Kleenerth3
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Standing corrected. Everything else applies. Thanks.This is categorically incorrect.
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Standing corrected. Everything else applies. Thanks.This is categorically incorrect.
You can do it yourself. I had the same problem. I install my charger on the opposite side of the house. Please check this link. I uploaded a series on how to do it. Installing Tesla Wall Charger for dummies - YouTubeIn my house, the breaker box is far from the garage, like opposite ends of the house. I’m in a suburb of Atlanta and electrician from Tesla website said
1. The permit is 378$
2. If I don’t use Tesla electrician, warranty on my new model 3 that I’m picking up Monday is void
3. If I don’t get permit, Tesla warranty void
4. It costs so much because the distance of the wires from breaker box to garage wall is 50-75 ft depending where I’m putting the plug.
I can’t believe a 11$ plug on Amazon is going to cost 1500 to install. Dude at Tesla Buckhead said 250-400 for install.
I can’t install myself I have no skills or knowledge.
What should I do? Find non Tesla electrician? Skip the $378 permit? Is warranty really voided. I can’t get Tesla in the phone but via email one employee said it won’t void warranty unless the electrician does something wrong that hurts the car.
Thanks for any advice I am in panic mode.
Page 121 of the owners manual, first paragraph...To @Powder florida and @Kleenerth3 — NO NO NO
You must NOT use a 60A breaker with a NEMA 14-50 outlet.
And the statement that it will provide 20/30 A max is more evidence you have no idea what you’re talking about. The Gen 1 UMC will draw 40A and the Gen 2 UMC will draw 32A when plugged into a 14-50 outlet.
Doesn’t anyone RTFM? Tesla’s home charging website
Home Charging Installation
has everything you need to know, including links to spec sheeets for installation every type of outlet.
This video is so WRONG on so many areas. Plu1357, Friday at 9:53 PM
Please DO NOT follow this video.
Wrong wire used, and NEVER run electricity using the white wire as a HOT. That is illegal in every code.
did not think rudeness was required on this site!! The 60 amp was recommended by Tesla, and will not draw 60 with a 14-50, just as plugging in a cell phone to a 2 amp charger will draw 1 amp unless it is c type. My work was done by a LICENSED electrician.To @Powder florida and @Kleenerth3 — NO NO NO
You must NOT use a 60A breaker with a NEMA 14-50 outlet.
And the statement that it will provide 20/30 A max is more evidence you have no idea what you’re talking about. The Gen 1 UMC will draw 40A and the Gen 2 UMC will draw 32A when plugged into a 14-50 outlet.
Doesn’t anyone RTFM? Tesla’s home charging website
Home Charging Installation
has everything you need to know, including links to spec sheeets for installation every type of outlet.
did not think rudeness was required on this site!! The 60 amp was recommended by Tesla, and will not draw 60 with a 14-50, just as plugging in a cell phone to a 2 amp charger will draw 1 amp unless it is c type. My work was done by a LICENSED electrician.
Always get multiple quotes. You may need to trickle charger on a normal 120 volt outlet until you find someone to do the install, but get at least two more quotes.
We were in a similar situation except we wanted an HPWC install instead of an outlet. It was about 70 feet of cable that needed to be run from one end of the house to the other. One company quoted $3,000, another quoted $2,000, and the Tesla electrician actually came in with the lowest bid at $1,500.
This was already addressed by @gfunkdave , but it bears repeating. This is a straight-up violation of National Electric Code. It says that the breaker can be no more than the rating of this outlet. It doesn't matter what you're planning to plug into it or what its expected draw would be. There are provisions for going less than the rating of the outlet, like maybe a 40A breaker, but you can not go higher.The 60 amp was recommended by Tesla, and will not draw 60 with a 14-50, just as plugging in a cell phone to a 2 amp charger will draw 1 amp unless it is c type. My work was done by a LICENSED electrician.
This was already addressed by @gfunkdave , but it bears repeating. This is a straight-up violation of National Electric Code. It says that the breaker can be no more than the rating of this outlet. It doesn't matter what you're planning to plug into it or what its expected draw would be. There are provisions for going less than the rating of the outlet, like maybe a 40A breaker, but you can not go higher.
I'll take this one further... its downright common to drive a 14-50 outlet for a clothes dryer with some 10 gauge and a 30 amp breaker. The way I understand it, the breaker(in this case) should be sized specifically for the equipment attached, but never more than the wire can take, of course. I assume the reason for this is that the innards of the dryer are probably not rated to deal with more than its rated breaker. If something dreadful happens inside the dryer, you still want the breaker to blow before the dryer starts to burn.
Uh, no, the 14-30 is the standard outlet for dryers...on a 30A breaker.
You might be thinking of running a 14-50 on a 40A breaker, which is common for electric ranges, since there is no such thing as a 14-40 outlet.
In my house, the breaker box is far from the garage, like opposite ends of the house. I’m in a suburb of Atlanta and electrician from Tesla website said
1. The permit is 378$
2. If I don’t use Tesla electrician, warranty on my new model 3 that I’m picking up Monday is void
3. If I don’t get permit, Tesla warranty void
4. It costs so much because the distance of the wires from breaker box to garage wall is 50-75 ft depending where I’m putting the plug.
I can’t believe a 11$ plug on Amazon is going to cost 1500 to install. Dude at Tesla Buckhead said 250-400 for install.
I can’t install myself I have no skills or knowledge.
What should I do? Find non Tesla electrician? Skip the $378 permit? Is warranty really voided. I can’t get Tesla in the phone but via email one employee said it won’t void warranty unless the electrician does something wrong that hurts the car.
Thanks for any advice I am in panic mode.
To @Powder florida and @Kleenerth3 — NO NO NO
You must NOT use a 60A breaker with a NEMA 14-50 outlet.
Why? I have 15A outlets in my kitchen on 20A circuits. ...