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Tried posting this with a link to amazon, but got removed due to SD's stringent rules regarding Amazon 3rd party sellers (LOL, the irony).
Anyhow, posting again since Emporia is a legit company, with their own website selling the charger direct.
There is not an EVSE currently on the market that will do 48a and is also UL listed at the "regular" price for this EVSE (499), and based on the sale pricing, probably not within $100-150 (the tesla made evse for j1772 plugs). Lots of non-UL listed stuff in that ballpark, but based on reddit forum reports, those evses are under-built and potentially dangerous due to poor quality control.
https://shop.emporiaene
Anyhow, posting again since Emporia is a legit company, with their own website selling the charger direct.
There is not an EVSE currently on the market that will do 48a and is also UL listed at the "regular" price for this EVSE (499), and based on the sale pricing, probably not within $100-150 (the tesla made evse for j1772 plugs). Lots of non-UL listed stuff in that ballpark, but based on reddit forum reports, those evses are under-built and potentially dangerous due to poor quality control.
https://shop.emporiaene
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Tried posting this with a link to amazon, but got removed due to SD's stringent rules regarding Amazon 3rd party sellers (LOL, the irony).
Anyhow, posting again since Emporia is a legit company, with their own website selling the charger direct.
There is not an EVSE currently on the market that will do 48a and is also UL listed at the "regular" price for this EVSE (499), and based on the sale pricing, probably not within $100-150 (the tesla made evse for j1772 plugs). Lots of non-UL listed stuff in that ballpark, but based on reddit forum reports, those evses are under-built and potentially dangerous due to poor quality control.
https://shop.emporiaene
Anyhow, posting again since Emporia is a legit company, with their own website selling the charger direct.
There is not an EVSE currently on the market that will do 48a and is also UL listed at the "regular" price for this EVSE (499), and based on the sale pricing, probably not within $100-150 (the tesla made evse for j1772 plugs). Lots of non-UL listed stuff in that ballpark, but based on reddit forum reports, those evses are under-built and potentially dangerous due to poor quality control.
https://shop.emporiaene
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Unfortunately, the deal is done. I'll wait for another good deal (Or another brand) and guess the best option is as you say to get 2 and go hard wire on both (Though one of my cars is a Prius Prime plug-in, that has a small battery compared with Tesla - Only 8Kwh I believe - so may go with a 50amp 14/50 NEMA receptacle outlet- Hubble plug in one location and hard wire in the other.
However, regarding the question, I absolutely would not use these as a portable. The box is large and the cables are thick and the J1772 cord is long. It would just not be practical to load this up and put it in your trunk. And I would not trust the strain relief on the cables if they were moving around a lot. There is a strain relief clamp holding each of the cables after they enter the unit, but then each individual wire goes into a screw-down terminal directly on the motherboard. If there is any wiggling from moving the unit around, you would literally be playing with fire.
There are many other portable units that are cheaper than this.
I absolutely would not use these as a portable. The box is large and the cables are thick and the J1772 cord is long.
I would not trust the strain relief on the cables if they were moving around a lot. There is a strain relief clamp holding each of the cables after they enter the unit, but then each individual wire goes into a screw-down terminal directly on the motherboard. If there is any wiggling from moving the unit around, you would literally be playing with fire.
There are many other portable units that are cheaper than this.
Based on this and the other OP's suggestion, I am putting the mobile unit concept to rest.
Now I need 2 chargers, only if I could see the deal again, as initially, they had it here (I believe it was for $320 on sale). And I was very hopeful this deal will be back or better for President's day but seems not. Also, they had a refurbished unit on site (Not sure if I can trust that) recently for less price but seems that also disappeared...
Maybe I go with Tesla's original Gen 3 wall charger unit that is cheaper than this or another good reviewed one with a good daily price tag. Any alternative suggestion?
Thanks for your kind opinion.
Problem two was that I would check on charging using the manufacturers iOS app for my car as well as the ChargeLab app and both randomly would say not charging a few times. I went out to inspect the Grizzl unit and the light was solid green which signals charging complete even though the car was not at the set limit of 80%. I needed to disconnect and reconnect to start charging again.
Problem 3 is the ChargeLab app and "smart" features are terrible. Might as well just buy the standard version for ~$75 less if someone is dead set on going with a Grizzl-E.
I replaced the 50A breaker with a 60A breaker and changed the Grizzl-E Smart out for the Emporia charger. This thing is nice and the app gives you a LOT MORE data. It worked so well I then added in a Vue to get more granularity into my home energy usage.
I cannot recommend the Grizzl-E Smart.
Autel does have an app, but I never use it.
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