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Humans are pretty darn adaptive, if the grid needs more support, we will figure it out. Heck, everybody’s complaining that robots will take over our jobs, creating a more robust electrical grid is a great job for humans at the moment.

Friend lives in a condo. Spent 90 minutes looking for a charger. They were damaged or offline.

In my Dutch town, I have 2 22KW public chargers at 200 yards from my home. If I will buy an EV, I will have to use them. They cost 50% per Kw more than normal house electricity. I hope they will be available when I need them, because 2 chargers for 1000 homes is I think not enough. Thyere are more chargers in town, but not within walking distance from my home.

It is a good thing that people haven't gone crazy about EVs, the grid isn't ready.

4:40 its as good place as any. Its a chicken and egg problem. EV chargers will beget EVs

Leviton has an industrial EV Rated 14-50R now as well. Part number is 1450R. It looks very much like the Hubbell/Bryant. I haven't gotten my hands on one yet to open it up to see the insides.

In the UK we charge at 7kw 32a 230/240v and 6mm 3 core is the minimum cable conductor size costing about £3.5/metre. Would need a very long run and an upgrade to 10mm cable to get anywhere near the cost you describe.

The great thing about second-hand EV, is that it is easy and inexpensive to get a thorough diagnostic of the batter'y health... while it is impossible to have the same for the engine of an ICE car!

Great topic and seldom understood by average homeowner. Distance and kW rating of charger have a big impact on cost of installation. Most people oversize their setup needlessly when typically only driving less than 40 miles/day.

Notice that there is only two wire types listed on that 60° table. Also, its actually the breaker that you dont want to run at max load for extended periods. And of course if you upsize the breaker the wire has to match.

Not here. 100 kwh costs 33 bucks plus a part of the thausants of the charger i need to make back and the more expensive main line. and then theres the 20 grand gas tank in the ev. it will never be cheaper for me.

Yeah I put solar panels up to charge my car, after 5 years the electric company raised our rates to $.60 per kWh!!! Between 4-12am. It’s TWICE the price during that time to charge at home vs a high speed Supercharger. It’s $.31 from midnight to 4pm, which is still almost worse. So now I just strictly charge when I have enough solar cuz FU electric company. With rates so high I’m definitely getting power walls when I can.

EVs don't work for most people. I could never own one in my apartment.

Fun fact! That #14 AWG is because it was pulled through 14 dies to get it to its size...

8 and 10 gauge for 50 amps will burn your house down at the worst. Should have used 6 gauge wire for 50 amp load.

Great video!

Nobody with a BEV should rely on 120v charging. Get a 240v, or you’re going to be in for a headache.

Excellent video. Thank you so much!

There whole only form in the apps to help. So I would buy it again.

I have the next model up of this charger which is just about the same. The only trouble I have had is the top level in the charging cord will break in the cooled ohio winters. Also some time when there is a power surge it takes a total reset to get the unit back into operation.

You failed yourself, could have easily asked "are you the original owner of the unit?" before buying. EBay 101.

good work josh appreciate 👏

I, got 2 brand new air conditioners installed back in April. I’m keeping cool and comfortable!! I’m sticking with the A/C To keep cool!! 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

I am intested in using this at my business for my customers but only want to have "on" during business hours. Is this possible with the scheduling feature on the app? I.e. Open from 9-6 W-F 10-5 on Sat and Sun.

that definitly dont look easy installing those

ChargePoint customer service is garbage.

Best to coat the wire ends with anti-ox before clamping in the outlet. It is requisite for aluminum wire, but also helps with copper wire. Some appliances like refrigerators trip GFCI breakers. Latest-greatest is AFCI-GFCI "combined" breakers. Some Eaton models suffered so many false trips that they have a stealth recall to replace them for free.

country of origin/ made in country?

Huh, I bought an open box CPHF on eBay for $300 shipped and I have had zero problems putting it in and setting it up including setting the amperage on the user app myself. Sucks to be you!

Should have returned it with eBay’s buyer protection guarantee.

Against the white garage door. You can't really see the mist correctly. Sorry.

You made looks easy... Thank you

I hope you don't cause many fires. Tesla recommends 6 gauge wire. And you're using a shitty $10.00 outlet. You need to use a Hubble or Bryant $50 outlet. Penny wise and pound foolish.

J1772 also specifies that the wall plug should not be longer than 300mm (1ft) so that double-length cable is technically non-standard. That said, I think it’s silly that the EVSE has to be so short on that end so I hope they revise the standard.

I love the PCB board review part, and look forward to seeing more of your charger reviews!

A device like this should be bought new to avoid issues such as this.

I think this is shitpost no?

I believe you have to be an installer, who went through their installer program, to alter the software.

typical random youtube video. you need a 50 amp breaker and a 6 guage wiring for this to be safe

You know what would have been really helpful? A link to Home Depot for all of these parts, even if unavailable for many, would have provided product descriptions for people to use when shopping online.

Can it drill concrete?

Extremely misleading thumbnail

Is the hot dog safe to eat? Can metal ions migrate into the hotdog?

Never knew installing 14-50 outlet had so many considerations. When talking about such a long charge, how does all of this affect Tesla owners who plug their mobile connector into a wall outlet? Charge times can go from 8-30 hours. Thanks for the video!

The bigger question is why use a 14-50 outlet to begin with? Unless you're planning on making cookies in your garage, the neutral circuit (and wire) is completely pointless, complicates it and makes it quite a bit more expensive. Tesla has adapters for the more appropriate 6-50R plug.

Awesome videos .. quick question what type of rims do you have on your bolt?

8 AWG is not rated for 50 AMPs. 6 AWG is rated for 50 amps.

Tesla chargers are up to 80 amps for one .. rated continuous load 125% . no wonder you're cooking the outlet. Read the name plate on the charger and see what your charger requires. more than likely, the equipment bonding jumper is connected to the natural, like dryers.

What’s the chargers cable you are using and how much was it?

As far as I've seen miles don't matter as much as how you treat the battery or how old it is. There was one guy who was practically babying his model 3 and had far lower degradation compared to the average, he didn't charge it above 80% and only slow charged it and kept it in heated garage. I've been looking at used 2012-2014 Tesla Model Ss and noticed that they tend to last around 250k miles before the battery dies. These are the 1st gen so I honestly believe Teslas word that their cars last over 400k miles now. One thing missing here is how age is affecting degradation, it'll be interesting to see low mileage but 20 year old model 3s fair.