Thank you - this is what I was looking for. so, I will get about 8-9 miles extra if I upgrade the breaker.With a 60 amp breaker and the Tesla Wall Charger my 2021 Model 3 pulls 48 amps and charges @ 49-50 mph.
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Thank you - this is what I was looking for. so, I will get about 8-9 miles extra if I upgrade the breaker.With a 60 amp breaker and the Tesla Wall Charger my 2021 Model 3 pulls 48 amps and charges @ 49-50 mph.
Remember you can't upgrade a breaker unless the wiring supports it. Especially doing something like the continuous duty of charging,Thank you - this is what I was looking for. so, I will get about 8-9 miles extra if I upgrade the breaker.
I'm going to stick with the 50-amp breaker for now. I will have a conversation with the electrician about the wire. I know for sure it is 6 AWG. The wiring was installed from the panel (not connected) to the garage inside the wall when we built the house. It was sized for 50-amp breaker at the time.Remember you can't upgrade a breaker unless the wiring supports it. Especially doing something like the continuous duty of charging,
My question would be "If it was sized for" "why wasn't it installed"I'm going to stick with the 50-amp breaker for now. I will have a conversation with the electrician about the wire. I know for sure it is 6 AWG. The wiring was installed from the panel (not connected) to the garage inside the wall when we built the house. It was sized for 50-amp breaker at the time.
Just to get that right since I'm not sure what you mean by "installed from the panel (not connected)": do you have a main panel in the house and a sub panel in the garage? If yes, what size breaker is the sub panel connected to?I'm going to stick with the 50-amp breaker for now. I will have a conversation with the electrician about the wire. I know for sure it is 6 AWG. The wiring was installed from the panel (not connected) to the garage inside the wall when we built the house. It was sized for 50-amp breaker at the time.
Just to get that right since I'm not sure what you mean by "installed from the panel (not connected)": do you have a main panel in the house and a sub panel in the garage? If yes, what size breaker is the sub panel connected to?
Until you want to go on a trip on short notice and you need to get the charge level up ASAP.You'll probably never notice the difference in charging between 32A and 48A. They'll both be finished in the middle of the night before you need them
I'd normally be charged every morning.Until you want to go on a trip on short notice and you need to get the charge level up ASAP.
Nope. Scenario is this: charge to 50%, as usual, to minimize battery degradation. Do a spontaneous trip to San Francisco (which I can do on 50% but only barely) which I would prefer to start with around 65-75% SoC. So just before leaving, I increased the charge limit and then started charging. This actually happened once, and I got about an hour notice. In that hour, I was able to raise the SoC to around 65-70% but it took all 48A to get there.I'd normally be charged every morning.
I can see if you go on a trip, return home on empty and then need to do a second trip. So it may change from 4 to 5 hours needed.
Probabilities of this for most folks is often close to 0.
And that also assumes that there is NOT a Supercharger anywhere near you.
Nope. Scenario is this: charge to 50%, as usual, to minimize battery degradation. Do a spontaneous trip to San Francisco (which I can do on 50% but only barely) which I would prefer to start with around 65-75% SoC. So just before leaving, I increased the charge limit and then started charging. This actually happened once, and I got about an hour notice. In that hour, I was able to raise the SoC to around 65-70% but it took all 48A to get there.
It's within Tesla's guidance, which is to charge to anywhere between 50% and 90% for daily use. But note that Tesla's guidance is based on not having to do warranty replacements. They couldn't care less about what happens after your warranty expires.So, it's your decision to only charge to 50%. That's not Tesla guidance nor recommendations. (Many would argue that you aren't gaining anything)
Scenario is this: charge to 50%, as usual, to minimize battery degradation. Do a spontaneous trip to San Francisco (which I can do on 50% but only barely) which I would prefer to start with around 65-75% SoC. So just before leaving, I increased the charge limit and then started charging. This actually happened once, and I got about an hour notice. In that hour, I was able to raise the SoC to around 65-70% but it took all 48A to get there.
12 kW is going to do next to nothing when being pushed into a 82 kWh battery. That's less than 0.15C.Or you could have stopped for 5 minutes at a SuperCharger.
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I live in a 4 season climate, and plug in a Chevy Bolt daily when it is hot or cold weather to gain maximal thermal protection of the pack. I charge to ~ 60 - 70% routinely . I have the EVSE set to 40 Amps, but anything between 32 - 48 A would work fine so far as speed to charge goes. I have been thinking about lowering the EVSE to 32 Amps in the winter so that I don't have to give any more thought to Li-plating.
My point is that if I do anything different, it will be to *lower* the Amps.
When we built the house back in 2015, I asked the electrician to install the wire in the wall for a tesla charger. As a result, I have a wire installed from the garage to the panel in the basement, but the wire was not connected on either end. My plan was always to get a tesla and I did not want to go through the hassle of running wires. I have a 200amp panel in the basement. When I called the electrician to install, he said it was easy as the wire is already there, and it is more straight forward. The charger was installed in less than 2 hours. He brought a 50 amp, however he offered to come back and replace it with it a 60 amp. The wire installed is 6 awg.Just to get that right since I'm not sure what you mean by "installed from the panel (not connected)": do you have a main panel in the house and a sub panel in the garage? If yes, what size breaker is the sub panel connected to?
If I'm understanding your situation right, the new Model Y is your second? Some people get by with having only one EVSE for two cars. Personally, I prefer having separate plugs available for each car.Thank you all for your feedback.
we have a Model Y on order arriving EDD is March 9-31 (that is what the app says). I have a wall charger that we have been discussing, Should I buy a mobile charger? or is 1 wall charger enough?
So far, my needs have been met with 1 charger.
Each wall connector needs its own breaker, so you would install a small load center or subpanel, feed it with the existing wiring, then install two breakers and run wire from there to each of the wall connectors.