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Post by mike on Sept 18, 2016 23:22:17 GMT 11
The connector is the same as this one (32A J1772 to 62196-2 Plug 3m Cable): evconnectors.com/32-Amp-Car-Charging-Plug-and-Lead-For-The-Nissan-LeafCan't say if would work with a Tesla Destination charger...I don't think the pin arrangement is the same even if the body is. I rented a Tesla S in San Francisco back in July, but can't remember what the pin arrangement looked like on the charge port...the interweb seems to show two different designs (same as mine and another with two larger pins...probably for supercharging). Not many destination chargers in WA, so hard to run a test with my cable directly.
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Post by EVangelist on Sept 19, 2016 14:25:02 GMT 11
Is it Menekes male to J1772 female? Does it work on Tesla destination chargers? That is a Mennekes connector, not a Tesla connector. The Tesla connector is proprietary which is why their Superchargers cannot be used to charge non-Tesla EVs. Tesla provide adaptors to connect J-1772, Mennekes, CCS or Chademo plugs to the Tesla plug (so Tesla can be charged from public chargers), but not the other way around.
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Post by caskings on Sept 20, 2016 0:59:46 GMT 11
Tesla have their own custom connector in the USA. They seem to have settled on Mennekes for Europe and Australia.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 7:38:49 GMT 11
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Post by EVangelist on Sept 20, 2016 10:26:55 GMT 11
Tesla have their own custom connector in the USA. They seem to have settled on Mennekes for Europe and Australia. Wow, I didn't know that. Learn something new every day! I thought they used their proprietary connector globally.
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Post by EVangelist on Sept 20, 2016 10:34:22 GMT 11
Interesting stuff. What I have gleaned from that is that people have found ways to charge non-Tesla EVs from Tesla destination chargers and HPWCs, but not Superchargers, to wit: A simple adapter won't work with Tesla Superchargers, because the supercharger talks to the car's BMS via CAN (so the car can reduce the charge current when required) so you would need a device that simulates a Tesla, and provides a fake (but valid) VIN - and of course would need to translate that to something your car can understand (ie CHAdeMO or CCS, depending on the car)
Further to this, the supercharger plug won't fit in a non-Tesla Mennekes socket anyway. The socket on the Tesla has an indentation that a normal Mennekes (type 2) plug does not. The supercharger plug has a matching notch, which fits in to the indentation on the car socket. There is also longer pins that increase the contact area for the high current transfer.If anyone did manage to hack a way to charge non-Tesla EV on a Tesla supercharger, Tesla would be very, very unhappy about it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2017 20:38:59 GMT 11
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