Charging electric car
With the continued proliferation of electric cars, I wonder if RV manufacturers are working toward a way my RV can charge a Tesla, or other electric vehicle, while plugged into shore power, or on the ...
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mikestock wrote:
I installed a 50 amp receptacle at my son's lake house a few years back. Last year he purchased a Tesla S. He has a high output charger at his home and gets about 38 miles per hour of charge. We used the 50 amp cord that came with the Tesla and found that he gets about 19 miles per hour of charge on my RV receptacle, which allows for a substantial overnight boost. This would probably work on most any 50 amp RV source.
The mobile cord or EVSE (otherwise known as the UMC) that comes with any Tesla pulls a maximum 32 amps and can be plugged into any 14-50 receptacle. One can buy a "wall charger" from Tesla that one can have hard wired at home on a 60 amp circuit. That will provide 48 amps to the built in charger in the car and charge at a maximum of 11.5 kw rate. Tesla long range models like model X model S and Model 3 AWD can take advantage of the wall chargers greater current capacity. Many hotels have installed these for overnight use by guests. They also usually install regular 32 amp EVSE's for overnight charging for the rest of us schmoes that don't drive Teslas. :)
