Hello All: At my test drive, the sales person said that you don't need that $500+ wall charger. If you install a 3-phase (basically a dryer plug) you get the same charge time. All your $500 gets you is internet access in your garage. She said, "you can just buy the plug".
Now I contacted some installers for the garage 3-phase, including Coil, and they say no, the law requires the wall charger.
Anyone in the SF Bay Area know if this is correct, or if there really is a good reason to get the wall charger? I might move soon; anyone know about taking it with you when you go?
Thanks,
-TPC
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@roblab since they seem to think that the only choices that are the correct ones are the ones they made. I am normally not this heavy handed, but am getting a bit tired of seeing them basically poo poo any decision that isnt the one they made as if it was wrong.
With that out of the way, there are a few different things here that you are saying that dont make sense / dont add up.
1. There is no requirement to install any type of charging whatsoever.
2. A dryer plug is not "3 phase power"
3. Whether you get a wall connector or buy a mobile connector, until you get to certain charging speeds they will charge the car the same
"just buy the plug" probably means "just buy the mobile connector" which is the mobile connector (charger) that used to come with the car, and no longer does. It works perfectly fine to charge the car. It can charge at various charge rates depending on what you plug into.
A dryer plug is one of those things you can plug into, but a dryer plug is NOT "3 phase power". A dryer plug is also not something you want to plug and unplug all the time, but if you have a dryer plug in your garage that is unused, you are good to go.
I will postulate that the issue you had calling around for quotes, is likely that you asked for something similar to what you said here. Before buying anything at all, I will suggest that you take a step back and know if you have a dryer plug in the garage where you will park your car, that is unused by a dryer. If so, you dont need anything else beside buying the tesla mobile connector and the appropriate adapter to plug into that dryer plug.
If you actually use the dryer plug for the dryer, then lets take a step back and evaluate what your options might be. You can post some more information about your garage, where you will park in it, etc, and we can try to help you figure out what you might want to do.
There is no law that says you have to have a wall connector, but there are codes as to how you can plug in (electrical codes). you dont need to understand all that, but you should know what you have in the garage currently, and where you are going to park, so you know your options (and what to ask for).