I've had a NEMA 14-50 installed by what I thought to be a licensed electrician on a very old house (built in the 1960s) and where I'm renting (built 3 years ago) I asked the landlord to split the cost to install a 14-50 and both times the panel was 200 amps. The old house was electric heat (that had it's own sub panel I believe) and the newer house is gas heat. Both times they looked at the panel and saw blank space and tossed a 50 amp circuit in for the outlet.
I'm having new construction built (1900 sq ft) and when I ask about a pre-wire for a vehicle charging circuit they're saying it MUST be upgraded to a 320 amp panel and the pre-wire states that it's 100 amp service. My goal is to put a wall connector in this time around so I would like a 60 amp circuit.
I'm wondering if I actually need this (total cost between the panel [$3400] and pre-wire [$2210] is over $5500.... for a vehicle charging circuit... while the house is being built... panel is in the garage and at most I would want about 50 feet of cable run (30 foot wide garage, but if they run around or through the ceiling that would be some extra feet).
This seems.... excessive to me. But, I will say, it's a 1900 sq ft house, with a heat pump (so electric heat) and electric stove/oven. I've also requested three additional dedicated 20 amp circuits in different places in the house. So... maybe the panel upgrade to 320 amps isn't such a bad idea? (potentially 60 amps of dedicated circuits, plus HVAC/Kitchen, plus 60 amp for the Tesla + normal life stuff?)
Guess I'm just looking for some general input on this and if people think the 320 amp panel is needed... I figure if I just skip it and stuff it into the 200 amp panel I probably could hire an electrician to do it for under $2000... maybe under $1000? If I stick with the panel upgrade, but ditch the pre-wire option then I'm not sure how much I would actually save when I have it done after move in... if someone charges me $1200 or something... sure, I saved a little, but it's a hassle...
I'm having new construction built (1900 sq ft) and when I ask about a pre-wire for a vehicle charging circuit they're saying it MUST be upgraded to a 320 amp panel and the pre-wire states that it's 100 amp service. My goal is to put a wall connector in this time around so I would like a 60 amp circuit.
I'm wondering if I actually need this (total cost between the panel [$3400] and pre-wire [$2210] is over $5500.... for a vehicle charging circuit... while the house is being built... panel is in the garage and at most I would want about 50 feet of cable run (30 foot wide garage, but if they run around or through the ceiling that would be some extra feet).
This seems.... excessive to me. But, I will say, it's a 1900 sq ft house, with a heat pump (so electric heat) and electric stove/oven. I've also requested three additional dedicated 20 amp circuits in different places in the house. So... maybe the panel upgrade to 320 amps isn't such a bad idea? (potentially 60 amps of dedicated circuits, plus HVAC/Kitchen, plus 60 amp for the Tesla + normal life stuff?)
Guess I'm just looking for some general input on this and if people think the 320 amp panel is needed... I figure if I just skip it and stuff it into the 200 amp panel I probably could hire an electrician to do it for under $2000... maybe under $1000? If I stick with the panel upgrade, but ditch the pre-wire option then I'm not sure how much I would actually save when I have it done after move in... if someone charges me $1200 or something... sure, I saved a little, but it's a hassle...