Where to buy Tesla Wall Charger?

[1flossedm3]

Anyone know of a place that stocks Tesla Wall Charger? I'm buying a used 21/22 and need one ASAP to install at home. I found one on Amazon but its $500 and not a verified seller.

I checked Teslas site and I wasn't sure if ordering one it would take weeks as there is no expedited shipping option.

 

[jjrandorin]

Sometimes you can buy one from a tesla delivery / service center. Check for one of those by you and drive over and ask if they have one you can buy.

 

[1flossedm3]

Sometimes you can buy one from a tesla delivery / service center. Check for one of those by you and drive over and ask if they have one you can buy.

thank you!

 

[RayK]

@1flossedm3 Just FYI: when you ask Tesla service or a delivery center, be sure to call it a "Wall Connector" and not a "charger". I know I'm being "technical" about this but it's the accurate name for it. The charger is actually located within the car and not on the wall (or in the mobile connector).

 

[israndy]

Where is that pedant emoji?

 

[ucmndd]

Yeah, if you call it a wall charger they might not know what you’re taking about!

 

[Rocky_H]

Frequently it's being pedantic when it doesn't matter and I would agree there, but when going to a service center to ask to buy parts, this is a case where naming the correct part would be a good and useful thing.

 

[1flossedm3]

Had to buy off Amazon for a premium, NOONE had stock or would sell direct. Apparently common problem.

 

[Gauss Guzzler]

One time I tried to buy a Mobile Connector from the Ford dealership and the parts counter guy looked at me like I was some sort of fanboi who could only speak in marketing lingo. After much back and forth with the manager and several technicians it turned out that Ford had mistakenly mislabeled their connector with the word "charger" for some reason.

Dumbasses at the Hyundai dealership did the same thing. Don't people know that the charger is in the car? No one would ever refer to a phone connector as a phone "charger" and no one would ever call a countertop connector a "toothbrush charger" so why do so many folks think car connectors are "chargers"?

 

[Rocky_H]

No one would ever refer to a phone connector as a phone "charger" and no one would ever call a countertop connector a "toothbrush charger" so why do so many folks think car connectors are "chargers"?

Awwww, but this isn't a good analogy to try to make. In the car case, the AC to DC rectifier is in the car. When the car is DC charging, we say it is bypassing and not using the onboard charger. And so is the case with the phone "chargers". That external piece IS doing the AC to DC conversion outside of the phone and sending DC 5V into it. So that might be legitimate to say it is a phone or toothbrush charger.

 

[804son]

Charger / Connector.....I'm pretty sure he would know when service walks out with it that it is or is not what he wanted. Those two aren't going to look anything alike.

 

[drtimhill]

Dumbasses at the Hyundai dealership did the same thing. Don't people know that the charger is in the car? No one would ever refer to a phone connector as a phone "charger" and no one would ever call a countertop connector a "toothbrush charger" so why do so many folks think car connectors are "chargers"?

Actually, technically, the same mistake is made with phones. Most phone users would call the little box you plug into the wall with a USB connector on it a "charger" (or, for wireless charging, the "charging pad" they put the phone on), whereas in fact the true "charger" for the phone is inside the phone, just like it is for the car. If, that is, we assume by "charger" you mean the control logic that starts and stops the flow of energy into the battery.

 

[RayK]

Sorry I opened up this can of worms....