My wife's new Tesla arrives soon, and it's alone in our double garage. I'm, very happy with the convenience of the short (fat) cable on the charger in my single garage, even though it required an install ($700) to route conduit to the other side of the garage. My wife thinks she wants the same, and resists getting a 24' cable in the available charger.
Option 1: Please the wife. This means routing conduit to the far side of the big garage, and the electrician quoted $1600 because of the added distance, and because they need to upsize the wire to avoid voltage drop due to the distance. I'll omit the AWG details, but it's a size up from when the other garage got in AWG and conduit.
Option 2: Put the charger on the "wrong" side of the garage, so that the cost should be little more than the $700 install. The 24' cable is slimmer so less cumbersome, and there's less distance for voltage drop. Big plus is that this becomes usable for guests parked in the driveway as that need grows in the years to come. Big minus is that dirty cable on floor, rubs against car, and coils against wall.
Option 1: Please the wife. This means routing conduit to the far side of the big garage, and the electrician quoted $1600 because of the added distance, and because they need to upsize the wire to avoid voltage drop due to the distance. I'll omit the AWG details, but it's a size up from when the other garage got in AWG and conduit.
Option 2: Put the charger on the "wrong" side of the garage, so that the cost should be little more than the $700 install. The 24' cable is slimmer so less cumbersome, and there's less distance for voltage drop. Big plus is that this becomes usable for guests parked in the driveway as that need grows in the years to come. Big minus is that dirty cable on floor, rubs against car, and coils against wall.
