I've got a good friend who's been a motion picture electrician (gaffer) for 30 years or more, and I enlisted his help to modify one of my 70A HPC so it can be hauled around in my trunk on a planned road trip. The idea is to carry every major brand of breaker for either the 40A system or the 70A so I can unscrew the cover on a breaker panel in any American home or business and pop in my own connection to run up to 50' out to my Tesla where the portable HPC or 40A connector will charge it up at a high rate. He's such a pro, he did an absolutely smashing job and prepared it exactly as I requested. Everything is super heavy-duty and way over-engineered. Here are some pictures. First, here's the finished modified unit, where the hook for the connector has been removed along with the cable holder, the output cable has been moved to the side, the original hole plugged (with a waterproof plug), and three camlock connectors have been put into the recessed region where the the connector hook used to be.
Close-up of the camlocks, which mate with an extended cable my buddy is making for me right now, which will be 50' long:
Next, the inside view, where I wish I could show you close-up details of how the new lugs and connectors were so professionally treated, covered with double heat-shrink, and locked in place with stainless lock washers and aircraft nuts.
Here it is inside the trunk, where there's plenty of clearance above. Included is a camera bag containing some other items that are part of the package...
Inside the bag, so far I have these breakers (three of the most common types found in US homes and businesses):
In addition, here's more stuff I've had prepared that stashes in another of the bag's compartments... an in-line breaker with camlocks (in case I can't put a breaker in a box and have to tie-in using clips) and an outlet for use with the 40A charger, which can be carried as an alternative to the 70A one:
Here's how much room is left in the trunk:
Close-up of the camlocks, which mate with an extended cable my buddy is making for me right now, which will be 50' long:
Next, the inside view, where I wish I could show you close-up details of how the new lugs and connectors were so professionally treated, covered with double heat-shrink, and locked in place with stainless lock washers and aircraft nuts.
Here it is inside the trunk, where there's plenty of clearance above. Included is a camera bag containing some other items that are part of the package...
Inside the bag, so far I have these breakers (three of the most common types found in US homes and businesses):
In addition, here's more stuff I've had prepared that stashes in another of the bag's compartments... an in-line breaker with camlocks (in case I can't put a breaker in a box and have to tie-in using clips) and an outlet for use with the 40A charger, which can be carried as an alternative to the 70A one:
Here's how much room is left in the trunk: