400 Amp Service

[MickP]

Has anyone else here upgraded their electrical service to 400 amps to facilitate two level 2 Tesla chargers? We are planning the upgrade this April. Our home is all-electric, so we already pull a lot of amperages. I am doing most of the work myself while paying an electrician to come behind me to check it before the utility and state inspector inspect it.

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[ldjessee]

Are you upgrading your service or having two more service drops?
I have considered just having another 100amp service dropped just for EV charging. That way I do not have to change my panel for my home service just to add the capability for EV charging.
Also, I am only planning on adding 100amp service, which will be basically two 50 amp circuits, which will have a charger each.
Maybe Tesla will come out with a home charger for the Cybertruck that will be more than 50 amps, but I do not think I will need it.
I assume we will replace the Leaf with a Model Y or VW ID4 (or similar) some time in the future.

 

[Crissa]

PG&E refuses to do drops just for EV charging ;-;

-Crissa

 

[ldjessee]

PG&E refuses to do drops just for EV charging ;-;

-Crissa

My provider is not looking to keep me from buying more electricity. Sometimes, I just am not sure why PG&E makes some of the choices they do... but that is probably why I am not incharge of a large power provider.
There is already an extra drop the previous owners had... it was to run this obnoxious light that was for all practical purposes a streetlight in my yard. It got turned off in a hurry... but it was a 100amp service with a meter and all the normal service charges just for having the connection. The electricity used was very minimal (we are at $0.12 a kwh, but back then it was like 8 or 9 cents a kwh). They support smart meters... they used to do net metering, but I think they convinced themselves (and others, like the govenment) that it was not practical or some other BS reason.

 

[MickP]

Unfortunately, I won't be doing this project after all. We are building a new home, but on the bright side, the new home will have 400 amp service installed as it is being built.

 

[happy intruder]

I just upgraded my panel from 100a to 200a.....I think that is enough for the CT, right?

 

[MickP]

Maybe, if it is not an all electric home. Plus, I weld as a hobby. The new home has dual electric water heaters. 200 amp would be very strainedwith two vehicles charging, two hot water tanks and an AC.

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