Over at
viewtopic.php?p=56019 I asked if the DCFC leads
needed to be shielded. OEMs I've seen (BMW, Tesla) use shielded leads from the charge inlet, but I would think that there wouldn't be significant EMI while charging -- unlike the leads feeding eg the AC drive inverters. I posed that question on another forum as well, but didn't receive anything concrete in return.
I've decided to spend the extra coin for shielded cables anyway. If the OEMs are shielding the DCFC leads, they probably have a reasonably good reason. I think unshielded leads for the DCFC runs would work OK, but I'm not 100% certain, and while the cost difference of shielded vs non- is real, plus the effort to install EMC cable glands and use a metal HVJB rather than plastic, it's not so large as to foul the project.
Color marking of the leads is a separate issue. When purchasing cable, make sure it's rated for 600v AC/1000v DC, not residential wiring stuff, or low-voltage marine/automotive, which is 60v DC max. And the color is immaterial for those of us in the US, as we don't have to have our conversions/additions inspected as do some of our European counterparts: we can have any color cables we choose; they are
required to use correct jacket colors and HV warning labels.
After hours online attempting to find retail sources of shielded 50mm2 cable that can be shipped to a US address, I just now ordered 8 meters of Coroflex FHLR2GCB2G 9-2611 from
https://eveurope.eu/en/product/coroflex ... aat=50+mm2 (
datasheet), which ran USD$313; I've just emailed them to see if they'll refund the VAT ($52), as it appears that export goods may not need to charge VAT. [later: they did refund the VAT
]
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On the RAV4 EV & CCS1, if you haven't already, see:
viewtopic.php?p=53385#p53385
and
viewtopic.php?p=53344#p53344
Simon owns a RAV4 EV and is working on CAN for our RAV4s. He's planning on installing a NACS inlet and using the BMW i3 LIM method, while I've got a CCS1 inlet here on my livingroom floor (later edit: NACS charge port), and I'm going with a QCA700x/AR7420 (HomePlug) system. I'm working on installing hardware (well, obtaining hardware ATM). Here's a teaser:
Project thread
