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by gwbas1c 40 days ago
> I thought tesla even made a j1772 native wall connector.

At least a few years ago, they would openly recommend it for non-Teslas.

I thought NACS brought some changes to Level 1 and 2 that aren't backwards compatible with J1772? I know there's an oddball voltage in there so you can put a NACS charger on a lamppost where J1772 would require a transformer; but I didn't think there were protocol issues too.

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J1772 is 120V or 208-240V. Those are by far the most common voltages in the US. (208 is what you get when you take a US 3 phase system and connect to two phases - this is somewhat common and most people don't know or care that their apartment is wired like that). I have seen other voltages at industrial sites, but I wouldn't expect that in a lamppost.
277 volts, which is line to neutral in a 480 volt three-phase system. It's common for lamp posts in parking lots.

J1227 would require a transformer, but NACS doesn't.