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Setec CCS to Tesla Adapter
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FMinMI
Member
How long did it take from order to receipt? Was there any customs fees that had to be paid?
Exelion
Member
I also ordered direct from Setec. Took a week, via UPS and no customs paid (as it was under $800.00). Looking at your location you will not have to pay customs either.
I ordered mine back in March and it arrived in San Diego in about 10 Days.
Reddy_KW
Member
So I finally got my car back from the service center after waiting on parts for about a month. Looks like the adapter caused some pretty good damage, but the repairs were free since I’m still under warranty. I did not tell them about the adapter.
following items were replaced :
Charger port MCU
Charge port to PCS (onboard charger) HV cable
Charge port to Battery HV cable
PCS (power conversion system)
following items were replaced :
Charger port MCU
Charge port to PCS (onboard charger) HV cable
Charge port to Battery HV cable
PCS (power conversion system)
El joe
Active Member
That's pretty terrifying -- stupid question: Would you use it again?
And sorry if I missed this, but did you contact SETEC and if so, what was their response?
scottf200
Well-Known Member
So it is surprising that Tesla service did not want to know all the details about where you were charging at the time it occurred? (home, Supercharger, friends dryer plug, chademo adapter, etc).
Yeah, I would hope that they would look at the logs and try to figure out what happened, and how they can prevent it. But maybe they can't. Maybe the adapter negotiated J1772 to send AC and then sent DC which fried things. But they probably won't spend a lot of time on this unless it becomes more common. (Which is Setec does their job wouldn't continue to happen.)
Exelion
Member
That is the reason I’m fully behind Setec prioritizing the compatibility of all the CCS1 brands out there (like greenlots!) over the *speed* of their charging adapter.
As secondary (emergency) charging equipment, I’m glad enough as it is at 50kW max.
As secondary (emergency) charging equipment, I’m glad enough as it is at 50kW max.
Reddy_KW
Member
Yea you are correct. I just got greedy. I would probably use it again at the 50KW speed if I was in a pinch.
For anyone experimenting and has EA DC FCs near them, maybe you want to wait until Thursday, April 22nd for free juice: Electrify America NEWSROOM.
I would buy this device if @Reddy_KW hadn't fried his car. Although it does seem that the developers of this product are taking quality issues seriously.
I think I now understand the reasons why Tesla hasn't released a CCS1 adapter. I do hope the have designed the V2 superchargers to allow the attachment of both Tesla and CCS1 cords.
I think I now understand the reasons why Tesla hasn't released a CCS1 adapter. I do hope the have designed the V2 superchargers to allow the attachment of both Tesla and CCS1 cords.
ccdisce
EBISU like
The V150 FW rev has been released, maybe it is now working.
The crazy postman was unable to blow up has M3 recently and it did not work on the ccs plugs that he tried.
It seams like in the two instances we've heard about the adapter damaging the car, the user was using or had used the experimental >50kw firmware.
Exelion
Member
The experimental firmware (v149) wasn’t even found on the website, a person had to actually dig around to obtain it. Seeing how that one can brick a car, I don’t see much demand for it.
At that time, the latest firmware on the website was v141, which I used successfully so far at Chargepoint, EVGo, and Electrify America by Volkswagon (EAV). I was unsuccessful at Greenlots.
Now that v150 is on the website I may try that greenlots again to see if it works.
At that time, the latest firmware on the website was v141, which I used successfully so far at Chargepoint, EVGo, and Electrify America by Volkswagon (EAV). I was unsuccessful at Greenlots.
Now that v150 is on the website I may try that greenlots again to see if it works.
Thanks. Two is really not a great track record. The number of units sold is probably in the hundreds. Some/most units sold probably haven't been used yet. Some failures damaging the car would not be reported online at all.
Frying the charging ability of the car while traveling and in a low SOC would be a major bummer. I would be at least 200 miles from home if I'm using this CCS adapter.
I know Chademo is finicky, but has anyone heard of damage from that adapter use? I haven't. Like other people here I'm fine with 50kw max.
That's kind of a ridiculous scenario, though. I don't think anyone who is on a real practical traveling trip would be trying to run experiments with questionable, non-production firmware versions. Someone would be doing that near where they live while not on a trip.
The users who damaged their cars didn't write the firmware. The developers posted the firmware you call questionable and obviously didn't understand the implications of their code changes. Lots of volts and amps in play here. This isn't just some app that crashed disappointingly on a new release.
What else do the developers not understand? Did the two cars that got fried also damage other components in their battery packs?
Note that Reddy_KW had pulled down experimental firmware and not the firmware that was generally available. It was clear that he was not using the released version.
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