There is if you do it through service. I didn't say the previous statementI asked my DA today if there was a waiting list for the home charger that I could put my name on. He said there isn't a wait list.
There is if you do it through service. I didn't say the previous statementI asked my DA today if there was a waiting list for the home charger that I could put my name on. He said there isn't a wait list.
Yeah I have one attached already toPublic Service Announcement: If you are contracting with an electrician to install a 14-50 or hardwired charging station, ask them to quote on installing whole-house surge protection at the same time. It'll probably be a few hundred dollars additional and IMO well worth it for peace of mind. Some surge protectors plug into the panel like a circuit breaker. Others are a stand-alone metal box that is placed in the panel and wired in. It'll protect your TV. computers, etc and possibly your EV during transients from grid issues/power failure/lightning.
If I’m not mistaken, isn’t that the first Mercedes? It was electric, and the maker’s wife snuck out the prototype one night and was actually the first person to drive a car. The vehicle is in the Newport Auto Museum here in Rhode Island. If that’s not the car in the picture, well it looks pretty similar.Here is the wall charger I want. I’m kind of a retro guy…..View attachment 3512
It could very well be that Mercedes but I do not know for sure. I just love the monster sized charger. I can envision plugging it in and have all the lights locally dimming!If I’m not mistaken, isn’t that the first Mercedes? It was electric, and the maker’s wife snuck out the prototype one night and was actually the first person to drive a car. The vehicle is in the Newport Auto Museum here in Rhode Island. If that’s not the car in the picture, well it looks pretty similar.
If you re-read the post, he isn't talking about the circuit breaker (which is not called a switch - it's helpful if you think of the circuit breaker as what it replaced, a fuse). @DeaneG is talking about attaching the charger via either a 14-50 outlet OR having it hardwired. Some chargers can only be plugged into the outlet but many allow for hardwiring to the 50 amp circuit. Hardwiring supplies more amps than plugging in.I am confused about the hard wiring but aren’t ALL Switches Hard Wired? The NEMA is it’s own dedicated circuit wired to the 50AMP SWITCH.
The ChargePoint home charger allows larger amperage breakers when hardwired thus faster charging. I have mine on a 60Amp circuit vs the 50Amp of the NEMA 14-50 wall socket.If you re-read the post, he isn't talking about the circuit breaker (which is not called a switch - it's helpful if you think of the circuit breaker as what it replaced, a fuse). @DeaneG is talking about attaching the charger via either a 14-50 outlet OR having it hardwired. Some chargers can only be plugged into the outlet but many allow for hardwiring to the 50 amp circuit. Hardwiring supplies more amps than plugging in.
Hardwiring is also safer as there is no chance of an ambitious child pulling the plug part or all of the way out and experimenting with 240V.The ChargePoint home charger allows larger amperage breakers when hardwired thus faster charging. I have mine on a 60Amp circuit vs the 50Amp of the NEMA 14-50 wall socket.
I am old enough to remember my dad putting pennies in the fuse-box!Hardwiring is also safer as there is no chance of an ambitious child pulling the plug part or all of the way out and experimenting with 240V.
When my wife and I were married we rented her house in Rosenberg, Texas. When the first renter finally moved out I went to the main fuse box to check on a circuit and found they had used wadded up aluminum foil under some screw in fuses! We lucked out nothing had caught on fire. The weird thing was there were spare fuses in a kitchen drawer….I am old enough to remember my dad putting pennies in the fuse-box!
At the 3:52 mark of this recent <video> Eric Bach brings out the wall charger and there is no notation that this is a future offering, which leads me to believe that it is available now. Although it is impressive with a 100 amp circuit delivering 19.2kW - but who really needs that much juice to charge at home?Quoting myself, but the Lucid At home charger system is done and ready to ship. Via Derek Jenkins the Senior Vice President of Design and Brand at Lucid Motors last week.
This came up at the 50-minute mark in the keynote, during the Q&A session. The question was, is Lucid going to have a home charging system, Derek responded “we already do, it is just launching as we speak.” He added “we have our portable charger, which comes with every car and then we have the high-powered 220 charger which is going to be available, I think, Dave do we know the timing of that? I don’t know. It is done, it is ready to start shipping.”
Don’t know about that but most people may not have the Panel to add that kind of dedicated 100AMP circuit. Most Home Panels are rated for 200 AMPS Unless you live in a McMansion.At the 3:52 mark of this recent <video> Eric Bach brings out the wall charger and there is no notation that this is a future offering, which leads me to believe that it is available now. Although it is impressive with a 100 amp circuit delivering 19.2kW - but who really needs that much juice to charge at home?
Tesla's Gen 2 Wall Connector was also rated for a 100-amp circuit, but for Gen 3 they dropped back to a 60 amp circuit. Makes for a lighter, easier to handle charging cord.At the 3:52 mark of this recent <video> Eric Bach brings out the wall charger and there is no notation that this is a future offering, which leads me to believe that it is available now. Although it is impressive with a 100 amp circuit delivering 19.2kW - but who really needs that much juice to charge at home?
Also, when available, their Gen-2 Destination Chargers are J1772, but now at 60A.Tesla's Gen 2 Wall Connector was also rated for a 100-amp circuit, but for Gen 3 they dropped back to a 60 amp circuit. Makes for a lighter, easier to handle charging cord.
The app says Parked, hence it is a current reading. If the app said Waking Up, then it could be a temperature from when the car was last awake.I see this and my car is in my garage and I am inside the house. Do you think it is reading the temperature in the garage when I snapped this photo or when the Car locked itself?
Yuck. If your garage is 109 I fully expect you to get drain, but it's not vsmpire because we know it's going directly to keep your batteries cool. My garage is 94 and my fans are not running.I see this and my car is in my garage and I am inside the house. Do you think it is reading the temperature in the garage when I snapped this photo or when the Car locked itself?