Recent content by errolhaun

A follow-up report. I charged the model 3 in Lafayette yesterday just to check the breaker. The car set the amps at 32, and the breaker didn't trip. I drove home, plugged the car in, sat in the driver's seat to adjust the amps to 25 and WHOA the amps were set at 25. The car is smarter than I...

The breaker in question powers the garage with door opener lights and 120 volt receptacles, in other words it powers a separate electrical box in the garage. The charge breaker in that box didn't trip.

This morning I installed a new 240 volt, 100 amp breaker in my Denver house. The old one became completely unusable when I was mowing the lawn with my plug-in mower. It didn’t even trip. After installation the charge-up was quite unstable due to the fact I was sitting in the car with the air...

I was referring to both locations--Denver and Lafayette. Thanks for all of your help.

Thanks, My brother (EE) said that I should probably change out the breakers--but BOTH of them. Changing them out won't be expensive. I thought of the temperature problem. It gets into the 60s at night in Denver, so I left the garage door slightly open and got the temperature down to 75. It...

Thanks all. I'm 78 so its still 220 ;-) both receptacles are NEMA 14-50 (I think thats the model). The breaker amps in Denver are two a 100 amps. The breaker amps in Lafayette are two at 60 amps. My car sets max amps at 32. It worked at the Tesla shop, but it still doesn't charge at 27 in...

For the past 3 – 4 weeks I have been having trouble charging my year-old Model 3 on 220 volts using the mobile charger. It will charge for 10-20 minutes and then trip the breakers. I took it in to the Tesla shop and it charged fine using my mobile charger. I have 2 garages each with a 220...