Using Tesla Gen2 Mobile EVSE and NEMA kit

[i8iridium]

I managed to find a Tesla Gen2 Mobile EVSE and the NEMA adaptor kit on ebay for a couple hundred bucks last week and wanted to experiment with it's ability to swap out the different NEMA plugs in order to have a more compact kit for charging anywhere. I have a couple pics below showing charging on some of the common adapters. The one thing that I found is that the car doesn't care if you use the NEMA 5-15P or NEMA 5-20P which are the 120V 15A & 20A respectively. It will only charge at 12A. If you use any of the 240V NEMA adapters, it will adjust accordingly. I picked a few of the common ones to test. I can assume they all perform the same. I don't have any pics of charging at 120V, but it's nothing special. The Tesla kit is new for $400 total. 200 for the Mobile EVSE (backordered until Aug) and 200 for the NEMA Kit. You might get lucky on ebay.

I also have a J1227 Extension Cable for a really long reach. At some point I may get a J1772 End and cut off the Tesla end. I found a few youtube vids on that.

Kit with Telsa Tap shown Below

Charging Using NEMA 6-20 240V

Charging Using NEMA 14-30 (Typical Dryer Outlet)

Charging Using NEMA 14-50 (Max amps for Mobile Charger)

You'll notice the voltage dropping off as i use the higer amp adapters. I was using my 9500 watt inverter generator as my test bed. It really puts a beating on her when you get it up at the top end. ?

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[GrumblesTheDog]

Neat! I've long though about doing this and have a road trip coming up where a 14-30 would be useful; glad to see it works well.

 

[i8iridium]

I was able to use this system this past weekend. The house I was staying at had a conveniently located dryer outlet (14-30). The Tesla charger might permanently replace the ford charger in the trunk.

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