After a 92% drain road trip, finally ordered a home charger

[abrader]

Should be installed within the next few days.....

Drove 2.5 hours away on a round trip (5 hours total driving) Didnt need a supercharger, but getting home with 8% had me charging for 12 hours to get back to 80% on a 240/32 outlet.

When you got a home charger, do you feel it was a major upgrade over the mobile charger?

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[cadamo001]

Yes... 50% faster charging compared to 32amps if you hardwire the home charger. You should get something around 23 miles per hour at 48amps.

 

[Gundo]

We had a 60 amp circuit installed for Tesla Wall Charger and it charges CT at 48 amps, so roughly a 50% increase in charging speed.

 

[abrader]

We had a 60 amp circuit installed for Tesla Wall Charger and it charges CT at 48 amps, so roughly a 50% increase in charging speed.

Thats the performance im expecting.

 

[abrader]

Yes... 50% faster charging compared to 32amps if you hardwire the home charger. You should get something around 23 miles per hour at 48amps.

Nice. I have an electrician installing it in a few days. Just received the charger today.

 

[rudedawg78]

Significant upgrade, not even close.

Also, check with your electricity provider to see if they have rebates available. My provider (Duke Energy), reimbursed me the $1200 it cost for the install.

 

[Gundo]

One more thing to add, this was part of our Powershare install. I had a 50 amp circuit previously installed, but it needed to be rewired with 4awg to meet code (needs to stay cool at continuous amperage draw)

 

[M0unt41nm4n]

One more thing to add, this was part of our Powershare install. I had a 50 amp circuit previously installed, but it needed to be rewired with 4awg to meet code (needs to stay cool at continuous amperage draw)

6g THHN can also be used as well to meet code. Just not 6g romex. 6g is a lot cheaper.

 

[Macgreiner]

Yes. Money well spent.

 

[macosr]

Game changer. I get 25 miles of charge per hour of charging with the home charger.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

For my
MYLR, I was charging at work and using superchargers. Round trip to work is 180 miles. Charging to 80% gives 250 miles range. I rolled into work with 12% battery a couple times. And the Tesla gave me a message saying that when the temperature got colder I probably wasn't gonna make it.
I was doing the install on the charger myself and it took a couple weeks to get all the parts in, and the instal done, but a night and day difference. 60 amp breaker 120 feet of aluminum 4 AWG thwn to a disconnect, 25 feet of copper AWG thwn to the charger.

 

[ABILISK]

The twice as fast responses seem generous, unless CT is different than the sexy cars. My parents have the home charger and my Model 3 was getting 45 mph vs 30 mph on mine. Haven’t compared my CT numbers yet.

I use the mobile connector with the NEMA 14-50 adapter as my primary charger and haven’t been bothered by the speed. Like in your case, it took 12 hours. So? Why spend ~$3500 for the powershare bundle and installation so it can take 8 hours then sit in the garage doing nothing?

Even if you had to be up and out early the next morning, go hit the supercharger. It would take A LOT of supercharging to make a home charger worth it.

 

[Jimo]

Should be installed within the next few days.....

Drove 2.5 hours away on a round trip (5 hours total driving) Didnt need a supercharger, but getting home with 8% had me charging for 12 hours to get back to 80% on a 240/32 outlet.

When you got a home charger, do you feel it was a major upgrade over the mobile charger?

A spillover benefit to home charging is waking up every day to an 80% battery! (try that with an ICE car) In my case, I already had a 60 amp welder circuit in my shop, so I just replaced the outlet with a range configuration outlet (the supplied Tesla cord configuration), and I got an 18 MPH charging rate.
I installed an official TESLA wall charger on the same circuit and got 23 MPH on 40 amp (selected on the CT so the cord didn't heat up as much.)

 

[Woodrick]

Should be installed within the next few days.....

Drove 2.5 hours away on a round trip (5 hours total driving) Didnt need a supercharger, but getting home with 8% had me charging for 12 hours to get back to 80% on a 240/32 outlet.

When you got a home charger, do you feel it was a major upgrade over the mobile charger?

You'll never notice the difference. Even needing 12 hours, I suspect that you plugged in at night and it was full in the morning.

But how often does that occur?

Generally, it may mean 2 hours while you are asleep vs 3 hours.

 

[mongo]

The twice as fast responses seem generous, unless CT is different than the sexy cars. My parents have the home charger and my Model 3 was getting 45 mph vs 30 mph on mine. Haven’t compared my CT numbers yet.

The responses are referring to a 50% faster rate, 32A->48A, not cutting charge time by 50% (twice as fast).

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