Comment by mprime1
15 hours ago
There are some restrictions.
I had the foolish idea of installing a Tesla charger at home to charge my Bolt. I’ve been unable to ever use it.
The wall charger works fine with Teslas. My car and adapter charge fine at Tesla superchargers.
But the home Tesla charger refuses to charge my Bolt. (Yes I disabled vehicle restrictions and tried all sorts of combinations of settings for weeks before giving up. Tesla support was useless of course)
Restriction or bug, same difference.
They make a "universal charger" for this express purpose. It even has the adapter embedded in the holster, so you can either grab just the NACS connector, or the connector + J1772 adapter in one smooth motion.
Just don't try to use that adapter on another NACS connector like the Mobile Connector, it'll get stuck and you'll have to do some magnet shenanigans to get it off (ask me how I know...)
NACS on Level 2 has the same number of pins, but speaks a different protocol than J1772, so just a normal "dumb" adapter won't work. You either need a Connector that can speak J1772, or a TeslaTap.
Really gross. I have a gen 1 charger and it's dumb as bricks. Basically just a giant relay.
I guess I could see why you might want to restrict who can use your charger, but I really prefer the "dumb as bricks" version I currently have.