Moderatefan
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Yes, the electrician would not do this, b/c permanently wiring in smth like this would not be up to code. That solution I mentioned is pre-packaged electrician-free solution, so an electrician would have no incentive to use it.Yes. One of the ideas I propsed to th electrician was to run a line off that circuit for the car. The electrician agreed it made sense in theory (large circuit with uses that wouldn’t really need to be going on at the same time). However, he couldn’t do it that way because it would be a code violation.
The only large circuit with an outlet in a location suitable for an extension cord as-is is the heat pump. Unfortunately, that circuit can’t really be shared since the heat pump needs to be able to run at any time.
But you got me to thinking, maybe there is a workable extension cord solution (avoiding costly changes to the garage) if I could just add a high capacity outlet that was in a suitable location for an extension cord to carry electricity from the apartment to the garage. I’ll look into it. So, thanks for the idea!
If you find the outlet for your range, you can plug in the splitter yourself and you're done. Takes a month+ to receive it per estimate on that site.
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Also note, that you can have a longer extension cord included with the splitter, but that is an option for "RV buddy" product, which is basically the same thing:
RV Buddy Plus AUTO #1 Custom 50A 2-way switcher, 3.5' 14-50 plug cable to two 14-50 outlets, with kWh meter
This likely won't help much, since you still need to plug in the range into primary.
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