Lockout on Tesla Wall Connector?

[cscott]

I live in a city and will be installing my Wall Connector outside in a publicly-accessible space. Is there some sort of locking feature on the Wall Connector cable that would prevent others from surreptitiously using my charger "for free" while I'm away?

If not, it looks like I'd be looking at installing a ChargePoint Home charger, which would let me turn on/off the charger on a schedule (or from a phone app), so it would only be supplying volts while I'm at home and occupying the parking space. But that seems like overkill for the task -- can anyone suggest an alternate (cheaper?) charger which has an external "load management" interface that would let me easily enable/disable the charger when I'm away from home?

 

[MP3Mike]

I live in a city and will be installing my Wall Connector outside in a publicly-accessible space. Is there some sort of locking feature on the Wall Connector cable that would prevent others from surreptitiously using my charger "for free" while I'm away?

If not, it looks like I'd be looking at installing a ChargePoint Home charger, which would let me turn on/off the charger on a schedule (or from a phone app), so it would only be supplying volts while I'm at home and occupying the parking space. But that seems like overkill for the task -- can anyone suggest an alternate (cheaper?) charger which has an external "load management" interface that would let me easily enable/disable the charger when I'm away from home?

Why not just put a disconnect box next to the WC and have a padlock on it. You just open the box and turn it off when you want. (Flip the breaker.) Depending on local code, etc. a disconnect box is required anyhow.

 

[BrokerDon]

These could be possible solutions since I believe they would allow scheduled and remote controlled charging operation:

JuiceBox:
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Commercial: Electric Motor Werks, Inc. - Commercial JuiceBox EVSE These provide:

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I have 9 Wiser Energy Smart Plugs controlled by a Wiser Energy Coordinator that allow me to turn on/off individual connected appliances / power strips using Wiser Energy Monitor Pro iOS app including scheduling. They also provide each Smart Plug's energy consumption... Very useful to see where your energy hogs / vampires are.

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[BigAirHarper]

Why not just put a disconnect box next to the WC and have a padlock on it. You just open the box and turn it off when you want. (Flip the breaker.) Depending on local code, etc. a disconnect box is required anyhow.

This would by far be the easiest.

 

[cscott]

Disconnect is in the basement. Don't want to deal with that every time I park, although the "Schneider Electric Wiser Large Load Controller and Disconnect" that brokerdon suggested would work. It's $750, though (!) and home depot indicates it's been discontinued.

BrokenDon's suggestion of the JuiceBox was appropriate and helpful, too, thanks for that.

We currently rent out four parking spaces adjacent to ours. We'd eventually like to outfit them to allow renters with EVs to charge overnight in their spots. Installing charge point chargers though would impose a $20/month service fee on our renters, though. It would be nice to find something with less overhead.

Looks like something like the JuiceBox would let us put the chargers on a timer to casually discourage squatters (while allowing us to remotely enable the outlet first plug sharers who have made prior arrangements with us) and also monitor electricity usage to keep tabs on how much power our renters are using, without imposing a steep monthly service fee.

Can anyone offer other suggestions along those lines?

 

[cscott]

Relatedly: I seem to remember that one of the plug sharing apps let you volunteer your charger only for specific times of the day. So we could post our personal EV spot for community use only Tuesday/Thursday 10am-4pm or something like that. Can anyone remind me what app and/or network allows that?

 

[Rocky_H]

Relatedly: I seem to remember that one of the plug sharing apps let you volunteer your charger only for specific times of the day. So we could post our personal EV spot for community use only Tuesday/Thursday 10am-4pm or something like that. Can anyone remind me what app and/or network allows that?

Just write it in the description of the listing on Plugshare. I don't know of any app or anything that handles enforcement of stuff like that.

 

[miimura]

Clipper Creek ChargeGuard Simple Access Control. It's a $78 option on their HCS line of EVSE that adds a simple key to the side of the EVSE that allows / disallows charging.

ChargeGuard Access Control Kit | ClipperCreek

 

[GJ79]

I live in a city and will be installing my Wall Connector outside in a publicly-accessible space. Is there some sort of locking feature on the Wall Connector cable that would prevent others from surreptitiously using my charger "for free" while I'm away?

If not, it looks like I'd be looking at installing a ChargePoint Home charger, which would let me turn on/off the charger on a schedule (or from a phone app), so it would only be supplying volts while I'm at home and occupying the parking space. But that seems like overkill for the task -- can anyone suggest an alternate (cheaper?) charger which has an external "load management" interface that would let me easily enable/disable the charger when I'm away from home?

Why not put a sign up and allow emergency use for a fellow tesla owner. I think most of us are/would be reasonable and not use it if not desperately needed. You might be happy someday if you get a charge from someone. Try it out a month or two, I am sure it would not hurt your bank....