Tesla wall connector vs mobile connector 240 volt outlet

[iddaritho]

We don’t have a certified  electrician installer in our location , can I use any electrician to install the wall connector or should I just call a electrician to put a 240 volt outlet in the garage ?? 
what is the best option 

[hotmaddy]

Question ardam kaaledu. Can you be little bit more clear?

240VAC outlet wiring is same as wiring a Tesla wall charger. Outlet gives you little bit of flexibility.

[iddaritho]

46 minutes ago, hotmaddy said:

Question ardam kaaledu. Can you be little bit more clear?

240VAC outlet wiring is same as wiring a Tesla wall charger. Outlet gives you little bit of flexibility.

Don’t have a certified electrician to put the Tesla wall charger , I thought any electrician can put 240 volt out let. 
not sure if we can use any electrician to hook it up 

[Thokkalee]

240v outlet usually undadu kadaa garage lo.. you need a good electrician to pull that wire and setup a connection 

[nenu_meeku_telusa]

1 hour ago, iddaritho said:

We don’t have a certified  electrician installer in our location , can I use any electrician to install the wall connector or should I just call a electrician to put a 240 volt outlet in the garage ?? 
what is the best option 

You need a certified electrician to do any electrical work. To install Tesla wall connector you need an electrician who is obviously certified but doesn’t need to know Tesla wall connector installation or Tesla certified. It’s always best to get him to read instruction manual. It’s pretty easy. Ask him to put a 60A breaker and run a line to garage. Connect that to your wall connector. Commissioning is easy and you can do that too.

 

if you don’t want hassle you can just get him to do a 240 volt outlet in garage and buy Tesla mobile connector and a adapter based on plug type. Like nema adapters. Then charge using that. This option doesn’t block you to just Tesla chargers and can use for other electric cars if you move away from Tesla. Tesla wall connector gives a bit additional charging speed as it runs off 60A instead of 50A which is used in 240V installation. 

[hotmaddy]

23 minutes ago, iddaritho said:

Don’t have a certified electrician to put the Tesla wall charger , I thought any electrician can put 240 volt out let. 
not sure if we can use any electrician to hook it up 

Same amount of work and skill required for both outlet or Tesla charger. Need to pull 4 wires and terminate. Honestly any electrician with basic experience can do it. Depends on your comfort level anthe.

[Chinkide_Cheekutha]

30 minutes ago, iddaritho said:

Don’t have a certified electrician to put the Tesla wall charger , I thought any electrician can put 240 volt out let. 
not sure if we can use any electrician to hook it up 

Location ?

[hotmaddy]

6 minutes ago, nenu_meeku_telusa said:

You need a certified electrician to do any electrical work. To install Tesla wall connector you need an electrician who is obviously certified but doesn’t need to know Tesla wall connector installation or Tesla certified. It’s always best to get him to read instruction manual. It’s pretty easy. Ask him to put a 60A breaker and run a line to garage. Connect that to your wall connector. Commissioning is easy and you can do that too.

 

if you don’t want hassle you can just get him to do a 240 volt outlet in garage and buy Tesla mobile connector and a adapter based on plug type. Like nema adapters. Then charge using that. This option doesn’t block you to just Tesla chargers and can use for other electric cars if you move away from Tesla. Tesla wall connector gives a bit additional charging speed as it runs off 60A instead of 50A which is used in 240V installation. 

Are you sure about 60A. I thought Tesla V2 charger is only 48A.

[Chinkide_Cheekutha]

1 hour ago, iddaritho said:

We don’t have a certified  electrician installer in our location , can I use any electrician to install the wall connector or should I just call a electrician to put a 240 volt outlet in the garage ?? 
what is the best option 

Better go with certified 

[nenu_meeku_telusa]

7 minutes ago, hotmaddy said:

Are you sure about 60A. I thought Tesla V2 charger is only 48A.

You install 60A breaker and it gives 48A. Power consumption should be 80% of breaker size. This is to prevent fire in wires and tripping breaker. If you install Tesla connector on 50A breaker then you get only 80% which is 40A only. 

[hotmaddy]

1 minute ago, nenu_meeku_telusa said:

You install 60A breaker and it gives 48A. Power consumption should be 80% of breaker size. This is to prevent fire in wires and tripping breaker. If you install Tesla connector on 50A breaker then you get only 80% which is 40A only. 

I thought you said Tesla charger puts out 60A anduke doubt vachindi 👍. 

[jersey babai]

I got a handyman who is electrician and got a wall charger installed for 250.

I personally felt mobile charger is better, so you can carry anywhere you want.

Just install a NEMA 5/20 - Luandry dryer plug, so you can use mobile charger.

Whole night lo you may save 1 hr with wall charger. Not big difference. 

[jersey babai]

2 hours ago, hotmaddy said:

Same amount of work and skill required for both outlet or Tesla charger. Need to pull 4 wires and terminate. Honestly any electrician with basic experience can do it. Depends on your comfort level anthe.

Correct.

All TESLA recommended electricians in my area are very costly, charging like 1000 buck. 

Loc: South Florida

[Bapineedu]

4 minutes ago, jersey babai said:

I got a handyman who is electrician and got a wall charger installed for 250.

I personally felt mobile charger is better, so you can carry anywhere you want.

Just install a NEMA 5/20 - Luandry dryer plug, so you can use mobile charger.

Whole night lo you may save 1 hr with wall charger. Not big difference. 

You mean 14-50

[cloud]

if you are in frisco let me know , i have wall charger installed 240v 60 amps for 380 bucks . he is licensed and insured , will provide receipt . you can claim for 30% of EV intallation in federal credits as well . you get 48 amps coz only 80% of it can be utilized . my tesla charges at 45/ hr .