activate again, at which time they again flash just once. I assume this is a voltage issue and the relay has enough charge or releases enough for one flash but not for continuous flashes. I've never experienced this situation before since prior bikes that I install LED bulbs in the turn signals just flashed quickly until I installed a new relay!

Hey Shadow, I want to thank you for this post topic. It really helped me out and got my 2015 Zero SR back on the road.

My onboard charger died back in November. The outlet I plugged it into tripped, and the charger must not have liked that. This is actually my SECOND stock charger. The first one also fried but was under warranty at the time. I heard a new one would be over a grand out of pocket before labor. I considered the DeltaQ option but at 900w it sounded absolutely weak for $600. I really wanted to go with Diginow or EVtricity for their fast charging solutions but apparently they're both out of the game.

This forum topic provided a viable and less expensive alternative. I opted for the TC HK-J 3300 (still trying to figure out if Elcon designed the unit or if they just rebrand it). I ordered from EV Components just as you did, providing the same exact numbers you provided since they appear to corroborate with zeromanual.com (THANKS TO YOU GUYS AS WELL!) for my 12.5 kWh bike. The timeline was longer for me though as I placed the order on November 19th and received the unit on January 9th. Guessing covid plus holidays will do that. The unit costed $475 USD and shipping was $89. Michael from EV Components was pretty responsive, and I'm pretty sure it's the same Michael from EV Assemble.

So the unit comes with a standard NEMA 5-15 plug input, an Anderson SB50 output, and the pig tail is configured to the 12v+ and enable pins (CAN BUS sockets are there but I'm not using them). I ghetto attached a switch to the pigtail.


I didn't want to cut off any connectors yet, so I crimped an SB50 to SBS75X-BRN adapter with some 6 awg wires.


And of course since my stock charger is no longer on the bike, I had to do the connector hack to allow charging with the key is off. I pried the male connector off the the busted charger and yanked two pins as well. Attached them to the slots for the red and gray wires and ghetto soldered a switch to them.


The accessory port being out of the way takes a bit more effort to reach than the C13 port, but getting it plugged in is not too bad.


All in all, it works. It's a couple extra steps though as I need to switch the charge hack on before keying the bike off. In either case, I absolutely appreciate the enthusiasm the EV bike community has as I'd be completely clueless without the information you guys have compiled.

I tried going to EV Components website but it times out. Did you have contact with them recently?