Is there a good place where people discuss how they are mounting and installing their EVSE? I know to have an electrician do it but different electricians have different strategies to accomplish the same basic task. For example, a lot of electricians might just use a $15 14-50 when most of us know it would be better to get a Hubble or Bryant 14-50 for the kind of load we'd put through a mobile connector.
In my specific case though, I'm looking for a bit more strategizing before I call the electrician so that I can ask him to do something that will make sense for the project. I'm mostly concerned about aesthetics at this point (although aesthetics aren't super important for this location because soon this house will simply be used as a part of the farming business rather than a home).
The red box is the main breaker for the farmstead. I am thinking about running a new line in underground conduit (capable of carrying at least 100 amps) to the blue box and installing the following things in the vicinity of the blue box:
It would also be nice to have enough juice at that location to be able to charge two EV's should the need arise. The Universal Wall Connector should be able to charge any EV for anyone who visits and if we need to charge our vehicle simultaneously we can just hook the Mobile Connector to the 14-50. And, at some point in the future, we can disable the 14-50 outlet and install another Universal Wall Connector. At that point, if one of the Universal Wall Connectors had an issue we could just enable the 14-50 outlet again and use the Mobile Connector until the Universal Wall Connector is repaired or replaced.
As I said before, my primary problem with this solution is aesthetics. It's going to look very industrial right in front of the house (that's very old imagery and we've made things look nicer since then). Unistrut mounted to galvinized posts (see the picture below) is by far the easiest way to make all of this stuff work the way we want it to but I'm wondering if there is a way to make it look a little more welcoming than that.
Does anyone have any strategies for that or have any recommendations on where else to ask this type of a question?
Thanks.
In my specific case though, I'm looking for a bit more strategizing before I call the electrician so that I can ask him to do something that will make sense for the project. I'm mostly concerned about aesthetics at this point (although aesthetics aren't super important for this location because soon this house will simply be used as a part of the farming business rather than a home).
The red box is the main breaker for the farmstead. I am thinking about running a new line in underground conduit (capable of carrying at least 100 amps) to the blue box and installing the following things in the vicinity of the blue box:
- A sub-panel
- A Universal Wall Connector
- A Hubble 14-50 outlet for being able to plug in the Mobile Connector
- Room to install another Universal Wall Connector if I want to in the future
It would also be nice to have enough juice at that location to be able to charge two EV's should the need arise. The Universal Wall Connector should be able to charge any EV for anyone who visits and if we need to charge our vehicle simultaneously we can just hook the Mobile Connector to the 14-50. And, at some point in the future, we can disable the 14-50 outlet and install another Universal Wall Connector. At that point, if one of the Universal Wall Connectors had an issue we could just enable the 14-50 outlet again and use the Mobile Connector until the Universal Wall Connector is repaired or replaced.
As I said before, my primary problem with this solution is aesthetics. It's going to look very industrial right in front of the house (that's very old imagery and we've made things look nicer since then). Unistrut mounted to galvinized posts (see the picture below) is by far the easiest way to make all of this stuff work the way we want it to but I'm wondering if there is a way to make it look a little more welcoming than that.
Does anyone have any strategies for that or have any recommendations on where else to ask this type of a question?
Thanks.