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    NEMA 14-50 Plug Meltdown / Near Fire

    80% is not a magic number. 80% is just a re 80% of rating current is just a rule of thumb, not a law. You don't need to be exactly at 80%. You can set at 75% if you want. I set the limit at 25A for easy to remember.
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    NEMA 14-50 Plug Meltdown / Near Fire

    Tesla has short cable option for the Wall Connector. It's 8'5 i
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    Home Charging Question on Using Electric Dryer Outlet 10-30A

    Thank you for the info. I did same thing. I made an adapter (actually, a extension cord) to plug into 10-30 dryer receptacle. The other end of the extension cord is a 14-50 and use UMC GEN 2 to charge my Model 3. The Neutral of the 10-30 is wired to Ground of the 14-50 and the Neutral of the...
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    NEMA 14-50 Plug Meltdown / Near Fire

    I connect the UMC Gen 2 to 10-30R dryer receptacle and limit the current at 25A. Everything seems to be OK. The hottest part is the cable of the the UMC. Does anybody know what is the size of the conductor inside the cable (2 hot wires)? Are they 8, 10 or 12 AWG? Thanks
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    Home Charging Question on Using Electric Dryer Outlet 10-30A

    I have a question of using that kind of adapter on Amazon . Since the NEMA 10-50 has two hots and a NEUTRAL only,no GROUND, while the Tesla UMC needs the GROUND connection instead of NEUTRAL. Using that adapter will cause safety problem because of missing of GROUND connect to the UMC? Thanks
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    Charge Port will not unlock

    Sorry, I just want to ask questions that may be related to the charger port: I charged my car today at Tesla Super Charger Embassy Suit Hotel in Milpitas, CA. After starting about 30 seconds, the charging current dropped to zero and the screen displayed a message telling the car "need to be...
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    Pickling up my Model 3 in Fremont tomorrow!

    I live 5 miles from Fremont factory. If I want to pick up my M3 there (in from of demo room), will I need to pay $1200 delivery fee?