J1772 glow in the dark dummy receptacle / inlet

My friend Joel from my local electric car club has come up with an interesting J1772 glow in the dark dummy receptacle / inlet.

Here is a little description of what Joel’s project is all about:

“This is useful as a parking spot marker for your EVSE that will glow in the dark and make it easy to find the J1772 connector in a dark garage or if your charger is outside it will be easier to find in the dark.It will also act as a cap and protect the plug from bugs and dirt that might get in your plug. Simply mount this plastic part on a wall, post, or even on your existing EVSE. (Screws not included)

I am developing other things such as a microEVSE, j1772 splitter/extension and more. Please support my efforts and I will be able to better support the EV community in return.”

As you can see Joel has been an active member of the local EV community and wants to further develop other projects that will benefit the EV driver with low cost alternative to commercial products. You can learn more about this project at his blog  http://erroneus.myevblog.com/ or the forum post below.

http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/sale-glowing-blue-plastic-dummy-j1772-89005.html

I think this is a great idea and as most chargers do not have a hook or a cap on the J1772 plug it can help protect and expensive investment. I also like that fact that it glows in the dark.

The cost for this item is $25.00 plus shipping.

The First Hamilton Nissan Leaf Silent Cruise

The first Hamilton Nissan Leaf Silent Cruise took place September 1^st. The event brought out 7 Nissan Leaf owners. We had about an hour to charge and share tips and tricks to get the best of our cars.

The weather could have put a dent in our plans if it rained, but we were lucky and made it with just some lite showers.

The cruise stared at the Wentworth Arena in Hamilton. There are 10 Sun Country chargers installed at this location making it easy to handle a good number of electric vehicles. Everyone topped up for the 30 KM trip to the Tim Horton’s in Oakville one of the first Time Horton’s to get a charger installed. This is also the head office for Tim Horton’s.

We decided as a group to take Dundas across. As the parade of Leafs left the Wentworth Arena people in other cars could not help notice the 7 identical cars traveling in a convoy. The only challenge was keep the group together as traffic lights left a few Leafs behind. We also had other cars change lanes into to our parade.

It was a lot of fun and maybe might have brought some attention not only to the Nissan Leaf, but to electric cars in general. At one point in our trip we came across a Tesla Model S whose owner might have gotten a kick of seeing a whole bunch of electric cars on the road.

It was a fun event and I look forward to having another one maybe in spring.