VEHICLE CHARGER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER THEREOF

摘要

Provided are a vehicle charger and a method for controlling power of the vehicle charger. The vehicle charger according to the present invention receives power from electric vehicle supply equipment to charge a battery mounted on an electric vehicle. The vehicle charger includes: a charging controller for controlling a charging mode of the vehicle charger; a main power supplier for supplying main power to the charging controller; an auxiliary power supplier for supplying battery power as auxiliary power when receiving a control pilot signal generated from the electric vehicle supply equipment; and a power controller for detecting the control pilot signal and controlling the on-off state of the main power supply and the auxiliary power supply, based on state information regarding the detected control pilot signal and a charging mode control signal outputted from the charging controller.