Best 19.2kW / 80A EVSE?

[buhhy]

Hey all, I've been trying to pick an 80A EVSE and the choices have been very limited.

To my knowledge, there are only a few options on the market:

Model	Price	Cable Length	Notes
ClipperCreek CS-100	$2200	22'	Irredeemably ugly, but reliable
PWCC	$1600	15'	Short cable, bulky, questionable compatibility with other EVs
Juicebox 80A	$1600	25'	Questionable quality?
Wattzilla Uno	$2100	25'
Blink IQ 200	$3500	25'	Super expensive
Ford charge station	$1300	25'	Says Ford on it

Anyone with experiences with the options listed here? Seems like the PWCC is generally well-received here compared to the PMCC, but there's not too much info on the other options. Leaning Juicebox or PWCC here, but might settle for the HCS-80 instead of the CS-100 if I went Clippercreek. The ugly really is too much.

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[RCorsa]

Find a gen 2 tesla wall adapter and get a Tesla tap adapter for the Taycan. Looks great. Super reliable and easy to manage

 

[Jhenson29]

I have an 18kW Watzilla Wall Wattz. It failed once. The company told me 24 hour turn around, but it instead took multiple weeks and I had to make repeated requests for updates, some of which went unanswered.

https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/my-evse-is-dead-update-4-reinstalled.7935/

I also felt the feed wires were undersized at 6AWG and was told I couldn’t change them without voiding the warranty.

https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/evse-conductor-size.4334/

 

[buhhy]

Find a gen 2 tesla wall adapter and get a Tesla tap adapter for the Taycan. Looks great. Super reliable and easy to manage

Interesting! They are pretty cheap and I already have a TeslaTap. Unfortunately it’s pretty hard to find a new Gen 2 charger. Wonder how they are able to sell these so cheap.

 

[RCorsa]

Why do you need 80A anyway? I don’t think any car can accept more than 40a at home. (50a breaker.). When I was building my house a couple years back I had a new gen 2 charger that I got as a referral gift from Tesla. So I spec’d a 100a breaker with our electrical sub

Fast forward Before we moved in Last year I sold the charger on eBay and bought two new gen 3 chargers and converted my 100a breaker into 2 50A circuits so I have 2 40A chargers now. One for my Taycan Turbo S and an extra for any other future EV or my spare model 3 performance that is collecting dust.

 

[buhhy]

I specced the 19.2kW charger, figure I should at least have the option of using it even if I charge at work the majority of the time.

 

[Jhenson29]

I don’t think any car can accept more than 40a at home.

Cars with the 19.2kW on-board AC charger can charge at up to….19.2kW. Or 80A @ 240VAC.

 

[ithinkmac]

2nd Tesla wall connector. I think I have a v2 that have dip switches to go up to 100Amps.

-ThinkMac-

 

[daveo4EV]

2nd Tesla wall connector. I think I have a v2 that have dip switches to go up to 100Amps.

-ThinkMac-

correct - also the Gen2 have "load sharing" so that up to 4 Gen2 Tesla Wall Chargers can "share" a single circuit (for any size breaker).

 

[daveo4EV]

PWCC or ClipperCreek (or a high qualityed Used Gen2 Tesla Wall Charger) are the best candidates on that list - of those choices the ClipperCreek is the only one that is simple enough to be bullet-proof and fuss-free.

 

[tigerbalm]

... the ClipperCreek is the only one that is simple enough to be bullet-proof ...

It looks to me to be actually bullet proof !

 

[buhhy]

Being ugly is a pretty big downside though...

 

[tigerbalm]

Being ugly is a pretty big downside though...

If it always works, if it can handle anything thrown at it, if it works so well it doesn't require a display to tell you it is working as it always will be, if its so reliable it lacks the needs for gimmicks ...

Then I think the utilitarian look can have its own confidence, its own beauty.

 

[daveo4EV]

it's at least baseball bat-proof - thing is a tank - it has only one job - charge your EV - it does nothing else - zip - zilch - nadda - it doesn't do OTA updates - cause it doesn't do anything complicated enough to need any software - clippercreek EVSE's are generally fault free, fuss-free, error-free, and headache-free.

https://clippercreek.com/the-clippercreek-pcs-15-sets-the-bar-for-level-1-charging/

 

[Tooney]

Don't forget about after-sales customer support when choosing your EVSE.

When I was turning on my 40 amp Pulsar Wallbox for the first time, I called their tech support for questions about configuration and firmware updates. Got quick, informed help from Wallbox customer reps. Both contacted me couple days later as follow-up to check to see issues were resolved.

My contacts with Porsche NA customer service about Porsche apps have been complete waste of my time. Reps forward questions to 2nd-level support/Germany, tell me I have to wait until they get a response, and depend on me to make follow-up calls for status. If you buy Porsche EVSE, you better hope you won't need help from Porsche.

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