What happened to the Tesla Wall Connector with the NEMA 14-50 plug?

[Antares Nebula]

What happened to the Tesla Wall Connector with the NEMA 14-50 plug?

See:

New Tesla Home Charging Station Offers Faster Charging, Plus You Can Take It With You | CleanTechnica
Tesla unveils first home charging station that can be plugged into a wall outlet – TechCrunch
Tesla launches new Wall Connector with NEMA 14-50 plug - Electrek

Did Tesla discontinue it? And if so why? Or low inventory?? (It was just introduced in January!)

If discontinued, then I guess the choices for fast home charging (as far as Tesla products go) are the mobile charger with a NEMA 14-50 plug and 230V connection, or Tesla Wall Connector hardwired version also with a 230V connection, correct?

Thanks!

(I looked and didn't see, but if there is another post or thread, simply point me there. Thank you.)

 

[IraB]

The Tesla mobile charger will only do 32A. The Tesla wall charger will do 48A. The Tesla corded mobile connector, which has a 14-50 plug, will do 40A. Those appear to be the only choices currently from Tesla. Other 14-50 options include the Juice Box and the Openevse chargers. I just got and built the Openevse charger. It seems to work very well. Note that all 14-50 chargers will max out at 40A as the 14-50 socket and supporting wiring is rated at 50A total and continuous loads must be at no more than 80% of max. To work at 48A, the Tesla wall charger needs a circuit breaker and supporting wiring rated at 60A.

 

[willow_hiller]

No official word on why it disappeared. Our sales rep had never even heard of the Wall Connector with the 14-50 plug. I do have a guess on why they were discontinued, however.

Evidently for proper outdoor 14-50 outlet installations, it should be GFCI. And I've read that even with the mobile connector, the ground fault protection in the connector can interfere with the GFCI and they can trip each other. I imagine this would also be the case with the plug-in wall connector, and Tesla didn't want this to become a common problem.

 

[glide]

As others have mentioned, the Tesla charger was not built to spec and they pulled it.

Good news is you can build your own if you’re semi-competent with electrical wiring.

 

[TexasEV]

What happened to the Tesla Wall Connector with the NEMA 14-50 plug?

See:

New Tesla Home Charging Station Offers Faster Charging, Plus You Can Take It With You | CleanTechnica
Tesla unveils first home charging station that can be plugged into a wall outlet – TechCrunch
Tesla launches new Wall Connector with NEMA 14-50 plug - Electrek

Did Tesla discontinue it? And if so why? Or low inventory?? (It was just introduced in January!)

If discontinued, then I guess the choices for fast home charging (as far as Tesla products go) are the mobile charger with a NEMA 14-50 plug and 230V connection, or Tesla Wall Connector hardwired version also with a 230V connection, correct?

Close but not quite. It’s called the Universal Mobile Connector (not charger, the charger is in the car). And it’s 240V, not 230V.

 

[willow_hiller]

It's back in stock, if you're still interested!

Wall Connector with 14-50 Plug

 

[ReddykwRun]

What happened to the Tesla Wall Connector with the NEMA 14-50 plug?

See:

New Tesla Home Charging Station Offers Faster Charging, Plus You Can Take It With You | CleanTechnica
Tesla unveils first home charging station that can be plugged into a wall outlet – TechCrunch
Tesla launches new Wall Connector with NEMA 14-50 plug - Electrek

Did Tesla discontinue it? And if so why? Or low inventory?? (It was just introduced in January!)

If discontinued, then I guess the choices for fast home charging (as far as Tesla products go) are the mobile charger with a NEMA 14-50 plug and 230V connection, or Tesla Wall Connector hardwired version also with a 230V connection, correct?

Thanks!

(I looked and didn't see, but if there is another post or thread, simply point me there. Thank you.)

Last time I spit into that big outlet on the wall there it lit me up with 240 volts, das 120 twice (North American Standard) ( In my best Sling Blade voice)

 

[DavidElg]

Very cool that this has returned to the store. It's likely not worth it for those already using a 14-50 and the UMC, but for $500 you'll get a bump up to 38 mi/hr charging, be able to keep the UMC in the car, and save money on hiring an electrician to install the thing.

 

[sduck]

Yes! Ordered immediately last night when I heard about it. I do just enough road trips that I'd rather just keep the UMC in the car. And the extra 2 feet of cord will be very handy.

 

[evM3Sekar]

HPWC with NEMA 14-50 will pull in 40A compared to 32A by UMC NEMA 14-50. You get 25% more power than UMC.

 

[Eugr]

Yes! Ordered immediately last night when I heard about it. I do just enough road trips that I'd rather just keep the UMC in the car. And the extra 2 feet of cord will be very handy.

Same. Ordered on Saturday late evening, it got shipped on Sunday and will be delivered tomorrow (Tuesday).
I've ordered a few other items and they are also coming on Tuesday, but in separate packages...

 

[sduck]

Same. Ordered on Saturday late evening, it got shipped on Sunday and will be delivered tomorrow (Tuesday).
I've ordered a few other items and they are also coming on Tuesday, but in separate packages...

You got a shipping notice? I thought they didn't do that. At least I've never gotten one.

 

[Eugr]

You got a shipping notice? I thought they didn't do that. At least I've never gotten one.

Yep, in the email, with tracking number.

 

[Eugr]

... and delivered. I'm impressed, the store actually worked as intended - maybe they finally fixed their processes?

 

[sduck]

I doubt it. I only got a confirmation email that I've ordered it. And I ordered two days before you did.
(I've just emailed tesla about this)

 

[Eugr]

I doubt it. I only got a confirmation email that I've ordered it. And I ordered two days before you did.
(I've just emailed tesla about this)

Maybe it went to spam?
Here is how the email looks like (attached).

 

[sduck]

No, it was never sent. Just a few minutes after I sent my email, they sent me my tracking number, and yes, they had been sitting on it - it hasn't been shipped yet.

 

[P-Lo801]

Wow, I didn't know about this. I recently purchased a Gen1 corded mobile from a forum member, and would have gone with this instead had I known about it. Oh well, perhaps, I can just sell it here again and use that money to buy this one.

 

[SageBrush]

As others have mentioned, the Tesla charger was not built to spec and they pulled it.

What is the correct spec ?
Or, what do other vendors do that Tesla does not ?

Is it possible for an EVSE to play nice with both GFCI and GFCI-less outlets ?

 

[roshan]

I am a new owner and dont have the charging setup in the garage yet, as I am also going Solar with Tesla soon they offered Wall connecter for free but I have to pay $1000 for installation... so is going with Tesla wall connecter better or Wall connecter with 15-40 plug is better?