Question for you all. Kinda at my wits end with this one, it just doesn't make any sense to me.
I have had the issue of my Tesla charger dropping down to 16 amps from 32 amps after 30 minutes due to high outlet temperature. Turns out the usual culprit is the crappy Home Depot special Leviton 14-50 outlets that get installed. They're weak, aluminum and copper, and can't handle sustained 240V 32 amps for hours on end.
I decided to upgrade to the highly recommended industrial grade Bryant 14-50. It's obviously of tremendously higher quality, copper everything.
The one thing is... I can't get my Tesla charger to work with it. I get an instant red light on the T of the Tesla mobile charger. When I plug my multimeter into the left and right terminals, I get 230V immediately.
I had to change the box to get the new 14-50 to fit, and thought perhaps I had a grounding issue.
According to the Tesla Mobile Charger manual, no green lights and 2 red flashes = Ground Loss.
To rule things out, I decided to just reinstall the crap Leviton.
Low and behold, boom. All green and all good on the Tesla charger.
What could be wrong here?
Here's my wiring on the new Bryant unit:
And here are the terminals on the old crappy Leviton:
I have had the issue of my Tesla charger dropping down to 16 amps from 32 amps after 30 minutes due to high outlet temperature. Turns out the usual culprit is the crappy Home Depot special Leviton 14-50 outlets that get installed. They're weak, aluminum and copper, and can't handle sustained 240V 32 amps for hours on end.
I decided to upgrade to the highly recommended industrial grade Bryant 14-50. It's obviously of tremendously higher quality, copper everything.
The one thing is... I can't get my Tesla charger to work with it. I get an instant red light on the T of the Tesla mobile charger. When I plug my multimeter into the left and right terminals, I get 230V immediately.
I had to change the box to get the new 14-50 to fit, and thought perhaps I had a grounding issue.
According to the Tesla Mobile Charger manual, no green lights and 2 red flashes = Ground Loss.
To rule things out, I decided to just reinstall the crap Leviton.
Low and behold, boom. All green and all good on the Tesla charger.
What could be wrong here?
Here's my wiring on the new Bryant unit:
And here are the terminals on the old crappy Leviton: