LoneStarEve
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I admit I didn’t notice that the requirement had been in since NEC2017 and we’re now on NEC2020 which has tightened it.
I’ll ask my electrician next time I see him as I don’t remember what he actually fitted but whatever it is he’s done for other Tesla owners and claims it works so…
After getting fed up of waiting for Tesla to deliver me a corded mobile connector 6 weeks after taking my money I cancelled it and now I’m going with an OpenEVSE which allows me to disable its internal GFCI test ((which is what tends to trip the GFCI breaker) and we’ll see how that goes. I will be getting a second 14-50 fitted for my wife’s Mini and will order a second one if I get good results with the first. I will admit I also went with this unit because it doesn’t need the cloud for its wifi app and more importantly has an api so I can add it to my homemade smart house server.
Worst case if I still get problems I can just switch off the breaker, hard wire the OpenEVSE in by swapping it for the socket, and flip the breaker back on. But my electrician will likely swap it for free for me anyway assuming it is even a GFCI breaker he’s fitted (I really must check).
I’ll ask my electrician next time I see him as I don’t remember what he actually fitted but whatever it is he’s done for other Tesla owners and claims it works so…
After getting fed up of waiting for Tesla to deliver me a corded mobile connector 6 weeks after taking my money I cancelled it and now I’m going with an OpenEVSE which allows me to disable its internal GFCI test ((which is what tends to trip the GFCI breaker) and we’ll see how that goes. I will be getting a second 14-50 fitted for my wife’s Mini and will order a second one if I get good results with the first. I will admit I also went with this unit because it doesn’t need the cloud for its wifi app and more importantly has an api so I can add it to my homemade smart house server.
Worst case if I still get problems I can just switch off the breaker, hard wire the OpenEVSE in by swapping it for the socket, and flip the breaker back on. But my electrician will likely swap it for free for me anyway assuming it is even a GFCI breaker he’s fitted (I really must check).