Mobile Charger Adaptor Question

The Ford mobile cord appears to me a "dumb" EVSE that will take [email protected] or [email protected] Again, for those that have to buy it for $500, DONT!

For $200 you can get the much more feature-rich Tesla mobile cord. This is an example of why.

With the FORD cord, you can get it plugged in to the very common TT-30R at your campsite with the right adaptor, but the cord will only draw [email protected], or 1300 watts.. With the much smarter Tesla cord and the appropriate adaptor, you will get [email protected]; 2600 watts. The Tesla EVSE can tell you are plugged into a 30a circuit, and will properly use 80% of it. The Tesla cord will also monitor voltage and heat, and back down it's draw instead of melting itself into a chard ball the way the Ford cords are famous for doing if the campground outlets are old.

Here is the NEMA bundle you can buy and use with the Tesla cord:


This is invaluable when camping and traveling to remote places where you really don't know what you will find as far as outlets (I travel a lot in Mexico). All the different dryer outlets, higher power 110 outlets, all ar covered except the ubiquitous TT-30R. I have been told that Tesla did not include the TT-30R because campground outlets are so notoriously bad. Not to worry, the aftermarket has you covered:


This completed my kit, and gets a lot of use. The Tesla EVSE sometimes backs the power down due to heat or voltage drop but being able to get 2600 watts out of the common campground 30a outlets is a powerful tool in my bag-of-tricks.