Lectron 16/32 Amp Portable Tesla Charger - Level 1 & Level 2 Charging

Amazon CustomerAmazon Customer: Purchased this in October to charge our model 3. It started having issues a few weeks ago and today we smelled something burning. After removing the piece the plugs into the charger, we see this! We were out of town for a month during the last 6 months as well, so it really only lasted 5 months. Don’t buy.

United States on May 14, 2023

Amazon Customer: It will start charging the car for about an hour and then will shut off. The lights will start blinking. I have to remove the charger from the car and restart the process. It will then sometimes work for the remaining charge, or I will wake in the morning to find out it shut down again. The product support guidelines were not helpful. With the price only being $50 less than the Tesla wall charger, I would recommend going with the Tesla charger.

United States on Oct 31, 2022

twright3: I was pleased to see that in 220v mode this performs better than the spec's, with my Model 3 charging at 33 miles added per hour when the spec is 30. Adding 200 miles overnight is easy. I was even more pleased that it has 110v charging available with extra power. In this mode it charges at more than twice the rate of the 110v charger that comes with the car, making it possible to add 100 miles overnight. (Your 110v outlet has to handle 16 amps.)

United States on Oct 19, 2022

Adam Chandley: My first experience with charging; my car was one of the group that no longer ships with a Tesla mobile connector. Tesla-branded chargers are on months' delay, so I cautiously went third party. This box checks all of the boxes; high amp 110v, mid-level 220v. Received quick, packaged well, plugged right in with zero drama from wall to car. Learned quickly that my garage GFCI is shared literally all throughout my house, which was a bummer. I only got to try 15A 110V charging briefly. However, that worked as-advertised, higher charge rate than the Tesla branded unit. Overall good unit, nothing to complain about at all. WAY more expensive than Tesla unit, though.

United States on Sep 25, 2022

rwizard: NOTE: This review is based on 120 volt use. When I finally get a 240 volt outlet put in I will try to remember to update the numbers.

I ordered this in advance of receiving my Tesla because I wanted to have one that I could just leave in the trunk for emergencies. I started out charging with the Tesla (mobile) charger and it charged as expected. Then last night I decided to put the Tesla charger in the trunk and give this one a try. To my surprise I found it was charging faster than the Tesla charger. Throughout the evening, every time I checked the charge rate it was at 16 amps instead of the 12 I had been getting, and this translated to 6 miles of charge/hour, bettering Tesla's 3 to 5 mph rate observed during my previous charges.

Build quality is excellent, and the cable appears to be larger conductors than on the Tesla ( a good thing). I spent part of my career designing electronics, and while I haven't pulled the Lectron charger apart (yet) build quality appears to be excellent. My only criticism is a minor one: the membrane switch could be a little easier to operate. The heavier cable is a little more cumbersome, but that is a good...

United States on Aug 20, 2022