How does AC charging work?

Understanding key engineering concepts will pay off in the long run for you, so I made this video to break down AC charging with simple animations.

I have written vehicle-side firmware for AC charging, built three electric cars and drove many miles in them. This is a practical guide to AC charging.

This video is part of the charging series, if you care about AC slow charging, you probably want to check out other charging content I made where I go over different topics.

After watching you will know

  • What AC charging is.
  • What an On-Board Charger (OBC) is and what it does
  • What is in the lamp post at a public AC charger
  • What the pins are in a Type 2 J1772 plug
  • What the limits are for AC charging and why its typically limited to 7kW

Watch the video