Good Mobile EVSE option

[s10mods]

Just picked up a Lightning, and it did not come with the Ford mobile charger (evse). I have one with my Mach E that I keep in the car and have used a few times, but could have used it more often if it had more connection options. I opted not to get it with the lightning because I wanted to get something a little different. Are there any chargers out there that come with more of a variety of plugs and quick change current settings, or at least with quick change current settings so I can make a few additional adapters for different outlets? I travel to a few places that have Nema 5-50 welder outlets so that would be a nice to have adapter to actually use those outlets, on top of the standard 14-50 and 5-15.

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[Maquis]

IMO, this is the best and most flexible available. It’s not the cheapest.

https://jplusbooster.com/?

Check out @tommolog ’s YouTube channel “State of Charge” for comparisons.

 

[s10mods]

IMO, this is the best and most flexible available. It’s not the cheapest.

https://jplusbooster.com/?

Check out @tommolog ’s YouTube channel “State of Charge” for comparisons.

Thanks, that's pretty much exactly what I was looking for, but ouch on the price lol.

 

[Maquis]

….ouch on the price lol.

Especially if you need a few additional adapters!

 

[The Weatherman]

Here’s a link to Tim’s Charging station recommendations.

https://evchargingstations.com/

 

[flyct]

The Tesla Mobile Connector (EVSE Charger) is a soilid reliable product for only $300. You would need an inexpensive NACS to J1772 adapter also to use in your Ford.
https://shop.tesla.com/product/mobile-connector

The also sell a kit for an additional $245 with a NEMA adapter bundle to connect to a variety of electric outlets.
https://shop.tesla.com/product/nema-adapter-bundle

ncludes:

• 1x Gen 2 NEMA 5-20 Adapter
• 1x Gen 2 NEMA 6-15 Adapter
• 1x Gen 2 NEMA 6-20 Adapter
• 1x Gen 2 NEMA 10-30 Adapter
• 1x Gen 2 NEMA 14-30 Adapter
• 1x Gen 2 NEMA 14-50 Adapter
• 1x Gen 2 NEMA 6-50 Adapter
• 1x storage bag

 

[K6CCC]

flyct beat me to recommending the Tesla Mobile Connector and the adapter kit. Gives just about any option you could come across in the US.
As flyct noted, you would also need a NACS to J1772 adapter (which you likely will want anyway for Tesla Destination Chargers). I recommend the A2Z Stellar adapter.
https://a2zev.com/collections/charging-adapters/products/nacs-j1772-stellar

 

[21st Century Truck]

The old circa 2011+ Nissan and Prius forums (fora?) had a very inventive member who had taken to modifying the well-built Nissan / Panasonic EVSE which came for only 120V to a dual self-selecting 120V & 240V EVSE with an easily user-adjustable amperage of 6 to 20 amperes.

I still have mine and use it often when I charge overnight at a lower-amperage 240V circuits like kitchen / old kitchen / welder / HVAC circuits. I have different 9 adapters and I've so far used 7 of them, on my old Mach E and now on the Lightning.

You can sometimes find this older yet very well-designed adjustable EVSE on EBay. It's called EVSEUpgrade.

 

[Bill-EV]

Check out the Grizzl-e mobile 40A charger. I got one and love it and it came with a bunch of 240v adapters, a 120v adapter and a nice case to keep it all tidy in the frunk. It was rated highly on “State of Charge”. And if you live in Canada, you can get it for free and they will pay you to use it through electricity rebates. Seems hard to believe, I know, but it’s real.

 

[Adventureboy]

Folks seem to like the Grizzl-E Mini.
https://grizzl-e.com/products/grizzl-e-mini

I have this one now for 3 years.
https://ev-chargers.com/adjustable-...72&attribute_pa_length=32ft&ref=selector-tool

It does a good job except there is a gap on mine between 12 amps and 24 amps (no 16 amp option for 20 amp circuits). Newer models may not have this limitation any longer since many of them can be set at any amperage in increments of 1 amp now.

 

[chl]

The old circa 2011+ Nissan and Prius forums (fora?) had a very inventive member who had taken to modifying the well-built Nissan / Panasonic EVSE which came for only 120V to a dual self-selecting 120V & 240V EVSE with an easily user-adjustable amperage of 6 to 20 amperes.

I still have mine and use it often when I charge overnight at a lower-amperage 240V circuits like kitchen / old kitchen / welder / HVAC circuits. I have different 9 adapters and I've so far used 7 of them, on my old Mach E and now on the Lightning.

You can sometimes find this older yet very well-designed adjustable EVSE on EBay. It's called EVSEUpgrade.

I did a similar upgrade for my 2012 Leaf mobile EVSE (still own it and drive it with about 80% SOH) but without the adjustable current feature, from "EVSE Upgrade" - I made an adapter for the 6-50 receptacle my GE Watt Station EVSE used and got a 120V pigtail adapter as well.

I only use it to L1 slow charge my Leaf on a 120v circuit. My on-board charger is the 3.3kW so never going over approx 14A one way or the other. I thought I had the 6.6kW charger but that got delayed another model year.

 

[chl]

Panasonic made them for Nissan, Mitsubishi and Toyota - the model I have for my Leaf is 29690 3NA0A:

You'll have to look for one that had the upgrade - you could search eBay or ask on the mynissanleaf.com forum, maybe someone would sell you theirs. Several Lightning owners there too.

 

[CD4TNF]

Thanks, that's pretty much exactly what I was looking for, but ouch on the price lol.

I use the J+ Booster as my primary charger. It's the only product I found that can do all the different adapter options.

The adapters just take a few seconds to swap. Convenient.


The feature to down rate the amps is very handy. Lets me downrate to safely charge in case the campground plug is not able to handle the higher charging amps.

I can switch to say 24 amps on a NEMA14-50 so I can test out the campground plug's thermal temp. Then when I'm confident, ramp up the amps slowly.

 

[21st Century Truck]

Overall, I find it inopportune and actually a bit sad that every car manufacturer EVSE I've seen, Ford included, has a proprietary connection between its "brick" and its cord whips. This makes no cords and plugs interchangeable between different OEM EVSEs.

What I greatly like about my old EVSEUpgrade unit, is that its business end terminates in NEMA L6-30R plug and thus any short adapter or cord whip that terminates in a corresponding L6-30P end can be used with it.

We standardized electric receptacles many decades ago... why can't OEM EVSEs use that well-known technology?

 

[Maquis]

Overall, I find it inopportune and actually a bit sad that every car manufacturer EVSE I've seen, Ford included, has a proprietary connection between its "brick" and its cord whips. This makes no cords and plugs interchangeable between different OEM EVSEs.

What I greatly like about my old EVSEUpgrade unit, is that its business end terminates in NEMA L6-30R plug and thus any short adapter or cord whip that terminates in a corresponding L6-30P end can be used with it.

We standardized electric receptacles many decades ago... why can't OEM EVSEs use that well-known technology?

That’s fine for a 24A EVSE. Higher power ones have thermal monitoring in the plugs and there is no standard protocol for such monitoring. If only it were that simple.

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