Had an electrician install a NEMA 14-50 charging setup in my garage in March when I got my 19 M3 LR AWD. Breaker panel is on the opposite wall of the garage from where I wanted the outlet. The previous owner installed a range in the kitchen, and the wire enters the garage at a junction box near where I wanted the NEMA 14-50 outlet, and then runs through a pvc conduit across the garage to the panel. I asked the electrician if it was acceptable to run the wire for the outlet through that existing conduit for simplicity, and that's ultimately what he did. The new outlet is a few feet away from the junction box. I don't know the specific details on type of wire or brand of outlet. So I have a new 50A breaker, and everything has worked fine with no issues for several months until the last couple weeks. The breaker has tripped 3 different times when plugging the car in to start charging. Each time it has worked fine after resetting the breaker. After reading this thread, I called the electrician that installed it and he confirmed I have a GFI breaker (required per code), and how that can cause nuisance trips when used in conjunction with the GFI-protected Tesla cable. He seems to think the tripping is no big deal. He said if it was a loose wire or some other actual problem causing the trip, it would trip every time. The poster from that thread replaced his breaker with a non-GFI one which solved the problem.
Would it be better to have the electrician replace the breaker (with a regular one (against code requirements) or try a new GFI one) or just put up with random nuisance trips? Is there any actual harm/risk associated with the tripping/resetting breaker or is that truly no big deal like the electrician said? It makes my wife a little uneasy and I'm not 100% confident in my reassurances. Looking for a warm fuzzy that the house isn't gonna burn down.
Would it be better to have the electrician replace the breaker (with a regular one (against code requirements) or try a new GFI one) or just put up with random nuisance trips? Is there any actual harm/risk associated with the tripping/resetting breaker or is that truly no big deal like the electrician said? It makes my wife a little uneasy and I'm not 100% confident in my reassurances. Looking for a warm fuzzy that the house isn't gonna burn down.