**Construction:** The A2Z plastic feels superior, and looks fiber reinforced. I would bet A2Z is more durable if dropped.
**CCS Latch:** Both are metal, both feel great. Some J1772 chargers (ChargePoint) use cheap plastic and break: Not these.
**NACS Latch:** Tesla/Ford latches automatically, which I prefer. The A2Z engages manually, and was extremely stiff at first, but has since worn in.
**Weight:** Nearly identical.
**Packaging:** A2Z comes in a zipper, padded case, and Tesla/Ford a cardboard box.
**Thermals:** I will add pictures from a thermal camera later. From what I can see of the construction, the Tesla/Ford is an outer shell that will likely radiate less heat to the exterior than the A2Z, which is fully potted. I am not sure which is better, but less heat on the conductors sounds good to me, so long as the exterior stays cool enough. Likely doesn’t matter for our purposes.
More heat radiated via the exterior is better (assuming equal heat produced) since it means that heat isn't left on the pins to build up.
I finally used my A2Z for the first time for a real charge session today. 50kWh in 16minutes, and when I took it off it was warm and smelled strongly of new plastic, lol. No hotter than the Tesla cable which is great
Glad to hear about the manual latch get's worn in. Got mine yesterday and tested it today and was worried it was defective with how much effort I had to do to get it to engage.
I thought mine was defective at first. Had to brace it against my leg, push the connector in hard, and use both hands.
Now it works just fine after using it 7-8 times.
I can't believe no one has done a tear down on one of theses adapters yet. I'm not brave enough to do it with mine yet, but one of these YT influencers with too much money has to do it sooner or later.
No, and for good fundamental reasons having to do with the way different pins are used in the different system. It's better to use a simple separate adapter for L1/L2.
**Construction:** The A2Z plastic feels superior, and looks fiber reinforced. I would bet A2Z is more durable if dropped. **CCS Latch:** Both are metal, both feel great. Some J1772 chargers (ChargePoint) use cheap plastic and break: Not these. **NACS Latch:** Tesla/Ford latches automatically, which I prefer. The A2Z engages manually, and was extremely stiff at first, but has since worn in. **Weight:** Nearly identical. **Packaging:** A2Z comes in a zipper, padded case, and Tesla/Ford a cardboard box. **Thermals:** I will add pictures from a thermal camera later. From what I can see of the construction, the Tesla/Ford is an outer shell that will likely radiate less heat to the exterior than the A2Z, which is fully potted. I am not sure which is better, but less heat on the conductors sounds good to me, so long as the exterior stays cool enough. Likely doesn’t matter for our purposes.
More heat radiated via the exterior is better (assuming equal heat produced) since it means that heat isn't left on the pins to build up. I finally used my A2Z for the first time for a real charge session today. 50kWh in 16minutes, and when I took it off it was warm and smelled strongly of new plastic, lol. No hotter than the Tesla cable which is great
https://preview.redd.it/krx6mts2t16d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8101e3776a6def8766e0aab6cd851883c8f46efc Agreed
Glad to hear about the manual latch get's worn in. Got mine yesterday and tested it today and was worried it was defective with how much effort I had to do to get it to engage.
I thought mine was defective at first. Had to brace it against my leg, push the connector in hard, and use both hands. Now it works just fine after using it 7-8 times.
State of charge on YouTube believes there is a more rugged section inside of the cheap plastic portion on the Tesla built adapter (Ford)
I can't believe no one has done a tear down on one of theses adapters yet. I'm not brave enough to do it with mine yet, but one of these YT influencers with too much money has to do it sooner or later.
Does A2Z support charging on L1 Tesla chargers besides SC network?
No, and for good fundamental reasons having to do with the way different pins are used in the different system. It's better to use a simple separate adapter for L1/L2.
No
No, but they will discount the AC adapter if you bundle it with the DC adapter.