LECTRON - NEMA Socket Splitter

[Rade]

Thank you for the suggestion! My husband is leasing a Tesla Model Y and needs to plug it in when he gets home from work. I have the CSS adapter for my Rivian. We have one NEMA 14-50 plug. I tried to use my charger on 110v, but even at 8amps, kept popping the breaker in the garage. I did not want to just get a "Y" adapter on the off-chance the charging amperage overloads the wire. Several people on this forum suggested the LECTRON - NEMA Socket Splitter. I ordered on from Home Depot and it arrived this afternoon. Took all of about 30 minutes to figure out the best place to mount it, and get it powered up. Works great and I have peace of mind that if something does overload, there is a breaker onboard the unit that will trip.

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[DeafPug]

Nice. For several years, there has been a similar product called the Dryer Buddy from a company called BSA Electonics. This unit from Lectron does the "same thing" at a lower price point. The Dryer Buddy for a 14-50 outlet is $290, where the NEMA Socket Splitter is $188.

One interesting style for this product line that BSA has is for a hardwired installation. It's a little more expensive at $640, but would make for clean installations where something like this would be required. https://www.bsaelectronics.com/products/bsa-electronics-intellisplit-intelligent-splitter

 

[Time2Roll]

Does the Lectron choose one or the other? Or programmable to share?
Looks like it is working great.

 

[tbinmd]

Does the Lectron choose one or the other? Or programmable to share?
Looks like it is working great.

I have the Lectron. Has worked great. I have a charge point flex plugged into socket 1 and socket 2 has the rivian portable charger plugged in. The unit automatically flips between socket 1 and socket 2. Socket 1 is primary outlet, and will override socket 2 if both chargers were to be plugged in and the cars called to be charged.

 

[Rade]

Update for October 12: I have started using the ABC (Always Be Charging) principle the past week or so, as I've given up on coddling our solar Net Credits. My husband is leasing a Tesla Model Y and uses about 22% of the battery to go back and forth to work every day. We're plugging the Y in when gets home from work around 3:30PM, and I have his charging cycle timed to run from then until around 4AM (when he leaves for work) at 18AMPS. The Tesla gets back to 80% in about 4 hours. I decided; why not? I have been keeping the R1T plugged in, timer set for 8AM until 3PM at 18AMPS and have the level also set to 80%. Interesting - The Lectron allows only one vehicle to charge at a time, regardless of how low the AMPS are set. I hear a loud "CLICK" from the control box and then the Tesla app pings with "Charging station offline" (even if it's not charging). I tried running both with the AMPS turned down to 8; still only one at a time. When the R1T is done charging, then the side with the Tesla L2 charger kicks back on again just fine.

The temps are starting to drop in these parts and the garage is unheated. I'd like to keep the vehicles plugged in when not being driven to protect the batteries.

 

[mkg3]

Bit confused on this. If you are using NEMA 14-50, it's on a 50 amp breaker and should provide 40 amps to the charger. If the splitter is managing the amperage so that it does not exceed 40 amps; hence, 18 amps to the Model Y. Since its a plug in, probably limits the amperage to 32 amps max.

Our Rivian and Tesla are both charged using NEMA 14-50 using the Rivian portable charger (I could have used the Tesla portable charger but already had J1772 to Tesla). We charge on a alternating nights from midnight to 6.00am.

Since the Model Y gets used 22%/day, it can clearly do two days at 44% usage. At 32amps, it will easily charge overnight to 80%SOC without any problem. You didn't say how much charge Rivian uses daily, but it sounds like it would do just fine being charged every other day as well.

I have no idea how your electricity rate is structured but where I am, the super off peak rate is significantly lower than the peak and off peak rate. The times you've articulated would be very high for us.

A side note. I have used the alternating charging scheme for over 2 years now and have not had any issue other than if I need one of the vehicles charged to 100% SOC. In which case, just mange the exceptions.

 

[tbinmd]

Bit confused on this. If you are using NEMA 14-50, it's on a 50 amp breaker and should provide 40 amps to the charger. If the splitter is managing the amperage so that it does not exceed 40 amps; hence, 18 amps to the Model Y. Since its a plug in, probably limits the amperage to 32 amps max.

The Lectron is not a splitter, but a smart switch that senses power draw on the two outlets. Outlet 1 is the primary outlet. The device connected to outlet has priority and can always draw power. Outlet 2 is the secondary outlet, it can only draw power when outlet 1 is not active. If outlet 2 is active and outlet 1 starts to charge, outlet two is interrupted. Both outlets cannot be pulling amperage at the same time.

 

[Rade]

The Lectron is not a splitter, but a smart switch that senses power draw on the two outlets. Outlet 1 is the primary outlet. The device connected to outlet has priority and can always draw power. Outlet 2 is the secondary outlet, it can only draw power when outlet 1 is not active. If outlet 2 is active and outlet 1 starts to charge, outlet two is interrupted. Both outlets cannot be pulling amperage at the same time.

What he said. This was the first time I saw it in action.

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