Just tried the A2Z adapter today. It worked flawlessly and at the peak I got 138kW on EA 150kW station. So far so good.
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CCS - buy now or wait?
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Ditto. Just got A2 Z CCS adapter and tried it for first time at an EV go in preparation for our first road trip to Tofino. Worked great.
Coincidence. We are at little qualicum falls campground right now. We have been using our A2Z adapter regularly on this trip. Headed for ucluelet today pulling our trailer. Couldn’t do it without an adapter.
Good to know. Hoping the DC charger at Pacific Rim center will hold us for week in Tofino.
You are good to go. We sucked up about 10 Kwh of electrons while we were checking out the visitors centre and getting some local info.
Oh, and quite the road between port Alberni and Ucluelet. Crazy twisty and turny, lots to see and good pullouts for exploring, very steep grades and about 16 kilometres of construction. If you are pulling a trailer take your time and all will be fine.
Good luck.
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Thanks so much for the beta. Good luck on the rest of your trip.
bradtem
Robocar consultant
The charger in Uclulet isn't great. Took me a while to get working. Sometimes there is some food across the highway you can get to eat while charging, but you can have a picnic in your teardrop so it will be OK. But there are sure nicer places to have a picnic around there!
With your reduced range you will need to stop there a few times. There's also some level 2 charging at the docks where the kayak tours go from, which is handy if it's not full -- it was full when we went kayaking.
We actually only stopped to charge here while we were getting info from the visitors centre, really just to confirm serviceability of the charger for the other poster as we didn’t really need to charge. We were getting around 47 kw using the A2Z adapter. Maybe 15 minutes. Then we found our campground and plugged in overnight. We are at 80 percent and ready to explore up the coast. We are here for a few days and then headed for comox. We’ll charge at port Alberni for a while and then on to the campground in Comox.
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bradtem
Robocar consultant
Oh, duh -- of course you would be going to campgrounds. Sadly, a lot of campgrounds in BC only have TT-30. Yeah, I charged at the Walmart in Port Alberni, needed the shopping anyway. There's decent charging to be had up the east side of the island.
Yah that charge site in port Alberni is kind of trailer friendly as well depending on how busy the parking lot is.
We almost always camp at 30 amp sites. We bought the TT30 adapter for the tesla MCU so we get about a 3 kw charge. Good enough for a decent charge overnight and certainly good enough if we are in one spot for more than a day, which is quite often.
Cheers.
bradtem
Robocar consultant
2 nights no problem. But overnight, with 10-12 hour stay should not get you much more than 100 to 120 miles or just 50 with the trailer. Better than nothing but not enough to trek through many areas. I also carry a TT-30 adapter but have only used it twice. The first time I tried, it didn't work and I was mad but it turned out the pedestals were broken, not the adapter! I don't have the aftermarket adapter, just the cheaper TT-30 to 14-50 EV version which does require special care to turn down to 24a. Tesla should do that on its own, realizing that there is no source of 120v at more than 30a to be found.
Yah. With the proper adapter it automatically limits to 24 amps. And if the voltage is under 111 volts it will further limit to 18 amps.
And yes it would take a full day of charging if empty but we seldom arrive anywhere less than 25 percent. Our trailer is a 30 amp trailer so we generally never rent 50 amp 240 volt sites. It hasn’t been a issue so far for us and we have toured at least half of Canada with our little combo. Way fun.
Officially available from Tesla us shop.
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CCS Combo 1 Adapter
Expand your fast charging options with the Tesla CCS Combo 1 Adapter. The adapter offers charging speeds up to 250kW and can be used at third-party charging networks. The CCS Combo 1 Adapter is compatible with most Tesla vehicles. Some vehicles may require a retrofit to enable use of the CCS...
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What's the over/under on days before it sells out?Officially available from Tesla us shop.
CCS Combo 1 Adapter
Expand your fast charging options with the Tesla CCS Combo 1 Adapter. The adapter offers charging speeds up to 250kW and can be used at third-party charging networks. The CCS Combo 1 Adapter is compatible with most Tesla vehicles. Some vehicles may require a retrofit to enable use of the CCS...
What's the over/under on days before it sells out?
Not sure but it seems like a presale, with orders shipping within two weeks.
Very very glad I waited on this one, since the third party options are the same or more expensive.
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