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adapter to charge on Tesla charger
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I was looking forward to the one linked below, but it never got released. I'm guessing Tesla killed it. Do yo know of another one that's actually available?
https://jdapter.quickchargepower.com/
https://jdapter.quickchargepower.com/
There are a few kinds of Tesla charger. If you're looking at big red and white "tombstones" at the edge of a lot somewhere, those are Superchargers, and no adapter is going to help you - they only deliver high voltage DC directly to the battery, and only when authenticated to by a Tesla through digital communication, including VIN.
On the other hand, the bread box sized black and silver units, the HPWCs of the destination charging network communicate in J1772 and deliver AC power a Volt or Bolt can use - that's what the adapter folks have been developing is for - so far pretty much a prototype as far as I know.
Supposedly the guy that was going to set up that kickstarter went back to the drawing board and is coming out with an improved version. New kickstarter should start in the coming months. It would allow any EV to use a non-Supercharger Tesla station...like the destination chargers.
Not all destination chargers have an accompanying J1772 station.
I've been told that when discussing the installation with the site owner, Tesla is willing to buy a J1772 EVSE (Clipper Creek) for every two HPWCs and install them all if the site owner wishes. I think about half of the locations in the Destination network have the J1772 EVSEs.
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Back to the drawing board? It's just a pass-through. Curious if anyone knows the Tesla inlet supplier? Short of going to a junkyard and ripping one off a wrecked car, I don't know how to buy an Telsa inlet. I wouldn't mind making an adapter myself, just to prove the point.
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They are for sale on Ebay for $89.00
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I think this search does the trick; http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=tesla+to+j1772+adapter&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=1772+to+tesla+adapter&_sacat=0
Those adapters are to allow Teslas to connect to standard J1772 chargers. We're looking for an adapter that goes the other way. As another posted mentioned, it's just a simple pass-through, but no one has released one that I've seen.
The crazy part is that most of those listings are for more than Tesla will charge you for a brand new one.
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Any one have success charging a Volt with this adapter?
Tesla adapter to J1772 type 1 plug for charging 40A | eBay
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Any one have success charging a Volt with this adapter for a Tesla destination charge station?
Tesla adapter to J1772 type 1 plug for charging 40A | eBay
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I don't think it's worth the cost or effort. The money you spent could easily pay for the gasoline that you may occasionally consume once you run out of electricity. Most of the time you will charge at home or stations with SAE J1772. But I think the 8 Bit Guy on Youtube was able to get one of those adapter. So far I have not used more than a gallon of gasoline a month when I ran out of juice and I drive 100 miles/day. At $3 a gallon I would need 29 months to make the adapter worthwhile.
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It might be worth it for a true BEV. So far I have been able to make reservations at hotels and motels that have J1772, but if I didn't have a gas option it might help prevent a situation.
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