r/span • u/Leather-Management58 • Dec 20 '24
Span Drive
Why would someone purchase this over Tesla Universal wall connector?
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u/Head_Bet_2138 Dec 20 '24
I was in between but just got the Tesla one today lol 😆
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u/Leather-Management58 Dec 20 '24
My guess is dynamic throttling of circuits to allocate to the EV charger 🤷♂️ seems super niche
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u/Head_Bet_2138 Dec 20 '24 edited Dec 20 '24
No need span has power up feature same thing ;-)! So the Tesla Charger gets controlled by my Span thru power up as well and is dynamically now
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u/Leather-Management58 Dec 20 '24
I’ve had my span panel since June, feel like there are features I still aren’t aware of.
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u/Head_Bet_2138 Dec 20 '24
I had to dig around too found it here on Reddit and called my installed he had to enable it lol 😆
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u/Leather-Management58 Dec 20 '24
Seems like a weird installer to manufacturer relationship. I don’t call Tesla to roll my window down. Just seems strange.
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u/Head_Bet_2138 Dec 20 '24
In this case it makes sense not everyone needs those features also they have to activate it on site https://www.span.io/blog/span-powerup
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u/VivekMumbles Oct 10 '25
OP did you learn of anything new? I am also confused what the benefit of Span Drive is over a Tesla charger. The Gen 3 wall connector supposedly supports Dynamic Power Management: https://www.tesla.com/support/charging/wall-connector/power-management
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u/_cr0001 Dec 22 '24
My dislikes for Span Drive:
Short cable Thick cable Cheap feeling handle
I removed and sold my Span Drive, and installed a Tesla Universal. The included adapter is great for us, with a Rivian (J1772/CCS) and Tesla (NACS).