Hi All,
I finally got my 1st Tesla last week ... a LR Model Y. We built a new house about 5 years ago and at that time I knew that I would be going electric so I had 220 installed in the garage, it's on a regular Nema outlet with a 50amp breaker. I've had a Chevy Volt for the last 3 years and I've been using a Juicebox charger (that plugs into the NEMA connector) that has served me well. We are keeping the Volt but instead of using the adapter for the Tesla I just purchased a Tesla charger and will purchase an adapter for the volt.. My question is pretty simple: I got the Tesla charger that needs to be hardwired, I'm sure that is an easy job for any electrician but I'm curious if I should expect better performance from the the Tesla charger since it's going to be hardwired? Currently, my model Y has been charging around 36MPH. I could also look into going to a 60amp breaker but I think that would require pulling new wire and could get expensive and I'm not sure the 4-5MPH bump would be worth it. In any case, and idea about the hardwired performance?
Thanks in advance
I finally got my 1st Tesla last week ... a LR Model Y. We built a new house about 5 years ago and at that time I knew that I would be going electric so I had 220 installed in the garage, it's on a regular Nema outlet with a 50amp breaker. I've had a Chevy Volt for the last 3 years and I've been using a Juicebox charger (that plugs into the NEMA connector) that has served me well. We are keeping the Volt but instead of using the adapter for the Tesla I just purchased a Tesla charger and will purchase an adapter for the volt.. My question is pretty simple: I got the Tesla charger that needs to be hardwired, I'm sure that is an easy job for any electrician but I'm curious if I should expect better performance from the the Tesla charger since it's going to be hardwired? Currently, my model Y has been charging around 36MPH. I could also look into going to a 60amp breaker but I think that would require pulling new wire and could get expensive and I'm not sure the 4-5MPH bump would be worth it. In any case, and idea about the hardwired performance?
Thanks in advance