It’s really a little bit more involved than that. One has to be able to get to the box first. And Possibly unplug power to be cautious. I can understand some people would rather have someone else do that.
If this combo AC/DC adapter is passive (which it is given the price) it is dangerous. The NACS connector use the same pins for both AC and DC, while CCS1 and J1772 have separate pins. If the adapters just connect both the AC and the DC pins in the CCS1/J1772 side to the NCAS side it meansd the AC and the DC pins of the CCS1/J1772 side are connected. Therefore, when you AC charge with J1772 the DC pins, which are not blocked by the J1772, become live.
Where are you getting these numbers from? ‘32A and 150kW’? If tesla puts out a product rated for a certain performance, it is okay to use up rated performance.
hopefully, that is just ignorance on the part of the service advisor, and HOPEFULLY, it’s not just false marketing to get ppl to upgrade.. that would truly be lame.
I didnt think so. Im still new to how the charging system and the supercharger network works on a hardware level. The other thing he mentioned, not sure if its true, the car does not actively cool the battery when connected to the Wall Connector, only when super charging? So if I were to get an older wall connector capable of putting out 80amps and since my Model s is a dual onboard charger it should be able to charge at 80 amps, I would be possibly degrading the battery quicker charging it at 80amps due to the excess heat, since it doesn't actively cool?
Sounds like more nonsense. 80 Amps at 240 V is still a slow charge rate of about C/4, which will not degrade the battery. It also will not generate much heat, so cooling is probably not needed. If the battery is cold, it will use AC power to warm the battery when charging. If cooling were needed, say due to driving hard in a very hot environment prior to charging, then I would expect battery cooling to turn on.
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