Fisherman wrote:
Reisender wrote:
Fisherman wrote:
It's a good thing we don't need adapters to put energy in our gas or diesel tanks. Nothing worse than having proprietary plugs and receptacles to achieve the goal of charging batteries. Similar to all the different versions of plugs for electronic gadgets.
Good morning Fisherman. You may have misunderstood. These are all standard AC receptacles in a campground. It just allows the vehicle owner to plug into various common outlets on the AC side. None of those receptacles are proprietary.
Hope that helps.
Partially, I'm aware of the different 120 15/20/30 amp plugs and 240 15/20/etc. Do all the EV's have the same receptacle on the vehicle?
Yes and no. So in this topic we have been talking about charging at a campground or family or friends driveway or whatever. That is called L1 (120 volt) or L2 (240 volt) charging and it essentially uses a charge cable that plugs into the campground pedestal or wall or whatever and delivers either 120 or 240 volt AC power to the cars charger via a common J1772 protocol connecter. All EV’s including Tesla use the J1772 protocol for L1 or L2 charging. Teslas plug is shaped different because it uses the same plug for AC and DC, but Tesla gives you a sleeve that fits over the J1772 connector so it works with Teslas too.
DC fast charging is a different animal and that involves a couple different adapters. Happy to discuss it but maybe best not to do it on this thread as it will get confusing and doesn’t come into play in the campground.
Cheers.
