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Here's what I have been using for almost 5 years; the Tesla mobil connector and a dedicated circuit. My car pulls a max of 32A @ 240V. I have decided to get a Tesla Wall Charger and have my electrician contractor friend hard wire it. Off to Tesla Sunnyvale tomorrow to pick one up. What I have is fine, but I will be a long term EV owner so I want the Wall Charger.
If you do use a NEMA 14-50 receptacle, I suggest getting a $100 Hubbell instead of a $15 Home Depot. And copper wire only; no aluminum.
My neighbor has that charger, you can't tell from the picture but where the plug clips into, thats like a ball joint and the handle of the plug falls down and lays flat against the charger, so the whole thing sits like maybr 9-10 inches off the wall. Its the slimmest setup I have seen. My garage is tight, so I don't want anything that takes up a lot of space. We do walk right past that all the time.
Can you use tesla's charger? If you need space, it'll be good for you. I think it's about 4 inches and the plug clips onto the side or some just wrap the cable and plug around it.
Can you use tesla's charger? If you need space, it'll be good for you. I think it's about 4 inches and the plug clips onto the side or some just wrap the cable and plug around it.
The answer is no, as the Tesla charger uses the NACS connector. He could use their Universal charger, but that only goes into a 240v circuit
Y though? decent wired ones are all about that price or more anyway.
Absolutely true. Sometimes there are coupons codes that will knock off $50 to $100 for the non Tesla chargers, but $475 for the Tesla charger is a good price. I was thinking it was more expensive (the Universal is $595)
yes, very interested to see my next electric bill. as we're going into low energy use season though, it should be fine, but i'll be able to see year over year energy conumption.
now i know the rough car energy use though already from the gauges/app i should be able to work out the home energy cost anyway...
speaking of electricity and charging, good news...
finally got my coupon from hyundai for the free chargepoint flex wired charger and discount on installation! between that and the federal 30% tax credit, it's not going to be too bad at all (under $1000 hopefully).
they've assigned me an installer who should contact me about this although i'll probably contact them first.
yes, very interested to see my next electric bill. as we're going into low energy use season though, it should be fine, but i'll be able to see year over year energy conumption.
now i know the rough car energy use though already from the gauges/app i should be able to work out the home energy cost anyway...
Your electric bill is going to definitely go up. But if you charge during non peak, than it will be lower than what you paid to fill up your Santa Fe. If you're commute is about 50 miles each way, than your usage should be roughly 27 to 29 kWh per day. Right now off the grid non peak for me is 0.18 cents per kWh, which is about $5.22 a day, roughly about $104 a month. A tank a week for us here would be about $90 a week. A more efficient car would probably be $40 a week, $180 a month.
Anyway, I'm curious what your numbers will end up being
10-15-23, 06:50 PM
