abub
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Yes. For me the main thing is running the 240V/60A line to the garage and after that I can use one of these chargers or just use the 14-50 adapter.
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abub
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I have a buddy in clarksburg who recently ordered a Model Y. It sounds like a fun weekend project with several trips to Home Depot and copious amounts of beer
I’m thinking of going with the Grizzl-E. I don’t need the frills of WiFi or anything else. NOVEC doesn’t charge differently for peak and off-peak and they don’t have any incentives for charging.
I’ve gotten into the habit of pretty much plugging in the car like I plug in my phone. For regular home usage, I see 40A as the sweet spot.
Wheel locks have different dimensions. Assuming you don’t go with something like the Gorilla Guard Locks, they’ll definitely fit. With the larger Guard Locks, they should fit.
I purchased the wall charger about a week after I ordered the car. My neighbor has one and it's just too convenient. I'd rather keep the included charger in my car for "just in case" situations. I'm pretty handy myself so I ran an 80 foot run of 6/2 NM from my basement, up through a wall, across the attic, and down the wall of my garage to the charger. I'm not going to lie, it was a bit of a challenge muscling that heavy gauge wire, but worth not having to pay an electrician. It cost me about $750 in total. I installed a 50 amp circuit breaker and wired to that. 6/2 NM (non-metallic, aka "Romex") is only rated to 55 amps. Setting the wall charger to 50 amps means that it will only draw 40 amps, continuous (80%). I didn't feel like running 75 or 90-degree single-strand wire through conduit all that way just for the extra 8 amps a 60 amp circuit would give me (80% of 60 amps = 48 amps continuous). I could have just wired that to a 14-50, but that would only give me a 32 amp max continuous. I did order a 14-50 adapter to keep with my charger in the car, again... just in case. What sucks, is that every time I get out of my current ICE car, that charger's glowing green light reminds me I still don't have my car. I just shoot it the stink eye and walk away...
I have a 200 amp service panel outside of my house and I park my car right next to it. I'm tempted to just install a 14-50 NEMA outlet box just right next to box and run the wire through conduit. That should be fine right? Do I really need to hire an electrician and get a permit just for that?
I should add that all of the house electrical (outside of the high amp appliances like the stove, washer/dryer, and 3 AC units) are on a separate subpanel that is rated for 50 amps it looks like.
I should add that all of the house electrical (outside of the high amp appliances like the stove, washer/dryer, and 3 AC units) are on a separate subpanel that is rated for 50 amps it looks like.
1LE McQueen
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Spotted this scene in Scottsdale tonight. There was ONE Model 3 in this truck full of Model S lol. The parking lot was completely empty otherwise. Before the end of Q2 this lot was filled to the brim with Teslas.
I put one in (14-50 plug) within 7ft of my garage panel. I got all the wire and parts at Lowe’s for around 60 bucks. The Tesla adapter was 45 dollars. The message when you opened the Tesla adapter was great. Turn off the main 200A breaker. Understand the wires from the meter into that 200A breaker are still hot (each of them) but the rest of the panel is off. Watch YouTube…
SpriteM3
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You know what, I see the wrinkles in the white wrap now that I look closer.
1LE McQueen
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You know what, I see the wrinkles in the white wrap now that I look closer.
Yup, protective wrap. I can see how that'd be confusing though.
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