Recent content by ICEisdead

Thanks guys. Great feedback. We'll check out the EV rate.

Hi everyone. New Californian here, Fresno area. Coming from Virginia where off-peak energy rate are like $0.10/kw. My wife and I are renting an average 2000sqft house, with a pool, no solar, and no battery storage. We haven't seen our first electric bill, but I'm curious to hear what rate plans...

Picked up from Glen Allen (Richmond), VA, today. I gave the vehicle a good look over and she was perfect IMO. Really enjoying the car so far.

Not the best drywall work, but free!

Install in progress. They said they would run it internally for no extra charge.

Rinnai Tankless hot water heater. Not a super big one.

Better?

Here.

I’ll take you up on that…

Electrician #2 said he was no longer interested in the project after I requested #6 wire and a GFCI breaker. He also had no intent of running the wires through conduit. Electrician #3 came this afternoon. 50 amp breaker (not GFCI), 14-50 Outlet (customer supplied), #6 copper wire, and some BS...

Where can I source a GFCI circuit breaker and 5ft of #6 wire? Can someone provide me a link to quality materials? I don’t want to do the work myself, I just want to source the materials myself so I don’t keep getting screwed by these people.

Got a second quote. This electrician is willing to do it for $375, but that’s no GFCI breaker, #8 copper wire, a self-sourced outlet, and (likely) no permit. I asked for #6 wire and he said it would be an additional $150 because he would have to buy additional wire and it’s very expensive...

All good information. Called them back asking for clarification and they said their prices allow to provide a customer satisfaction guarantee, warranty, and due to wage increases required over the past year. I wouldn't call that all complete BS, but as ya'll mentioned, it does seem high.

Okay, thanks. Great info.

The electrician said something about the UMC overcharging the car on only a 14-50 connection if we didn’t remember to turn down the power every time we charged the car. Any truth to that? How is this prevented?