Home Charging Recommendations

Installing a receptacle in a garage may require (depending on jurisdiction) the use of a gfci breaker for that receptacle. Hard wiring a charger will not usually require a gfci breaker. Adding the cost of the Hubbell (or other commercial grade receptacle) and a gfci breaker comes to several hundred dollars. In my opinion hardwiring the charger is the better way to go.
 
Installing a receptacle in a garage may require (depending on jurisdiction) the use of a gfci breaker for that receptacle. Hard wiring a charger will not usually require a gfci breaker. Adding the cost of the Hubbell (or other commercial grade receptacle) and a gfci breaker comes to several hundred dollars. In my opinion hardwiring the charger is the better way to go.
In general, you can't use a GFCI breaker with an EV charging station. The charging station will trip the GFCI breaker.
In localities which require a GFCI breaker on all garage receptacles, you have no choice but to hardwire.
Everywhere else, hardwiring is merely much safer and allows the possibility of faster charging speeds with a larger breaker.
 
Yes, EVSE equiment may blow GFCI breakers but any location using NEC version from 2020 or later for local code must comply with:

"All 125-volt through 250-volt receptacles installed in the locations specified in 210.8(A)(1) through (A)⁠(11) and supplied by single-phase branch circuits rated 150 volts or less to ground shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel."

and sub section (A)(2) includes:

"Garages and also accessory buildings that have a floor located at or below grade level not intended as habitable rooms and limited to storage areas, work areas, and areas of similar use"
 
Yes, EVSE equiment may blow GFCI breakers but any location using NEC version from 2020 or later for local code must comply with:

"All 125-volt through 250-volt receptacles installed in the locations specified in 210.8(A)(1) through (A)⁠(11) and supplied by single-phase branch circuits rated 150 volts or less to ground shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel."

and sub section (A)(2) includes:

"Garages and also accessory buildings that have a floor located at or below grade level not intended as habitable rooms and limited to storage areas, work areas, and areas of similar use"
Exactly. And localities are slowly adopting this revised code. Effectively it means that you must hardwire in these localities - a very good thing.
 
Yes, EVSE equiment may blow GFCI breakers but any location using NEC version from 2020 or later for local code must comply with:

"All 125-volt through 250-volt receptacles installed in the locations specified in 210.8(A)(1) through (A)⁠(11) and supplied by single-phase branch circuits rated 150 volts or less to ground shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel."

and sub section (A)(2) includes:

"Garages and also accessory buildings that have a floor located at or below grade level not intended as habitable rooms and limited to storage areas, work areas, and areas of similar use"
To be clear: an EVSE is not a receptacle. A 14-50 outlet is.
 
Hey there,

I'm curious on everyones thoughts on the best options for charging at home. Expecting to receive my new Air Touring next month (yay!!). I'm currently not setup for home charging at all. I'll have to have an electrician run new electrical line to the garage. I've confirmed I have plenty of capacity in the panel for the 100 Amp breaker and enough power coming to the house. My real question is on if anyone has any recommendations on which home charger to purchase. I'm thinking about the Lucid Homecharging, but not sure if there is a real benefit vs a slightly cheaper option. Apologies if this is covered elsewhere but couldn't find a recommendation thread on the topic.
Thanks!
I had the electrician put in a 50 amp recepticle in the garage. The supplied cable adds 39 miles per hour of charging. That's more than enough to fully charge overnight. Hard for me to imagine wanting to spend more money for faster charging. You may want to see hoe fast you charge with what you have...I suspect it may be more than enough.
 
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