[RE-wrenches] charging a 2017 Chevy Volt off-grid

[david quattro]

I had a similar problem with a Tesla Charger and a golf cart battery
charger. Our problems were intermittent. The golf cart charger would balk
on GFCI receptacles, but not 'regular' ones.
Resolution was: we cleaned up all the ground wires, ground rod itself,
clamps, crimps, etc to bright fresh copper, and tightened all ground
terminal screws. Luckily in my case that was all it took. the problems went
away completely.

On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM David Palumbo via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Wrenches,
>
> I've got a new neighbor here living in an off-grid home with a system of
> mine. She has a 2017 Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid.
> It draws 12A on high setting or 8 Amps at 120VAC.
> It charges fine off my homes VFX 3524OutBack but on her homes FX 2524
> OutBack the charger indicator at the male cord plug end immediately goes
> Red and won't charge at all. Manufacturers label at the indicator light
> says it could be a ground problem.
> Both the outlet that does operate the charger fine and the one that gives
> the red signal are GFCI. The GFCI that works is over ten years old while
> the outlet that won't charge is new if that makes a difference. The new
> outlet that won't charge operates other loads just fine and I measure 121
> VAC with my Fluke.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Dave Palumbo
> Retired
> Hyde Park, Vermont
>
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