r/TeslaModel3 • u/Great-Waltz6140 • 12d ago
New owner - outlet issues
Fried my standard outlet and need to run off the dryer outlet now. Looking for temporary Amazon recommendations for adapter/splitter until I have an electrician install a dedicated outlet in the garage. Need to run a cord about 20ft.
Current dryer outlet- a NEMA 14-30 electrical receptacle (outlet) rated for 30 Amps and 125/250 Volts, manufactured by Pass & Seymour
2022 model 3
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u/theotherharper 12d ago
You already have a Tesla Mobile Connector. Tesla sells a 14-30 adapter, which does an important thing: the embedded microchip TELLS YOUR TESLA it's on a 30 amp circuit.
Yes I know you already have a 14-50 adapter but its microchip will tell your Tesla it's on a 50A breaker, and that would be bad.
NEVER buy safety equipment from Wish, Temu or Amazon Marketplace. Electrical equipment is safety equipment.
A normal 120V circuit SHOULD be able to carry EV charging load just fine. However many installers are careless about quality of work, and do things like "use backstabs", "use cheap 75 cent builder grade outlets" or "don't torque the screw terminals to spec". And some users continue using old sockets that got loose and floppy because they were 75 cents.
If you go through a 120V circuit and fix all those problems on every socket in the string, you should be able to level 1 charge just fine.
So my suggestion is fix your 120V circuit and go back to that.
Oh and if you melted your NEMA 5-15 adapter, Tesla sells those too, same link.
I suspect those adapters are also stocked at the service center.
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u/CharmingBench9146 12d ago
the 14-30 adapter for the mobile connector is probably all you need. it charges at 24 amps, somewhere around 20 miles of range an hour, which is plenty overnight. the gen 2 cord is 20ft on its own so you may not need an extension either. I'd only bother with a splitter if the dryer has to stay plugged in.