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Myleafisawesome

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Hi very new here. Was wondering if I’d able to charge at a Tesla charging station WITH AN ADAPTER. Every time I ask this question people tend to ignore the part where I say with an adapter

I’m going to purchase a Tesla to J1772 adapter and I was wondering if it’ll work or if it’ll mess up my battery!!

TIA
 
The Tesla to J1772 adapter is designed to allow a Tesla to charge from a J1772 (Level 1 or Level 2) EVSE. It has nothing to do with the Tesla supercharger network. Theoretically, an adapter from the Tesla supercharger plug to the CHAdeMO connector for DC quick charging a LEAF could be manufactured if Tesla were willing to support it.
 
Gerry is correct regarding the Supercharger network.

However, do you mean charging from a Level 2 Tesla charger? An adapter that accepts the Tesla plug that converts to a J1772 plug will work.
The Leaf’s onboard charger limits the amount of power that is drawn. For the 2012, it will be either 3.5kW or 6kW, depending on the trim level. It doesn’t matter that the L2 Tesla station may be capable of higher rates.
 
91040 said:
For the 2012, it will be either 3.5kW or 6kW, depending on the trim level. It doesn’t matter that the L2 Tesla station may be capable of higher rates.
No '12 Leafs had a 6.x kW OBC. It was all "3.3 kW" on US '11 and '12 Leafs, which actually pulled up to 3.8 kW from the "wall".

Optional 6.x kW didn't arrive until model year '13.

See specs tabs of https://usa.nissannews.com/en-US/releases/release-3b65d33e214f4458ba230be9c0977e43-US-2012-nissan-leaf-press-kit vs. https://usa.nissannews.com/en-US/releases/release-698a9e429ae04602b683514427ca41ba-us-2013-nissan-leaf-press-kit.
 
If you are mentioning Tesla Supercharger and LEAF in the same sentence, that would explain why people ignore your question.

Where are you leaving you car during your anticipated charging, and could you charge at work or at home ?
Some Tesla L2 EVSE (what you may be mistakenly calling a charger) can be set to not work with the adapter. Try to not piss people off.
 
GerryAZ said:
The Tesla to J1772 adapter is designed to allow a Tesla to charge from a J1772 (Level 1 or Level 2) EVSE. It has nothing to do with the Tesla supercharger network. Theoretically, an adapter from the Tesla supercharger plug to the CHAdeMO connector for DC quick charging a LEAF could be manufactured if Tesla were willing to support it.
And, the chance of Tesla being willing to do that in the US is almost nil, unless there's significant $ in it for Tesla (e.g. govt $).

In the US, Tesla has added a "magic dock" (integrated CCS1 adapter) to a very limited set of their Superchargers (so far) which enables CCS1 cars to DC fast charge on them. I'm guessing this will expand to more sites. See https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/how-to-charge-your-non-tesla-ev-at-a-tesla-supercharger/, for example, including the brief video.

No Leafs come with CCS, so for now, they are out of luck. Currently, only two vehicles sold/leased as new in the US come with/can have CHAdeMO: Leaf and Outlander PHEV.

Nissan moved to CCS for North American Ariya. And, EA has already sabotaged CHAdeMO (1 CHAdeMO plug per site and no new sites with it outside CA since 2022: https://insideevs.com/news/522882/electrify-america-ends-chademo-installations/). All the rest/pretty much all the rest of non-Tesla consumer highway legal BEV automobiles sold/leased in the US as new now have CCS1 inlets.

Tesla also quietly discontinued selling https://web.archive.org/web/20210309023825/https://shop.tesla.com/product/chademo-adapter in the US years ago.

So, maybe the OP can see why the odds of Tesla doing that are so are low?
 
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