First Day Charging Experience

[DerekS]

I got it today at last!

We decided to make a mini road trip to the nearest EA charger and try it out. The first 350kw charger I tried refused to work. The second one did work (after 2 tries) but inexplicably stopped 10 minutes in, which was suboptimal. It was rated at up to 350kw but it ran just over 150kw...is that a normal experience?

I then took it home and hooked it up to a Tesla HPWC with a TeslaTap and...that didn't work either! I discovered that the problem was the general charging profile was set to 25% and we were over that. I wonder if that affected the fast DC charging too?

I need to enable Plug and Charge and give that station another try.

Onboard charging at home kinda sucks (1/2 the speed of the Tesla) presumably due to a slower onboard charger.

Anyway, a day of frustration/confusion mixed with some elation.

 

[atebit]

That’s a pretty awesome color!

What’s the amperage of your HPWC circuit? Did you spec the 19.2kW on-board charger? With David’s new 80A TeslaTap mini & my HPWC, so far I’ve seen the car demand nearly 18kW when topping off to 80%.

 

[DerekS]

That’s a pretty awesome color!

What’s the amperage of your HPWC circuit? Did you spec the 19.2kW on-board charger? With David’s new 80A TeslaTap mini & my HPWC, so far I’ve seen the car demand nearly 18kW when topping off to 80%.

Sadly no. I see just shy of 11kW on the 60 amp teslatap to a 48 amp wall connector on a 60 amp circuit.

 

[daveo4EV]

I got it today at last!

We decided to make a mini road trip to the nearest EA charger and try it out. The first 350kw charger I tried refused to work. The second one did work (after 2 tries) but inexplicably stopped 10 minutes in, which was suboptimal. It was rated at up to 350kw but it ran just over 150kw...is that a normal experience?

I then took it home and hooked it up to a Tesla HPWC with a TeslaTap and...that didn't work either! I discovered that the problem was the general charging profile was set to 25% and we were over that. I wonder if that affected the fast DC charging too?

I need to enable Plug and Charge and give that station another try.

Onboard charging at home kinda sucks (1/2 the speed of the Tesla) presumably due to a slower onboard charger.

Anyway, a day of frustration/confusion mixed with some elation.

• 25% minimum charge does not affect DC fast charging
• 11 kW (48 amp charging) is the standard factory option - this is behaving correctly for a home charger (like the Tesla Wall chargers)
• let us know how plug&charge works
• 150 kW for an EA station is pretty common - you won’t get more than that unless your battery is below 20-30% SOC…but I’ve owned Tesla‘s for 7 years, and the Taycan charges faster due to less tapering until 90% SOC - ignore the peak charging marketing number - this car rocks at charging with more than 150 kW charge rates deep into the 80% SOC range

congrats - beautiful color - my favorite other than my Blue…

 

[daveo4EV]

don’t be sad about not spec’ing he 19.2 kW charging - currently it is incompatible with Plug&Charge - you can have Plug&Charge _OR_ 19.2 kW charging - but currently you can’t have both.

 

[Torv]

I got it today at last!

We decided to make a mini road trip to the nearest EA charger and try it out. The first 350kw charger I tried refused to work. The second one did work (after 2 tries) but inexplicably stopped 10 minutes in, which was suboptimal. It was rated at up to 350kw but it ran just over 150kw...is that a normal experience?

I then took it home and hooked it up to a Tesla HPWC with a TeslaTap and...that didn't work either! I discovered that the problem was the general charging profile was set to 25% and we were over that. I wonder if that affected the fast DC charging too?

I need to enable Plug and Charge and give that station another try.

Onboard charging at home kinda sucks (1/2 the speed of the Tesla) presumably due to a slower onboard charger.

Anyway, a day of frustration/confusion mixed with some elation.

Stunning color and the same as mine which hopefully arrives in 6 days. Please keep us posted as to your charging experience. Like you, I too have a Tesla wall charger with a TeslaTap.

 

[DerekS]

The TeslaTap works pretty well but there are two limitations pushing me to install a NEMA.

1. It’s very hard to plug in and remove the Tesla plug.
2. In our garage setup the cable dragging around the wife’s car kinda sucks.

It does most definitely charge reliably though.

 

[atebit]

Do you disconnect your TT from the Tesla want frequently? I just leave mine connected all the time since the Taycan is the only EV now.

 

[DerekS]

Do you disconnect your TT from the Tesla want frequently? I just leave mine connected all the time since the Taycan is the only EV now.

Yes, my wife has a Model 3 and still needs it.

 

[daveo4EV]

ahhh the multi-ev household - recommend you consider installing two chargers - ClipperCreek makes some “share2” chargers -these chargers can “share” a single breaker - when two EV’s are charging they split the load - when one EV is charging it gets the “full” load - it will make things much much easier and can be installed on different sides of the garage for better cable management.

the ClipperCreek chargers will also charge the Tesla via the J-1772 adapter Tesla provides to every owner…

I own multiple EV’s also and couldn’t function with out my “shared” load EV chargers - it just makes things soooo much simpler.

 

[DerekS]

ahhh the multi-ev household - recommend you consider installing two chargers - ClipperCreek makes some “share2” chargers -these chargers can “share” a single breaker - when two EV’s are charging they split the load - when one EV is charging it gets the “full” load - it will make things much much easier and can be installed on different sides of the garage for better cable management.

the ClipperCreek chargers will also charge the Tesla via the J-1772 adapter Tesla provides to every owner…

I own multiple EV’s also and couldn’t function with out my “shared” load EV chargers - it just makes things soooo much simpler.

Absolutely the plan. The TeslaTap is a stopgap until the electrician shows up the 30th. We have enough breaker capacity for this NeMA 14-50 and after that we are done, they say!

 

[RBGtaycan]

The TeslaTap works pretty well but there are two limitations pushing me to install a NEMA.

1. It’s very hard to plug in and remove the Tesla plug.
2. In our garage setup the cable dragging around the wife’s car kinda sucks.

It does most definitely charge reliably though.

My Tesla tap came with some lube and recommended using it because of anticipated tight fit

 

[ithinkmac]

OK, the 12-year old boy in me can't stopped laughing.

-ThinkMac-

My Tesla tap came with some lube and recommended using it because of anticipated tight fit

 

[RBGtaycan]

OK, the 12-year old boy in me can't stopped laughing.

-ThinkMac-

dirty mind..I like it!

 

[dickp]

dirty mind..I like it!

K-Y Jelly would most likely work.

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