charging does not complete on home L2

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lturcotte

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Hello everyone
in the last 2 months, the charging does not complete to 100% on home L2 station (EvDuty).
Last night, battery was a 20% and this morning, it was at 70% after 8 hours.
Port light was white, iRemote did not show charging status or the connection icon.
tried do disconnect and reconnect, still white light
Tried the portable L1 and everything was fine .
Reconnected the L2 cable and it was working again and charge resume to 100%
tried to wiggle the connector for intermittent connection. nothing.
I have tried public L2 or DC charging station for 20-30 minutes and everything seems to be fine.

can there be something wrong with the car charger. ?

I have zero feedback or error message about who is at fault.
it just behave as if the cable is disconnected.
 
There may be a loose connection in the plug. One of the things Clipper Creek stresses in their advertising is that their units will resume charge if interrupted. Don't have any experience with other units, but seems like they wouldn't make a big point of that if it wasn't true with at least some other units. Make sure that the plug is fully latched on...there's a switch in the push-button release, and if things aren't fully latched, it will not charge.
 
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