Home Wall Charger

[Crab]

We have Clipper Creek which has been rock solid. Looks like they got bought by enphase. Its nothing special but it just works and have not had an issue after two years.

My wife drives a ton for work so she uses that to charge the Lyriq on most days.

I tried the Lyriq level 1 charger yesterday with the adapter from Rivian on my r2 and it worked no problem. It got me about 33 miles charge in 12 hours which is fine because my commute is only 40 miles round trip.

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[Zathras]

Just a point of clarification.
My Polestar is set to 48 amps, and the Grizzl-e charger (EVSE) is set to 40 amps and all is good. When I get the R2, do I have to match its amps to 40?

Everything I hear says yes, you do. You do it when you create a charging schedule in the R2. One of the options is to select maximum amperage for the session.

The danger is that the car will try to pull 48 amps, and if it overloads your home's system, say during hot weather while the ac and hot tub are running, you could end up with a fire.The Grizzl-e might be capable of not allowing more amperage, but many chargers can be overwhelmed. They key is to ask the right people the right questions.

 

[Crab]

Everything I hear says yes, you do. You do it when you create a charging schedule in the R2. One of the options is to select maximum amperage for the session.

The danger is that the car will try to pull 48 amps, and if it overloads your home's system, say during hot weather while the ac and hot tub are running, you could end up with a fire.The Grizzl-e might be capable of not allowing more amperage, but many chargers can be overwhelmed. They key is to ask the right people the right questions.

My r2 is defaults to 48 amps when its not plugged in. However, it changes to 32 amps when it detects my charger which is 32amps.

 

[Thebandit]

Everything I hear says yes, you do. You do it when you create a charging schedule in the R2. One of the options is to select maximum amperage for the session.

The danger is that the car will try to pull 48 amps, and if it overloads your home's system, say during hot weather while the ac and hot tub are running, you could end up with a fire.The Grizzl-e might be capable of not allowing more amperage, but many chargers can be overwhelmed. They key is to ask the right people the right questions.

It doesn't work that way.

The EVSE tells the car what the maximum amperage available is. The car cannot try to pull 48 amps from a Grizzl-E set to max 40 amps.

 

[mkhuffman]

Everything I hear says yes, you do. You do it when you create a charging schedule in the R2. One of the options is to select maximum amperage for the session.

The danger is that the car will try to pull 48 amps, and if it overloads your home's system, say during hot weather while the ac and hot tub are running, you could end up with a fire.The Grizzl-e might be capable of not allowing more amperage, but many chargers can be overwhelmed. They key is to ask the right people the right questions.

@Thebandit is correct. Charging current is limited by either the EVSE or the vehicle. The EVSE cannot supply more than the vehicle accepts, and the vehicle cannot demand more than the EVSE is able to supply.

In the real world this means you can set the current limit on the EVSE, or the vehicle. The truck cannot pull 48 amps if the EVSE is only able to deliver 40, or 32, or less.

So don't worry. It's idiot proof.

 

[SwampNut]

People posting in this thread who have not read the thread and saying things that have already been covered earlier in the thread does not make anything better. In all cases, both the EVSE and car state their individual maximums, and agree on the highest possible.

 

[R2D2TOO]

Yes, Tesla Wall Connector. Best price and 4 year warranty. Buy direct from Tesla.

https://shop.tesla.com/product/wall-connector

Weirdly, Tesla is restrciting these at present. From the Tesla web site;

"Purchases are limited to Tesla vehicle owners currently."

The price jumped about $100 recently as well.

 

[Jeremy3292]

Weirdly, Tesla is restrciting these at present. From the Tesla web site;

"Purchases are limited to Tesla vehicle owners currently."

The price jumped about $100 recently as well.

Yeah, saw that in another thread. Weird. Must be a shortage or something.

 

[Millbarge]

Weirdly, Tesla is restrciting these at present. From the Tesla web site;

"Purchases are limited to Tesla vehicle owners currently."

The price jumped about $100 recently as well.

Universal version is currently available at Best Buy

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/tes...JwqnwU42rYEotBjYmHvf9lzEB-h2_EYxoCynIQAvD_BwE

 

[R2D2TOO]

Universal version is currently available at Best Buy

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/tes...JwqnwU42rYEotBjYmHvf9lzEB-h2_EYxoCynIQAvD_BwE

Good to know, but - that adapter gives me pause. Extra complication that I have no need for.

 

[ElGuano]

Good to know, but - that adapter gives me pause. Extra complication that I have no need for.

It's fairly minimal in terms of complexity. But if you have a 2026, there's really no need for the adapter at home unless you have another legacy EV.

The best part about the Telsa charger is the load management option, but IMO there are better alternatives now (ones that monitor power via WiFi rather than combining low and high voltage wiring within a cable run).

 

[Jeremy3292]

When it was $425 or $450 the Tesla wall connector was the best option. Now at $535 it’s kind of ehh. They change prices all the time so in a few months it could be less again. Seems like supply issues currently.

 

[Millbarge]

Good to know, but - that adapter gives me pause. Extra complication that I have no need for.

so then take the adapter off and you have the standard wall charger

 

[a619]

Where I am, Facebook Marketplace is flooded with EV chargers. You can usually find brand new ones at deep discounted price. Lot of folks use their Tesla point in gear shop to buy these and then sell those at discount to get some value.
In my experience, there's not much real difference b/w different chargers, unless you need charge-sharing or load management. As long as you stay away from non-certified chargers (UL/ IEC), you should be good. I have used Chargepoint, Tesla, Grizzl-E, Emporia, Rivian etc and day-to-day you won't notice any significant differences in their capabilities.

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