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Challenges with Charging

Brian1000 said:
@Spin Doctor - The link to the animated gif solved my issue. I had no idea that there was an attachment buried in the Tesla universal wall connector. Sure enough, when I pulled the adapter out, the Lucid charges perfectly. How embarrassing.

Now I'm back to futzing around with my solar system to try and optimize daytime charging without pulling from the grid.

Thank you all for your responses. I appreciate how active this community is and I'm glad to be a part of it.

-Brian
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I did this too, I have 7Kw max solar output during the morning hours, so I scheduled my Air to use 28 amps to charge. Then the Tesla Wall charger shuts off automatically after 3 hours, the Touring will pile on quite a lot of charge miles during that time....My Gravity slightly annoys me in how much slower it's L2 charging is in the sense that 3 hours at the same kwhr is 25% lower miles....
 
Personally, I'm surprised that there isn't a single adaptor that meets both needs in one unit... the consumer need seems clear, the technical barrier seems less clear...
 
illopp00 said:
I did this too, I have 7Kw max solar output during the morning hours, so I scheduled my Air to use 28 amps to charge. Then the Tesla Wall charger shuts off automatically after 3 hours, the Touring will pile on quite a lot of charge miles during that time....My Gravity slightly annoys me in how much slower it's L2 charging is in the sense that 3 hours at the same kwhr is 25% lower miles....
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Both the Gravity and Air have amazing efficiency in its class, but we can’t expect the Gravity to be as slippery as the Air. The miles/kWh is higher for the Air.

It’s similar to an ICE sedan that gets 30 mpg vs an ICE SUV that gets 25 mpg. You put 5 gallons in both over 3 hours and you’ll be able to drive 150 miles in the sedan vs. 125 miles in the SUV.
 
njg-agt said:
Personally, I'm surprised that there isn't a single adaptor that meets both needs in one unit... the consumer need seems clear, the technical barrier seems less clear...
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It's not likely electrically. An adapter that could be used for both AC and DC charging the Air would require a large high voltage contactor (relay), some control logic, and a power supply. It would be the size of a football.
 
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