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Re:Ford EV Drivers Will Get Free Tesla Supercharger Adapters by cpitman on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @01:38PM (#39292396)
Since they have identical signaling, why would you avoid a non approved adapter?
Re:Ford EV Drivers Will Get Free Tesla Supercharger Adapters by cduzz on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @01:55PM (#39292634)
The L3 EV charging setup dumps 200-900 volt at up to 100 amps into the car. People charge their car in the rain.

I don't want an adapter that makes Big Clive say "oh, that's even better. That's very interesting."

Re:Ford EV Drivers Will Get Free Tesla Supercharger Adapters by theluketaylor on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @02:03PM (#39292750)
The CCS spec allows for 500A and 1000V, so even more. Tesla gets around their 400V battery by using 620A+
Re:Ford EV Drivers Will Get Free Tesla Supercharger Adapters by p1mrx on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @01:56PM (#39292645)
The charging networks are "banning" them:

https://insideevs.com/news/682634/electrify-america-evgo-ban...

So if anything goes wrong, you're probably in a worse position from a liability/compensation standpoint.

Re:Ford EV Drivers Will Get Free Tesla Supercharger Adapters by MBCook on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @01:48PM (#39292541)
Not the parent. You could be passing 150kW or more through an adapter. I think it’s a very bad idea to risk your life/car/safety on a non-approved adapter.
Re:Ford EV Drivers Will Get Free Tesla Supercharger Adapters by throwaway5959 on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @02:00PM (#39292721)
Might void your warranty and there’s no guarantee on quality for components. There’s a lot of juice flowing across it.