What’s your Powershare installation quote?

[Haoooc]

Instead of waiting for Tesla, I submitted a request on qmerit and I got the quote back today.

the total is ~$5300 including $450 permit, ~$3100 power share installation and ~$1700 uwc installation. The project is pretty standard and I don’t see they mention anything special in the quote. In comparison, my buddy got a Tesla installer for wall charger last year only cost a bit more than $1000.

I was hoping my CB’s $4000 credit should cover the total cost of pretty standard installation, but this quote is still a lot more than that. What is everyone else’s quote? Am I able to change an installer other than the one qmerit immediately assigned to me? I am in Austin.

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[Pialot]

$4,500 here with second quote first one was $6,000

 

[Pops]

$4,000

 

[Haoooc]

$4,500 here with second quote first one was $6,000

Thanks! How did you get the second quote? Did you reject the first quote on Qmerit so they will get another quote for you?

 

[Mikeb]

My cost was $5515.00. Oregon. Standard install

 

[chaosmarine92]

$2142. I already have a 14-50 outlet in the garage so they are just swapping that to the charger.

 

[GatorCyber]

These prices are a total hose job even if they included the equipment.
Installing the UWC with the gateway is about a 15 minute job.

The electrician wouldn't even break out time and material, and said Tesla told us to charge a flat fee.

Ask them to break out time and material.. They won't, because time would be $500-1,000/hour

 

[GatorCyber]

$2142. I already have a 14-50 outlet in the garage so they are just swapping that to the charger.

It's my understanding that the UWC is wired to the Gateway, therefore already having a circuit doesn't matter as it won't be used and can be left as is.

 

[Electric Ace]

I'm in SoCal and got a quote from Trout Electric, the certified installer that Tesla referred me to, for $4,275. When I asked to confirm that I would receive the $4,000 installation credit for my CyberBeast, the installer said they don't see me in their system.

It's been over a month since the quote and Tesla cannot provide a straight answer on if/when I can get the credit. Their latest response is that the Powershare team will reach out. It's been 9 weeks since taking delivery of the CyberBeast.

 

[GatorCyber]

Everybody ask your quote maker to break down:
Time (# of hours x hourly rate)
Materials
Don't approve without a breakdown, unless you are ok paying an electrician more than an attorney or doctor. These guys are gouging us for $500-2,000/hr for blue collar labor being paid $15-25/hr

 

[chaosmarine92]

It's my understanding that the UWC is wired to the Gateway, therefore already having a circuit doesn't matter as it won't be used and can be left as is.

I guess I'll find out whenever they come out for it.

 

[Jager]

@GatorCyber is correct... nearly all the PowerShare quotes we're seeing are complete ripoffs.

There are two possible configurations you can have with the PowerShare Gateway. First is wiring the Gateway between the meter and the main panel - essentially a whole-house backup.

The second possible configuration is to install a sub-panel adjacent to the Gateway, and use that sub-panel to manage which loads are backed up.

The Universal Wall Connector is connected like any Wall Charger.... with wiring of appropriate gauge back to the main panel; and also a control wire from the UWC back to the Gateway.

Absent a very unusual or very difficult wiring scenario - which, if such was the case, should be billed at conventional electrician rates - none of this is difficult. Physically mounting the Gateway is probably a 10-minute operation. Physically mounting a sub-panel, if the second config is being used, would be similar. Wiring between the sub-panel and the main-panel would be a bit more work, but most installs I've seen quoted have that sub-panel very close to the main panel.

My quote was $4,473.75, in a situation where the PowerShare Gateway would be located six inches from the main panel, on an inside wall; and the UWC and meter, on the outside of that same wall, would likewise be within literal inches of each other. Spread your arms and you've encompassed the entire area of interest.

A good electrician might take two hours - most of that wiring up the sub-panel. A mediocre electrician might take three or four.

Unfortunately, things like electric panels and utility meters are very intimidating to many people, akin to black boxes, and so they just pay what is put in front of them, thinking that since this cool new feature originated with Tesla, a company most of us love, it all must be on the up and up.

It's not. It's theft.


Here's a third option (especially if you already have a charging solution in place): Decline the Qmerit quote; hire a competent, qualified electrician to install a conventional transfer switch; and during utility outages power your critical circuits via the Cybertruck's 240v outlet in the vault. Yes, you'll lose 2 kWh versus what you'd get from the PowerShare solution. And you'll have to re-activate that 240v circuit every 12 hours. But it's a heck of a lot cheaper than what Qmerit and company are trying to push.

 

[Loudness]

I had mine installed last month, the hardware was sent directly to the installer. The total cost was $3650 for the installation of both the gateway and the UWC, which seems very reasonable for the amount of work they did.

The PowerShare gateway is attached next to the mains on the rear of my house, and the UWC is in the garage from a new pull under the crawl space and run up over two of the garage bays, so it sits pretty much right next to my charge port when the truck in in the garage.

Excellent work, and I've already had a PowerShare real-world incident that went exactly as expected.

 

[Thor]

Got power share installed not to long ago, was $2550.

 

[GatorCyber]

All you people paying $3k for a few hour job is why we have continued inflation.
Stop agreeing to this robbery.
I bet none of you are billiing $1k/hr for your work

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