Leviton upgrades their NEMA 14-50 receptacle - more robust, less risk of failure

[Big Earl]

Leviton Introduces 50A Heavy Duty EV Charging Receptacle

/PRNewswire/ -- Leviton today announced the introduction of its new industrial grade 50 Amp Heavy Duty EV Charging Receptacle. The device is the ideal solution...

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Leviton has made significant upgrades to their NEMA 14-50 receptacle. Details in the article.

This appears to make it roughly equivalent to Hubbell, Cooper and Bryant brand receptacles, both in cost and durability.

 

[davewill]

Cute little car charging logo on it. Hopefully electricians will stop installing the old ones.

 

[CO MY]

My 1450R came without the cute EV logo, which appears on the Hubbell and Leviton product marketing pages.

More importantly, UL and other testing for NEMA 14-50 have nothing specific to address the EV loads and higher insertion rates compared to appliances. So, we have marketing claims with no standards to put meaning to a recognizable EV logo, which will be nice to have so we can see that we have the Leviton 1450R/W vs. a "279" Leviton receptacle.

Electricians are driven by the NEC, so be sure to require a quality receptacle from your electrician [Hubbell HBL9450A etc.], who will bid appropriately vs. using a sketchy HomeDepot spare they have in the van.

Even without the logo, my 1450R is working. But that's not the history the Hubbell / Bryant parts have.