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I love my Model S as much as anyone, but I have to say it's just not practical for 120V to be your primary source of charging. It's just not the same experience. I wouldn't recommend a Tesla unless you can have 240V charging at home, or at the very least at work.My name is Ken Laffend. I just ordered a 4wd Tesla S in Berwyn PA. I would like to know how practical 110v volt charging is and what the charging rate is? Thank you.
Hey, OP! I see that there is a couple of HPWCs in/near your town. One is at a Service Center, so you might have to call ahead to use it. There's also a plugshare user with an HPWC that you may be able to borrow from time to time. Looks like you're near The King of Prussia Mall as well. There's a Tesla store there which will surely have some HPWCs and 14-50s you can use. If you combined your 110v home charging with occasional trips to these HPWCs you would be fine.
PlugShare - EV Charging Station Map - Find a place to charge your car! >> great website for assessing your local charging options.
I agree with other posters who say you should *really* try to find a way to upgrade your home charging to something better tho, since you're lucky enough to have home charging to begin with.
As for me, I have no home charging at ALL, but I occasionally visit some local HPWCs and get some work done while it charges, or I visit a Supercharger once in a while. Anyway, it works for me, and I've had no problems of running low on charge in 6 months. 110v isn't a death sentence if you have some local HPWCs you can use.
Don't be specific about what the outlet is for, as sometimes the electricians may pad their quote (because of perceived affluence).
Probably not, because most dryer circuits are 30A.If I just told the electrician from the beginning that this was for a dryer it would have saved a lot of pain and frustration.
I would not trust an electrician who thinks a 40Amp breaker is good for a 40Amp continuos load to do any part of the installation. If he is licensed, I would report him to the licensing board.Good idea about not being specific. I was showing the UMC to my electrician and after that he insisted that he'll only install a 40A breaker because the UMC is only rated at 40A.
That's not a supercharger, that's a HPWC. Unless your car has dual chargers, it will give the same 29 miles or range per hour that you would get at home with a 14-50. HPWCs are installed by hotels, etc. to attract Tesla driving guests. Superchargers are free and have no relationship to a hotel or other business except Tesla uses or rents space in the parking lot. You really should go to the charging section of the Tesla web site to read all you can about the various forms of charging, then come back here and ask questions.Thanks for all the input. It sounds right and I will install an outlet there as well as 75 miles away in OCNJ. Right now some longer trips like 250 miles to syracuse seem unlikely. There is a supercharger in Binghamton at a Hotel but it says you have to stay there to use it. If I would try to go there, I'd call the hotel and try to work something out. I'm new this forum and am still figuring out how to navigate..
You get around 3 miles per hour from a normal 15A outlet, and about 4 miles per hour from a 20A outlet.
Just be advised that the phantom draw on the Tesla will be significant (compared to a Leaf which is essentially zero). My Leaf commute is so short that I can make it one way, and maybe even round trip, on the phantom draw of a Tesla in the winter. I've done 150 mi in two days in the Leaf using L1, but it was in the summer and is not practical below about 50 F.For daily commuting in my Leaf I do 20-40 miles and up to 75 miles on the weekend and I have gotten by just fine charging on 110v even though I use a charge timer and don't start charging until 9pm. My wife and I also own hybrid that we can take on longer trips.
That being said I have an S85D that will be arriving in late march and hope to have a 240v line installed in the garage by then as I hope to use it as our primary vehicle.