SSedan
Active Member
The argument being posed that focus on your daily commute are very short sighted.
In Albany cold temps are going to drastically increase energy use in winter.
I have a 7 mile each way drive and can see energy use triple if I don't preheat, of course if you preheat you use that energy you just don't see it on the dash.
I advocate going as high an amperage connections practical, what happens when you work Friday in winter and want to top up while loading the car for a weekend trip? In my case it was a family emergency that came up while I was far from home that caused me to spend the money on the wall connector. Was hours south of home got a call that I needed to get an hour north of home, with a 14-30 it got just a few miles while I offloaded the wife, kids, baggage and I ended up having to hit a supercharger very briefly but was a few miles out of the way too. If I had had the wall connector I could have just stayed home 5-10 more minutes longer and skipped the supercharger. Mine is an older S that can take 80amps which is good for 58miles added per hour.
Usually I keep it dialed way down below that but am happy to have the capability.
On the "slower is better", AC charging is slow charging, maxed out on a wall connector is still what 6-7hours to charge empty to full that isn't fast charging. Even if you are thick headed and incapable of rational thought and want to argue that is fast having the capability doesn't mean you use it all the time.
I also advocate having a backup plan, be that a second UMC or use a wall connector as primary and UMC as backup. Heck maybe your neighbors EV charger is your backup plan but have something.
On future proofing since it seems 60amps is currently the highest rated connector Tesla wants to sell I would put in wire for that even if putting lower rated breaker and outlet.
In Albany cold temps are going to drastically increase energy use in winter.
I have a 7 mile each way drive and can see energy use triple if I don't preheat, of course if you preheat you use that energy you just don't see it on the dash.
I advocate going as high an amperage connections practical, what happens when you work Friday in winter and want to top up while loading the car for a weekend trip? In my case it was a family emergency that came up while I was far from home that caused me to spend the money on the wall connector. Was hours south of home got a call that I needed to get an hour north of home, with a 14-30 it got just a few miles while I offloaded the wife, kids, baggage and I ended up having to hit a supercharger very briefly but was a few miles out of the way too. If I had had the wall connector I could have just stayed home 5-10 more minutes longer and skipped the supercharger. Mine is an older S that can take 80amps which is good for 58miles added per hour.
Usually I keep it dialed way down below that but am happy to have the capability.
On the "slower is better", AC charging is slow charging, maxed out on a wall connector is still what 6-7hours to charge empty to full that isn't fast charging. Even if you are thick headed and incapable of rational thought and want to argue that is fast having the capability doesn't mean you use it all the time.
I also advocate having a backup plan, be that a second UMC or use a wall connector as primary and UMC as backup. Heck maybe your neighbors EV charger is your backup plan but have something.
On future proofing since it seems 60amps is currently the highest rated connector Tesla wants to sell I would put in wire for that even if putting lower rated breaker and outlet.