First experience with Lectron Supercharger adapter

[obfuscurity]

Received my Lectron Vortex Plug supercharger adapter hours before a planned trip from north-central Maryland down to Richmond VA for our daughter's graduation. We had plenty of juice in the R1T to make the drive with plenty to spare, but driving around town left us low enough that I decided to take advantage of some downtime in the late afternoon. Looking at my options, I saw that there were a couple options NE and SW of town, roughly equidistant, but the one SW was 6/8 occupied and the NE one was completely unused (0/8). Wanting to avoid potential drama, I chose the one NE of town.

Arrived at the station 15 minutes later, excited to see the supercharger stalls completely empty. Even better, the last (far-right) one was adjacent to an air pump stall. I snagged that charger, positioning the truck so the air pump was still accessible.

Plugging into the Supercharger with Lectron's adapter was uneventful. The NACS plug seated firmly into the adapter, and I confirmed the latch was working as intended (Lectron had a well-publicized recall on the safety latch but mine is working as intended). I plugged the CCS end of the adapter into the R1T and was very happy to hear the sounds of a Supercharger whirring into action. By the time I took two steps to view the dashboard, it was already charging the vehicle.

Manually stopped the charge at 85% after a 36-minute session. I'm not an EV charging expert, but from a layman's perspective, it was a very pleasant experience. Nice to be able to take advantage of Tesla's charging infrastructure again after having sold off my Model Y a few years ago. I know Lectron was taking some heat for the recall, but IMHO it was worth the wait and I'm very pleased with their product. AMA.

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[BUGWILLY]

I am glad to hear your experience was good. I have the vortex on order and am hoping to get it soon!

 

[Tarkus]

Received my Lectron Vortex Plug supercharger adapter hours before a planned trip from north-central Maryland down to Richmond VA for our daughter's graduation. We had plenty of juice in the R1T to make the drive with plenty to spare, but driving around town left us low enough that I decided to take advantage of some downtime in the late afternoon. Looking at my options, I saw that there were a couple options NE and SW of town, roughly equidistant, but the one SW was 6/8 occupied and the NE one was completely unused (0/8). Wanting to avoid potential drama, I chose the one NE of town.

Arrived at the station 15 minutes later, excited to see the supercharger stalls completely empty. Even better, the last (far-right) one was adjacent to an air pump stall. I snagged that charger, positioning the truck so the air pump was still accessible.

Plugging into the Supercharger with Lectron's adapter was uneventful. The NACS plug seated firmly into the adapter, and I confirmed the latch was working as intended (Lectron had a well-publicized recall on the safety latch but mine is working as intended). I plugged the CCS end of the adapter into the R1T and was very happy to hear the sounds of a Supercharger whirring into action. By the time I took two steps to view the dashboard, it was already charging the vehicle.

Manually stopped the charge at 85% after a 36-minute session. I'm not an EV charging expert, but from a layman's perspective, it was a very pleasant experience. Nice to be able to take advantage of Tesla's charging infrastructure again after having sold off my Model Y a few years ago. I know Lectron was taking some heat for the recall, but IMHO it was worth the wait and I'm very pleased with their product. AMA.

Glad to see others using this adaptor as well. I just past my 36th charge working/driving around New York State.
I've even found a few Magic Docks where the built-in adaptor would not "push-in & pull-out", so I used my Vortex & still pull 215kW on a proper conditioned battery.
If you plan to use it multiple times a week, I suggest you sign up for the membership & drop from $0.53 to $0.39 per kW, but it's no longer "Plug-n-Charge", you have to start the charge from the app before you plug-in.
Unfortunately, I have the defective version where the tesla connector "can" be pulled out, but mines very hard to do that to. The replacement arrived yesterday at a previous motel I stayed at where the original one was shipped to 5 weeks ago & now & I have to drive 2.5 hrs. sometime this week to go get it, lmao...

 

[DeafPug]

The replacement arrived yesterday at a previous motel I stayed at where the original one was shipped to 5 weeks ago & now & I have to drive 2.5 hrs. sometime this week to go get it, lmao...

Create a shipping label on usps.com or your preferred shipper and email them a PDF of the label. MUCH cheaper than a 300 mile round trip!

 

[SeattleSteve]

Received my Lectron Vortex Plug supercharger adapter hours before a planned trip from north-central Maryland down to Richmond VA for our daughter's graduation. We had plenty of juice in the R1T to make the drive with plenty to spare, but driving around town left us low enough that I decided to take advantage of some downtime in the late afternoon. Looking at my options, I saw that there were a couple options NE and SW of town, roughly equidistant, but the one SW was 6/8 occupied and the NE one was completely unused (0/8). Wanting to avoid potential drama, I chose the one NE of town.

Arrived at the station 15 minutes later, excited to see the supercharger stalls completely empty. Even better, the last (far-right) one was adjacent to an air pump stall. I snagged that charger, positioning the truck so the air pump was still accessible.

Plugging into the Supercharger with Lectron's adapter was uneventful. The NACS plug seated firmly into the adapter, and I confirmed the latch was working as intended (Lectron had a well-publicized recall on the safety latch but mine is working as intended). I plugged the CCS end of the adapter into the R1T and was very happy to hear the sounds of a Supercharger whirring into action. By the time I took two steps to view the dashboard, it was already charging the vehicle.

Manually stopped the charge at 85% after a 36-minute session. I'm not an EV charging expert, but from a layman's perspective, it was a very pleasant experience. Nice to be able to take advantage of Tesla's charging infrastructure again after having sold off my Model Y a few years ago. I know Lectron was taking some heat for the recall, but IMHO it was worth the wait and I'm very pleased with their product. AMA.

What was your order date from Lectron? I placed an order for a Vortex adapter from Lectron five weeks ago and it has been crickets.

 

[Scotsol]

What was your order date from Lectron? I placed an order for a Vortex adapter from Lectron five weeks ago and it has been crickets.

I order mine on March 18th and haven't heard anything either. I am curious when OP ordered too.

 

[BUGWILLY]

I ordered mine.March 10
I reached out to see if they had any idea of a shipping date… got a generic email reply… been one month now… fingers crossed it will be soon

 

[BUGWILLY]

Create a shipping label on usps.com or your preferred shipper and email them a PDF of the label. MUCH cheaper than a 300 mile round trip!

Where is the "adventure" in that?!?!?!?!?

 

[Tango45]

As a data point, I ordered on December 31 and received mine on May 9th.

 

[BUGWILLY]

Four months?!?!?!

 

[HaveBlue]

Arrived at the station 15 minutes later, excited to see the supercharger stalls completely empty. Even better, the last (far-right) one was adjacent to an air pump stall. I snagged that charger, positioning the truck so the air pump was still accessible.

You may consider that you could have parked more left. Just center up with the station and the cable will reach. That would place you in your spot and the other spot completely empty. That Rivian front corner port works pretty well compared to Ford's virtually unreachable one. They should just restripe the spaces to place the stations in the middle of each space. That would allow both Tesla and others to plug in easily.

 

[Karltrep]

You may consider that you could have parked more left. Just center up with the station and the cable will reach… They should just restripe the spaces to place the stations in the middle of each space. That would allow both Tesla and others to plug in easily.

Thumbs up to this reco!

This was my experience at the Supercharger in Moab that has magic docks. Pull up REAL close and centered and you will have enough cord to connect w/o lateral tension on the connector and w/o over stepping your lane.

 

[Tarkus]

Create a shipping label on usps.com or your preferred shipper and email them a PDF of the label. MUCH cheaper than a 300 mile round trip!

Thanks DeafPug for the idea, but it was refused by the motel (since I'm not there anymore) & USPS has it at the local Post Office until I come get it or 14 days expire... I shuffled my counties I drive everyday & cut the time in half to go get it on Wed.

 

[SeattleSteve]

As a data point, I ordered on December 31 and received mine on May 9th.

Yowzas! Reading this--coupled with the poor communication I've received from Lectron--encouraged me to cancel my Lectron Vortex Plug today and order the A2Z adapter. It's too bad because I really wanted the Vortex Plug (as compared to the A2Z).

 

[obfuscurity]

I didn't want to reply at first, because it seems obvious to me that it didn't _actually_ take 5+ months for @Tango45 to receive their product. It wasn't _released_ until April. I ordered mine on March 19, received it on May 10. It only stands to reason that shipments will ship more in real-time as they get caught up on the backlog. I mean, come on folks.

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