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m463yesterday at 11:16 PM4 repliesview on HN

I don't think there are any restrictions. I think j1772 might just work with an adapter (adapt from the nacs plug to the j1772 plug)

I thought tesla even made a j1772 native wall connector.


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gwbas1ctoday at 1:14 PM

> I thought tesla even made a j1772 native wall connector.

At least a few years ago, they would openly recommend it for non-Teslas.

I thought NACS brought some changes to Level 1 and 2 that aren't backwards compatible with J1772? I know there's an oddball voltage in there so you can put a NACS charger on a lamppost where J1772 would require a transformer; but I didn't think there were protocol issues too.

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mprime1today at 2:34 AM

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.

akerl_yesterday at 11:35 PM

Can confirm. I've used an adapter to charge 2 different non-Tesla cars off my wall connector.

adamsb6yesterday at 11:52 PM

I use my Gen 1 Tesla Wall Connectors to charge my NACS-native Lucid Gravity.