Lectron Level 2 Electric Vehicle Charger with NEMA 14-50 Plug

Mark T.: This charger worked fine for a while. Started having serious problems with overheating. Runs for 30 min and the car shuts it off because it is getting too hot. If you look on-line (Reddit forums and more) you will see that this is a VERY common problem. Some have reported it melting the car charging port - fortunately mine seems to shut it down before it gets to that level. Lectron tells you to change the settings in your car to low, but then you take the amperage down a lot, and slow the charging process. Unfortunately for me it's too late to return, so a WASTE of hard-earned money. Buyer beware!

United States on Aug 18, 2023

Greg: The installation was easy. I like the hook to hold the cord and the piece to clip the charging head into while not charging.
The charger head clip orientation causes the charging head and some of the cord to stick straight out, perpendicular to the wall so it uses a little more room than necessary. this wasn't an issue for me, it doesn't stick out too far. I wish it could be mounted so the charging head can be stored more parallel to the wall.
The charging block with the digital reasout is hung on a single nail or screw. This makes it easy to hang on the wall but acts as a pivot point, allowing the block to move when moving the cord. It doesn't have an effect on how it charges the vehicle but drives me nuts seeing it move and not hanging straight up and down. The level one charger that came with my 2022 Bolt hung on two nails\screws. It was a little more difficult initially mounting it, getting the spacing correct between the two mounting points, but it held the block securely.

If this had two mounting points for the block and a way to store the charging handle more parallel too the wall then this charger would be perfect.

United States on Feb 03, 2023

Terri: This product has only worked for about 4-6 months and then it started giving me problems. Shows 0.7 amps or 0.5 amps than stops charging. Sometimes it shows 40 amps and works for an hour or so and then stops automatically than I have to keep trying to see if it charges. It makes life very stressful, going to upgrade to a electrify America probably because I have a VW ID 4, so I am assuming those work the best with this vehicle...

United States on Jul 20, 2022

Paul S.: The unit worked fine with the EV6 once I told the car to not pull as much current as possible. Initially I got an over current fault after a few minutes with the current going as high as 45+Amps on the display.

To stop the charging early, I would prefer to have a stop button rather than having to unplug the unit from the wall.

This is not a good choice for an ID4. The ID4 can not be set to 90% like the EV6. It can only be set to 8A in which case the car will charge very slow.

United States on Jul 08, 2022

bingo51: I order this charger for my 2014 Chevy Volt so I could recharge my car when I visited my son whose just a solar array installed. He also got a 40A electrical outlet from Sun Power free of charge. I received the charger on Friday 6/10/22 in a vey secure shipping package which included a original package with the complete charger assembly which actually a charger cord with a display showing the information while charging your car. The assembly has a 16-ft heavy duty cable and a gigantic NEMA 14-50 plug. I tried this charge cord at his house yesterday 6/11/22 and it worked as advertised. My car battery received 37 miles in 4 hours which is very the same as I get from my wall mounted charge cord at my house. I love the display that shows the real time current and the charging time. This allows me to monitor the car charging without turning on my car display window, I cannot say much about its reliability since I just used it only one time but its robust construction indicates that it will last a long time. I will update my review after 3 months of use.

United States on Jun 13, 2022