I have a hybrid vehicle, and I've use a Clipper Creek charger to plug it in for the last 2 or 3 years. A few days ago it was fine, and I unplugged to run an errand. When I came home, though, the charger was flashing on both "Power Fault" and "Charging Fault".
After some research, this "usually" implies a bad ground.
I tried other receptacles in the garage, and it had the same problem. Then I brought the charger inside the house and plugged it up, and it's fine here. So that's isolates the issue to the garage.
I measured the outlet and got 120V across the hot and neutral, then I checked the ground and also got 120V there! I tried replacing the receptacle with a new one that I had on hand, and still get 120V at both locations, but the charger still throws the same errors.
Any other thoughts? Could the ground still be bad, even though it measures 120V on the meter? If so, would the ground be ran to the main house ground? How does one track down the wire underground?
After some research, this "usually" implies a bad ground.
I tried other receptacles in the garage, and it had the same problem. Then I brought the charger inside the house and plugged it up, and it's fine here. So that's isolates the issue to the garage.
I measured the outlet and got 120V across the hot and neutral, then I checked the ground and also got 120V there! I tried replacing the receptacle with a new one that I had on hand, and still get 120V at both locations, but the charger still throws the same errors.
Any other thoughts? Could the ground still be bad, even though it measures 120V on the meter? If so, would the ground be ran to the main house ground? How does one track down the wire underground?