Recent content by Nickdp

Knowledge of the brand is an important measure for sure, but with anything electrical on Alibaba, look for the regulatory compliance mark indicating that it complies with the applicable regulatory requirements in Australia. I couldn't find it on any of the images, but maybe I wasn't looking hard...

Do you spend time at home during the day plugged in? e.g. work from home / weekends? If so how important to you is the ability of reading and diverting in real-time the excess solar generation to the Tesla?

You could assume they all work, if only for a little while as above poster @Stan930 mentioned. Unfortunately Alibaba, eBay and the like are awash with mobile chargers that promise to perform but no mention of warranties or after sales support and no declarations of RCM approval. Of course you...

If your employer is up for it then why not? If not, then maybe this portable 11kW charger might be suitable - it works the same as a fixed wall-charger and delivers 11kW of charging power, the maximum Tesla's can accept. Being portable, on arrival at work when you're low on battery you would...

I could not find the RCM on any of the pics so I would have to assume the supplier has not declared the equipment is electrically safe and meets all relevant standards.

thanks for the tip.

Yes this is becoming a problem for early adopters. Mine failed also and Tesla Service said they can't repair it and Tesla Spare Parts said they no longer stock it as a new item. I still have my Euro-adaptor and 15A single phase and 20A & 32A 3phase tails so I bought this as a like-for-like...

So you have 10A power available with some parking spots exposed to weather. I suggest you measure the distance from the furthest exposed parking spot to the 10A power point. If the distance is 3m or less, buy this, if greater than 3m still buy it but put in a request for a custom length. The...

Not Tesla branded but for $236.92, it comes with a choice of tails. I'd recommend the 32A 5pin 3phase tail for charging in the bush.

True dat - I shoulda said the cheapest "AUSSIE" resellers I have found and they also have the 1m option. Linking to the 32A 5pin is all well and good, but if you wanted a 32A 3pin or a 20A 5pin or a 20A 3pin adaptors for UMC Gen2, you have to buy from AUSSIE resellers.

A well written guide that's been around for past couple of years however the links to the 32A Gen2 UMC tail on bottom of pg6 are broken. Alternative online resellers exist, the cheapest I have found is here for 32A 5 pin and here for 32A 3 pin.

Yes - not just Hyundai's.

Using the UMC as your nightly charging solution is fine, I did that myself for first year or so of ownership. Of greater concern is that when you are out and about and can enjoy some opportunistic charging care of a friendly power-point, you can't because your UMC is at home..... no worries I...

and serious spend. 32A 3pin outlets are rare so the 240V 32A connector tail (3pin single phase) tail will hardly (aka never) be used, This alternative doesn't have automatic plug recognition but setting the charging current in the car manually takes seconds, and comes with only the tails...