I traded in a 2020 Prius Prime Limited for a Model Y. I had a Prius forum member make a custom cable pigtail that plugged into my NEMA 14-50 50A 240V receptacle and ended in a 5-15 socket. The two blades in the plug were wired to the two sides of the socket providing 240V. This worked because the Prius Prime charging circuitry was dual voltage aware.
The pigtail plug end is a little more flexible and plugs into my outdoor receptacle. I bought a true 14-50 extension cord to use with the MY but the cable is so stiff I don't have clearance to plug into the socket. If I use the 5-15 socket and a heavy extension cord with ordinary 120V plug and socket ends, I was able to get 240V to the Prius charger. Can I use the Tesla Mobile Charger with the 5-15 dongle that comes with the mobile charger and plug this into the socket end of my extension cord, and the plug end of the extension into the socket end of my custom 240V cable adapter?
Will the Tesla charging electronics sense the 240V nature of the connected wire even when I am not using the official 240V 14-50 Tesla dongle. I bought one of these already but the Tesla mobile charger cable is too short to reach from my townhome parking place to my patio where the receptacle is located.
I am having an electrician come to fix the outside receptacle box so the standard extension works but in the meantime I was hoping to get faster at-home charging.
This is a weird setup and I don't want to damage the Tesla charger. But I have 240V/50A available but the extension cord I bought won't work currently because the cable is too thick. This older setup worked for the Prius that only has a 5-15 plug on it's mobile charger.
The pigtail plug end is a little more flexible and plugs into my outdoor receptacle. I bought a true 14-50 extension cord to use with the MY but the cable is so stiff I don't have clearance to plug into the socket. If I use the 5-15 socket and a heavy extension cord with ordinary 120V plug and socket ends, I was able to get 240V to the Prius charger. Can I use the Tesla Mobile Charger with the 5-15 dongle that comes with the mobile charger and plug this into the socket end of my extension cord, and the plug end of the extension into the socket end of my custom 240V cable adapter?
Will the Tesla charging electronics sense the 240V nature of the connected wire even when I am not using the official 240V 14-50 Tesla dongle. I bought one of these already but the Tesla mobile charger cable is too short to reach from my townhome parking place to my patio where the receptacle is located.
I am having an electrician come to fix the outside receptacle box so the standard extension works but in the meantime I was hoping to get faster at-home charging.
This is a weird setup and I don't want to damage the Tesla charger. But I have 240V/50A available but the extension cord I bought won't work currently because the cable is too thick. This older setup worked for the Prius that only has a 5-15 plug on it's mobile charger.