Homecharger Going on wall - Garo or Tesla

[formbyjules]

Check the Wallbox Copper!

 

[freekie]

If you want all the toys and want a full "set" as it were, spend the money and get the Tesla.

I think I will. I was planning on getting untethered to be tidier on the side of the house (visible from the street). Would that be a mistake? If yes, why?

 

[WannabeOwner]

Would that be a mistake? If yes, why?

having to roll-up / deal with the cable when it is chucking it down?

 

[kuruma]

FWIW, ATM Tesla will install a free wall connector if you sink £10k into a Powerwall... just in case anyone's considering getting one installed.

 

[MrBadger]

ohhhh. If it was £6k I might bite... still wont pay for itself though.

 

[kuruma]

ohhhh. If it was £6k I might bite... still wont pay for itself though.

Hmm... if you took that approach to food, you'd not last too long

No it won't pay for itself (yet), but we're going as electric as possible because a) it makes more sense environmentally and b) we can afford to. That's all there is to it for us, but I can fully understand others who want to see it as a way of saving money long term.

BTW, I forgot to ask, if the Powerwall/wall charger doesn't get installed in the next three weeks and three days, and I bring home the M3 to a wall charger-less house, can I just plug it in with a three pin plug for the time being? Our nearest supercharger is about 25 miles away!

 

[MrBadger]

Hmm... if you took that approach to food, you'd not last too long

No it won't pay for itself (yet), but we're going as electric as possible because a) it makes more sense environmentally and b) we can afford to. That's all there is to it for us, but I can fully understand others who want to see it as a way of saving money long term.

Food is a necessity, Powerwall isn't. If you are grid tied, Powerwall actually makes you less environmentally friendly as its round trip is less energy efficient (10-20% real world loss) than taking energy from grid. Its got to get its power from somewhere and I prefer any excess from my PV to go to benefit others and reduces grid wide marginal generation - typically gas. If I went battery, it would have to justify itself on cost, because I could not justify it on environmental grounds, for grid users, the numbers just do not stack up imho. They only work when grid marginal used to charge is less polluting/fossil than when it is discharging which is not very often.

 

[kevuwk]

BTW, I forgot to ask, if the Powerwall/wall charger doesn't get installed in the next three weeks and three days, and I bring home the M3 to a wall charger-less house, can I just plug it in with a three pin plug for the time being? Our nearest supercharger is about 25 miles away!

It will charge quite slowly, seem to remember ~10mph, but can be used

 

[kuruma]

thanks for answering that for me @kevuwk

 

[kuruma]

Food is a necessity, Powerwall isn't...

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[Yev000]

I think I will. I was planning on getting untethered to be tidier on the side of the house (visible from the street). Would that be a mistake? If yes, why?

Well you basically double the work, have to plug it in both ends. And the cable has to go somewhere, otherwise its just as untidy as the tethered. So that means dirty cable in your house or car.

 

[WannabeOwner]

the cable has to go somewhere, otherwise its just as untidy as the tethered

There are some retractable wall chargers, no idea if they are any good, but it may help where aesthetics is important.

 

[MrBadger]

Who here still has a working smoothly retractable cable on their Hoover? Lets just hope that mechanisms are made by Miele and they are immune to girt and grime and not abused like petrol forecourt tyre air pumps.

 

[freekie]

Thanks all for your comments. Going to go with Tesla charger with a cable attached afterall. Would have been great to get one free with a Powerwall but timing is wrong for me.