Any suggestions regarding a level 2 home charging purchase. My handyman has agreed to put it in for us. We are going to have it installed in the garage. Looking for one that not only can plug in my model 3 but also other EVs.
Appreciate any help.
Others have given excellent advice here.
I have done a lot of thinking about this topic.
I would much rather an industry standard solution when spending money on an EVSE.
The issue is that I find nothing can remotely touch the capabilities of the Tesla Wall Connector for the price.
I am hard pressed to find any EVSE capable of even 40 amps continuous for under $500. The wall connector is good to 80 amps! (100a circuit).
The wall connector also includes the ability to pair with up to four total units to share a single circuit. It also is easy to set in any increment from 15a to 100a circuits depending on what you have available (very flexible install requirements).
So when you count those benefits plus the convenience factor of not needing to use an adaptor and the button to wirelessly open the charge port (this is more convenient than you might think), it isn’t hard for me to argue for J1772 units for most folks use cases right now.
Everyone’s use cases are different, but I would probably not spend too much time/money trying to future proof. I chose the Wall Connector and am very happy with it. If years down the road I get a different car I could swap over to a J1772 unit easily and I predict they will come down in price a lot once mass market EV’s roll out (though the licensing cost for the J1772 handle apparently is expensive). You may also be able to resell the Wall Connector at that point also. Whatever wiring you put in is likely reusable.
I basically feel that Tesla is either selling the Wall Connectors at a loss, or at least selling them for a lot less than what I would consider market rate to be for OEM equipment. They clearly want them out there with their proprietary charge port on them. While I hate proprietary things in general, I have to say, the Tesla charging plug is superior to J1772 in basically every way (other than its proprietary nature).