Re:What it’s like to own an electric car
by mikestew on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @09:59AM
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I can't imagine ever spending $2000 on the installation of a single 240V socket right next to the panel
You can’t? Here, I’ll throw you a softball: service panel upgrade because your 6Kw charger is way more than your 1960s house can handle.
Most common case, of course, is run a piece of conduit from panel, some wiring and a plug, sorted in 30 minutes. But not everyone.
In my case the panel is in the basement and about 50 feet away. More importantly, I would need to be upgraded to 200 amp service which my older house doesn't have. So well over 2k.
Re:What it’s like to own an electric car
by erikpukinskis on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @09:58PM
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We don’t know it was next to the panel.
It took us fifteen minutes (excluding the run to home depot for the socket, breaker, wire and a steel pipe) to run a new 240v socket from our electrical panel in the garage to a few feet away from it. I can't imagine ever spending $2000 on the installation of a single 240V socket right next to the panel.