Home Charger Installers

[Glan gluaisne]

Interested in this. Do you need an adapter to use the cables that come with the car to plug into the 32amp socket?

Yes, the 32 A commando adapter is an accessory from Tesla. Costs about £40 delivered, IIRC. It plugs into the UMC in place of the 13 A plug lead and automatically sets the UMC to charge at up to 32 A.

 

[Adopado]

Interested in this. Do you need an adapter to use the cables that come with the car to plug into the 32amp socket?

You need the 32A commando adapter that works in conjunction with your supplied UMC. It costs £32 direct from a service centre or £40 delivered.

 

[Adopado]

Good timing Jeremy!

 

[D4v1d]

Thanks guys. I have a 6mm cable and 32amp breaker going to my garage. May go for this instead of the charger.

 

[Artiste]

Interested in this. Do you need an adapter to use the cables that come with the car to plug into the 32amp socket?

I didn’t get an adapter because I bought a separate 32A commando lead so that I could keep the Tesla supplied one in the car.

Using a commando socket as a permanent solution seems to be frowned upon but it works perfectly for me. My lead is permanently plugged into an interlocked IP67 rated commando socket and I always get the full 32A current. Had I been eligible for the £500 OLEV grant I would have got a standard charger, but as I’m not this has saved me a fair amount of cash.

And no, the socket isn’t wired in according to 18th Regs. My electrician didn’t ask if it was for charging an EV even though it was pretty obvious, but he and I are both happy it’s safe.

 

[BK11SBY]

Here is my home charger install with 32a commando

 

[D4v1d]

Nice registration

 

[BK11SBY]

Thank you, however it's my friends who I bought the car from, it's back on retention for now, whilst I add my own personalised reg.