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What plug is this ?
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stopcrazypp
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Looks to be this, very common at RV sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEMA_connector#NEMA_TT.E2.80.9330
Unfortunately there is no official adapter, but people have tried unofficial solution (keep in mind it is a 120V).
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/18898-NEMA-TT-30
green1
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Standard TT30, it does up to 30A at 120V and is pretty common in many RV parks (especially older ones)
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DOH! beat me to it!
Sorry Just found out what it was
NEMA TT–30 is a 30 A, 125 V outlet
I cant believe it is only 125 v
because the car can only charge 12 amps at 125 volt
enough for ac ? over night .
NEMA TT–30 is a 30 A, 125 V outlet
I cant believe it is only 125 v
because the car can only charge 12 amps at 125 volt
enough for ac ? over night .
green1
Active Member
Shouldn't the car do 16A at 120V? (TESLA does have an adapter for 120v 20A outlets, 80% of which would be 16A, not 12A) Others here may know if there's a way to convince the car to go even higher (If you have 30A available, you might as well do 24A)
As for power, yeah, it kinda sucks, but you know what they say, any power is better than no power...
Thank You All for the quick replies, this is truly an awesome car with awesome support people!
I am going with this
NEMA 14-50R to TT-30P RV Plug Adapter
Great place for future adapters
I am going with this
NEMA 14-50R to TT-30P RV Plug Adapter
Great place for future adapters
Keep in mind you'll be limited to either 20A or 24A. Since it's only going to be 120VAC, you'll get 6-8mph charge. It's better than 120V@12A, though!
If you had access to two TT-30 outlets, you could use a combiner and get 240V@24A. You just have to make sure they are on different legs.
If you had access to two TT-30 outlets, you could use a combiner and get 240V@24A. You just have to make sure they are on different legs.
Cottonwood
Roadster#433, Model S#S37
With this adapter, NEMA 14-50R to TT-30P Plug Adapter, you can charge at 120 Volts and 24 Amps (20 Amps on older Model S's). The standard RV TT-30 to 14-50 adapter for RV's will not work for a Tesla; you get nothing.
There is a whole set of adapters, Adapters For Tesla Model S; just be careful that you know what you are doing...
There is a whole set of adapters, Adapters For Tesla Model S; just be careful that you know what you are doing...
Campsites are the last place you want to use one of those devices because of the higher chance of failure. Those combine devices can end up being the return path for entire pedestals. See my FAQ (signature) for more information.
Because the UMC wants 240V across both legs of the NEMA 14-50. The 'dog bone' adapter just puts 120V on one half of the 14-50 with one hot leg giving potential over neutral and the other leg is not energized at all.
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Not always... It is inconsistent. Some dog bones are like the one in the picture.
Some more talk of RV weirdness here:
Using electrical adapters for your RV
The situation is fairly 'sucky'. They sell all these adapters that you can plug together and easily overload the circuit. You can buy a NEMA5-15 to TT-30 adapter and then a TT-30 to NEMA14-50 adapter and plug a whole 100amp RV worth of stuff into a 15amp circuit. They say things like "make sure not to turn on your air-conditioner unless you know what you are doing." I think some people treat this as "turn things on until the circuit breaker trips" to know how much current you can get away with. It is no wonder that many sockets in RV parks are in sad condition.
50 Amp Wiring Modification
RVers sometimes create wacky cables trying to extract all the power they can from those pedestals:
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The return path for the entire pedestal? If the pedestal only has 120VAC going to it, how is that a problem? If the pedestal has a 14-50R on it, the OP probably wouldn't be playing with the TT30, now would they?
All of the ones I've seen that have a TT30 and a 5-15 duplex, only have a single 30A single pole breaker going to them.
The return path for the entire pedestal? If the pedestal only has 120VAC going to it, how is that a problem? If the pedestal has a 14-50R on it, the OP probably wouldn't be playing with the TT30, now would they?
All of the ones I've seen that have a TT30 and a 5-15 duplex, only have a single 30A single pole breaker going to them.
If you use two different pedestals that are on opposite legs with one of those combiners, you can end up with a situation where the combiner becomes a parallel return path for the neutral conductor on one of the pedestals; that, or with a neutral failure in one of the pedestals you'll end up with the normally-grounded guts of the combiner floating at 120V. I detailed the scenario previously here.
Bottom line: the combiners are dangerous. Do it the right way.
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