EVDANCE J1772 Verlängerungskabel 40A 21FT

I use this extension cord mostly for outdoor charging when I’m away from home. It’s been through some rain and wind, and it still works fine. The build quality seems durable, and it hasn’t shown any signs of wear. It’s a must-have if you need a bit more reach for your J1772 charger.

I’ve been using this extension cable for a couple of weeks with my Rivian R1T. It’s very sturdy and does exactly what it’s supposed to.

Charging cords aren’t very long. And buying one with the length you need is very expensive. If you park outside or just really far from an outlet you could be in trouble. This does cost about as much as a level 1 charger itself, but it’s just an extension. From the cable size it looks like it can do level 2 in home chargers as well. It’s actually better quality than the charger that came with my car. The carrying case is nice. Great to take with you in case a charger at your location is too far away or if you get ICE’d out at a station. Don’t try to use this on a big public level 3 or any tesla superchargers. If you got it to work you’d likely melt it. Also great if a friend comes by and needs a little juice, you won’t have to shuffle your cars around.

We have two EVs and a PHEV. We have a one car garage that's too small to fit any cars in and a narrow one car driveway. We have two chargers: one hardwired and one plugged into a NEMA 14-50 outlet. We would park two cars in the driveway and if you angled things just right, you could charge both cars. When one was done, we'd swap a car out and charge the 3rd. It worked, but it was a pain.

We finally get a side area paved, barely wide enough to fit two cars. Just one problem: they're too far away for any of the chargers to reach. This extension cord has been a life-saver. All three cars can now be charged without having to move any of them and with the side paved area, each car can come and go independently of one another.

This isn't the fault of the cable, but my NEMA 14-50 EVSE is only 32A and while that works fine, I technically could replace it with a 40A EVSE. If I did that, however, I'd have to also replace this extension cable, since it's only rated for 32V EVSEs. Again, that's no fault of the cable.

One last thing. Of course, any 15 year old could come buy and unplug the extension cable. They won't be able to walk away with it since one end will be locked into the car and the other end is locked into the outlet at the wall, but they can separate the extension cord. I haven't figured out a solution for that yet.