Hello everyone! My first post here...
I am getting a delivery of my Model S soon (so excited!) and wanted to get setup for charging in the meantime. To add an outlet in the garage dedicated to charging with a 50 AMP circuit is going to be too much work as per the electricians I contacted. They claim that it will involve PGE digging underneath my driveway and I'd really like to avoid any massive work to get this outlet installed.
So, I was thinking that maybe I can use my dryer outlet (which is 10-30) for charging my car and the plan is to:
1. Buy the 14-30 adapter that Tesla sells - Model S/X NEMA Adapter
2. Get an extension cord or build one that converts 10-30p to 14-30r. This will serve two purposes - a) add length to my charging cable, which I need, and b) enable me to use the dryer outlet for charging my car.
I can then plug in the dryer (after I convert it to 4 prong 14-30 as well) when I want to use the dryer and plugin the charger for the car when I need to charge the car.
What are your thoughts on this? Any issues that you guys see? Any recommendations on where to get the extension cord for 10-30p to 14-30r conversion?
Thanks so much!!
I am getting a delivery of my Model S soon (so excited!) and wanted to get setup for charging in the meantime. To add an outlet in the garage dedicated to charging with a 50 AMP circuit is going to be too much work as per the electricians I contacted. They claim that it will involve PGE digging underneath my driveway and I'd really like to avoid any massive work to get this outlet installed.
So, I was thinking that maybe I can use my dryer outlet (which is 10-30) for charging my car and the plan is to:
1. Buy the 14-30 adapter that Tesla sells - Model S/X NEMA Adapter
2. Get an extension cord or build one that converts 10-30p to 14-30r. This will serve two purposes - a) add length to my charging cable, which I need, and b) enable me to use the dryer outlet for charging my car.
I can then plug in the dryer (after I convert it to 4 prong 14-30 as well) when I want to use the dryer and plugin the charger for the car when I need to charge the car.
What are your thoughts on this? Any issues that you guys see? Any recommendations on where to get the extension cord for 10-30p to 14-30r conversion?
Thanks so much!!