2017 S P100D Gen 2 Wall Charger moving to new home?

[seamuseg1]

2017 Model S
Moving and looking for advice. Should I bring my Gen 2 wall charger or buy the new Gen 3 with it’s lower charging amps? Plan on keeping my 2017 for another 2yrs.

 

[JimmyB]

Bring the Gen2 - they're like hens' teeth on the used market atm.

 

[Rocky_H]

Absolutely bring that. The Gen2 is a better product and definitely worth more than the Gen3.

 

[OliverM3]

I thought they were both max 48amps it only listed up to 100amps for two and plug share?

 

[Rocky_H]

I thought they were both max 48amps it only listed up to 100amps for two and plug share?

No, the Gen1 and Gen2 were big beefy ones that could always be used on up to a 100A circuit and provide 80A continuous. There were awesome, bulletproof products. The Gen2 introduced the circuit sharing ability, but they could always be used for 80A by themselves anyway. The Gen3 was a really annoying step down: less reliable and only 48A maximum supply. That was frustrating some people who still had or were buying used Teslas that still should have been able to use 72A or 80A.

 

[OliverM3]

No, the Gen1 and Gen2 were big beefy ones that could always be used on up to a 100A circuit and provide 80A continuous. There were awesome, bulletproof products. The Gen2 introduced the circuit sharing ability, but they could always be used for 80A by themselves anyway. The Gen3 was a really annoying step down: less reliable and only 48A maximum supply. That was frustrating some people who still had or were buying used Teslas that still should have been able to use 72A or 80A.

Gotcha from the chart when i was shopping
it looked like it only went to 44mph no matter the amps on the circuit Second Generation Wall Connector

I went with the Chargepoint flex 50 incase my wife ever went EV. She like Mini's

 

[Rocky_H]

Gotcha from the chart when i was shopping
it looked like it only went to 44mph no matter the amps on the circuit Second Generation Wall Connector

Limited by the capability of the onboard charger inside the car then. Notice that in the chart you linked? Each piece of equipment in the chain has its limit, and the lowest one has to be the limiting factor. So you can have a wall connect that can offer 80A, but if the car can only accept 48A, they will communicate, and the car will only ask for 48A. It's not a problem for the wall connector to have more available, but that car won't be able to make use of all of it.

 

[OliverM3]

Interesting I wonder why they went backwards? I guess the op could just take the wire and put a 14-50 or 6-50 outlet on it and take it with him. That way someone can just plug a corded charger in if they need to.

 

[seamuseg1]

Roger that!
Thx Jimmy

Bring the Gen2 - they're like hens' teeth on the used market atm.

 

[seamuseg1]

Thanks all, it’s coming with as I suspected.