Hi
when I purchased my house I had the contractor put in a plug into my garage anticipating an EV in the future. I recall he said that the panel was full but it wasn't a big problem. Anyway, a 10-50 plug was installed (not sure why it wasn't a 14-50) but I want to convert it to a 14-50 plug. I removed the plug and saw the 2 hot wires and the neutral attached the the plug as well as the ground which wasn't being used. I then went to the panel and saw a quad type breaker which looked similar to below. There are 2 20A slots on the "outside" and 2 40A slots in the middle. As you can see, there is a bridge between the 2 40's and a bridge between the 2 20's The 10-50 plug had the hot wires connected to one half of the breaker which was a 20A and 40A. So my question is this equivalent to a 60 A breaker (40+20) OR is this equivalent to a 20A (lowest rating of the the circuit breaker). And as I understand it, you should charge at no greater than 80% of the breaker capacity.
Thanks for the help!
when I purchased my house I had the contractor put in a plug into my garage anticipating an EV in the future. I recall he said that the panel was full but it wasn't a big problem. Anyway, a 10-50 plug was installed (not sure why it wasn't a 14-50) but I want to convert it to a 14-50 plug. I removed the plug and saw the 2 hot wires and the neutral attached the the plug as well as the ground which wasn't being used. I then went to the panel and saw a quad type breaker which looked similar to below. There are 2 20A slots on the "outside" and 2 40A slots in the middle. As you can see, there is a bridge between the 2 40's and a bridge between the 2 20's The 10-50 plug had the hot wires connected to one half of the breaker which was a 20A and 40A. So my question is this equivalent to a 60 A breaker (40+20) OR is this equivalent to a 20A (lowest rating of the the circuit breaker). And as I understand it, you should charge at no greater than 80% of the breaker capacity.
Thanks for the help!