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Up until recently, I had been charging every day using a Tesla Wall Connector. The plug or handle for the Wall Connector recently got damaged and Tesla is sending me a replacement Wall Connector. But since it will be a while before the replacement Wall Connector can be installed, my electrician yesterday installed a 14-50 Nema outlet. I plan to use the Mobile Connector with the 14-50 adapter to charge temporarily until the new Wall Connector is installed.
The electrician removed the original Wall Connector and put a 14-50 Nema outlet in its place. He did add a neutral wire (since the Wall Connector does not require a neutral line) and replaced the 60 amp breaker with a 50 amp breaker. He used the existing 6 gauge wires that had been connected to the original Wall Connector.
He installed the 14-50 outlet yesterday and I charged the Tesla successfully (at full 32 amps). I left the Tesla plugged into the outlet overnight and unplugged it this morning. I then went out for a bit and I came home 2 hours later. However, when I went to plug in the mobile connector after I got home, there was no power from the outlet. Power to the house was on, so it was not a house-wide power outage or anything like that. I went to the breaker box and discovered that the 50 amp breaker for the outlet had been tripped. I reset the breaker and the outlet once again has power.
I plugged the Tesla into the outlet but reduced the amp setting to 20 amps.
I contacted my electrician. He said that there may have been a power surge and that if the breaker gets tripped again, to not reset it and call him instead. He would then come out and test everything.
Any ideas as to why the 50 amp breaker would have been tripped when using the outlet at 32 amps? Any suggestions on what if anything else I can do to address this?
Thank you!
joebruin77
The electrician removed the original Wall Connector and put a 14-50 Nema outlet in its place. He did add a neutral wire (since the Wall Connector does not require a neutral line) and replaced the 60 amp breaker with a 50 amp breaker. He used the existing 6 gauge wires that had been connected to the original Wall Connector.
He installed the 14-50 outlet yesterday and I charged the Tesla successfully (at full 32 amps). I left the Tesla plugged into the outlet overnight and unplugged it this morning. I then went out for a bit and I came home 2 hours later. However, when I went to plug in the mobile connector after I got home, there was no power from the outlet. Power to the house was on, so it was not a house-wide power outage or anything like that. I went to the breaker box and discovered that the 50 amp breaker for the outlet had been tripped. I reset the breaker and the outlet once again has power.
I plugged the Tesla into the outlet but reduced the amp setting to 20 amps.
I contacted my electrician. He said that there may have been a power surge and that if the breaker gets tripped again, to not reset it and call him instead. He would then come out and test everything.
Any ideas as to why the 50 amp breaker would have been tripped when using the outlet at 32 amps? Any suggestions on what if anything else I can do to address this?
Thank you!
joebruin77