Agreed, we are only discussing outdoor installations of EVSE, specifically the Tesla Gen3 Wall Connector.not really a gotcha... per the definition i've listed 3 or 4 times now this would not require GFCI since the circuit is > 50A ... many EVSE installs use 50A or less .. also many TWC are installed inside so the amp rating does not matter
The NEC Article 100 definition 210.8(F) GFCI Protection. Outdoor Outlets.
stated:
"In the 2020 NEC, all outdoor “outlets” for dwellings, other than lighting, electric snow-melting, deicing, or pipeline heating, that are supplied by single-phase branch circuits rated 150 volts to ground or less, 50 amperes or less, shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel. This is a big change!
Example: A 240V, single phase, outdoor, dwelling unit air conditioner has two ungrounded conductors that are each 120V to ground and 240V phase to phase. If this air conditioner is rated 50 amps or less, then GFCI protection is now required for the “outlet”. How about an outdoor well pump?
GFCI being required for the example, "If this air conditioner (not the circuit) is rated 50 amps or less, then GFCI protection is now required..."
The Telsa Gen3 Wall Connector Installation Manual Specification pages states that the Gen3 Wall Connector's maximum rated output is 48 amps (nothing stated about being rated for more than 50 amps.)
Why would the Tesla Gen3 Wall Connector installed outdoors on a 60A circuit not require GFCI when on a 40A or 50A circuit it would require GFCI? It would seem that the risk was similar if not actually greater for the 60A circuit.
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