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Potential dumb question.
Hopefully in the next 4 weeks I will be taking delivery of my Model 3. I will be moving in about 3 months to a house with a garage where I will install a 50 amp outlet. In the meantime, my townhouse (no garage) has an outdoor 110V outlet (on a 15 amp circuit) which I plan to use for charging (I only drive 20 miles a day, so no worries on the slow charge rate). My only issue is my parking spot is about 30 feet from the outlet, so I had planned to purchase a 25 ft extension cord to use for charging.
The owners manual for the new UMC warns not to use an extension cord. However I feel pretty confident it shouldn’t cause any issues, especially if I buy a brand new outlet (current one has been there a while) and use an extension cord made with 12 gauge wire.
Does anyone else use an extension cord with the UMC? Or, does anyone think my plan is ill advised?
Thanks!
Hopefully in the next 4 weeks I will be taking delivery of my Model 3. I will be moving in about 3 months to a house with a garage where I will install a 50 amp outlet. In the meantime, my townhouse (no garage) has an outdoor 110V outlet (on a 15 amp circuit) which I plan to use for charging (I only drive 20 miles a day, so no worries on the slow charge rate). My only issue is my parking spot is about 30 feet from the outlet, so I had planned to purchase a 25 ft extension cord to use for charging.
The owners manual for the new UMC warns not to use an extension cord. However I feel pretty confident it shouldn’t cause any issues, especially if I buy a brand new outlet (current one has been there a while) and use an extension cord made with 12 gauge wire.
Does anyone else use an extension cord with the UMC? Or, does anyone think my plan is ill advised?
Thanks!