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[DaleV]

What should I have the electrician do at my house to charge my CyberTruck before I take delivery

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[WildhavenMI]

What should I have the electrician do at my house to charge my CyberTruck before I take delivery

First, welcome to the group!

Second, you're going to want to install something called an EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment), also known as an "L2" or a "Level 2" charger. These are 240v chargers, typically between 30 and 80 amps - some are hardwired, some use 14-50 plugs. It depends.

Not much is currently known about how the Cybertruck will charge. It is likely it will utilize a newer version of Tesla's existing wall charger, at probably something like 80 amps. Until this information is known, I wouldn't do much of anything with your electrical setup - just sit tight until we know.

If you are absolutely itching to get started, you can take a look at your circuit panel and see if you have space and service available to accommodate a future EVSE. You will need 2 open "slots" in your panel box - if you have no space, you'll need a box/service upgrade. Depending on your home, that may be less than $1k, it may be north of $3k. As always, bigger is more expensive.

You may also wish to predetermine where you will want the charger to be installed, and make a note of how you may want conduit run. If this is in the garage and you don't care about exposed conduit (because its a garage - who cares about hiding a tube) that may be as simple as popping out of your box and running to the location. If not, plan how you may want the electrician to run the wire.

As a side note - if you only recently reserved this truck, I hope you fully understand that it may be 2025+ until you see a vehicle.

 

[Dusty]

Don't say you're installing an EV port. When I inquired a few years ago I began calling around to price installs for a Tesla wall charger. I later heard about a tip on Reddit to not tell the electrician it's an EV charger. When I collected estimates a few months later the price decrease to install a 60A outlet was equivalent to getting a free wall charger and then some.

--> Tell the electrician that you'd like to install a 60A outlet, even better to ask what's the most amperage they can install for you. If they ask why, the best alibi I had was that I wanted to maybe charge a camper later, but mostly that I had a nephew who was coming soon to stay for a few months and he did welding. "Can an accessible outlet handle that? What would I need?" I also mentioned I wanted it inside the garage to avoid the HOA and not need their approval.



The biggest limitation I ran into was finding an advantageous outlet location that didn't exceed the allowable amount of 90deg turns.

 

[Crissa]

Basically you want a high power dryer outlet ^-^

The other guys covered the details very well!

-Crissa

 

[Eedeen4]

Basically you want a high power dryer outlet ^-^

The other guys covered the details very well!

-Crissa

Or ask electrician for a 50 amp electric stove outlet in your garage. You have a old stove, you want the stove to warm your coffee when your working on your car in the garage.

 

[Dusty]

ELECTRICIAN: OK. Lemme get this straight. You want me to install a 50A or 60A outlet here for $750 just so you can make coffee in your garage? Instead of making a pot in the house. . . and bringing the mug to the garage?

ME: **Boldly staring plain-faced into electrician's eyes** Yes.

 

[CyberGus]

Tesla has a mobile connector that can attach to a 120v or 240v outlet in your home. However, this limits the amount of power available, and is very slow for 120v (only 2-3 miles of range added per hour).

You need a NEMA 14-50 outlet (like for a dryer or welder) installed for maximum charging speed with the mobile connector. The wall-mounted wall charger from Tesla is $500 and would need a 60A circuit. Note that the charge cable is 24 feet, so plan accordingly.

 

[PK3]

Best option I think is to just wait. You can get 50 or go with the 60amp but ultimately your betting on old technology. I guess it depends on the version you get of the Cybertruck but if you get the bigger batteries you are probably going to want faster charging and the Ford Intelligent home backup is already rated at 80amps and is bi-directional, Tesla will likely have a bi-directional options around the release time and if you can afford the cybertruck and have the option as a backup it likely will make more sense spending more for the bi-directional functionality.

 

[Sirfun]

Best option I think is to just wait. You can get 50 or go with the 60amp but ultimately your betting on old technology. I guess it depends on the version you get of the Cybertruck but if you get the bigger batteries you are probably going to want faster charging and the Ford Intelligent home backup is already rated at 80amps and is bi-directional, Tesla will likely have a bi-directional options around the release time and if you can afford the cybertruck and have the option as a backup it likely will make more sense spending more for the bi-directional functionality.

Even if The CT is not bi-directional. Using the Cybertruck with it's in-bed power supply as your emergency generator is something to think about also. Now is not the time to be speculating on what you may or may not need. Wait until you need it, and then, get what you need!

 

[charliemagpie]

Elon has already said it will power a small house.

The minimum would have to be 240V 15amp which is provided in caravan parks(AU).

And as I'm learning, not all batteries are good enough or have the management system good enough to balance the load....Tesla would be the best at it, and I reckon it will literally power a small house.

 

[Dusty]

As an example, you have to drive 240 miles per day everyday and are limited to only have access to your 50A charger for 8 hours per day. It would take a week or so before you would begin to out pace your charger if the CT has a range of 400 miles.

90% of people would never outpace a 50A home charger with a CT.

Also... see what the feeder breaker amperage is from your utility. I'd say ask the electrician for 100A outlet and buy the Tesla 50A charger. Then sell the charger if Tesla makes an upgraded one when the CT comes out. At that point all you'd have to do is swap 'em out.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

Current Tesla Wall Connectors (called but not chargers) max out at 48 amps @240 volts right now, so you would need a 50-60 amp breaker. No one knows whether Tesla will come out with another wall connector or what its specs might be, but it is guestimated that the 4680 battery pack will charge more efficiently than the 18650 or 2170 cell packs. As a result, Tesla might keep the wall connector as is. If you wanted to run more than 60 amps the wire size might change, which might change the conduit size, and the whole business might get more complicated. I know because I am doing this right now. I've decided to stick with the 60 amp breaker and the current wall connector.

Personally I never play games with electricity. Having my house burn down is not my idea of something I want any chance of happening, nor is the idea of hiring a crackpot electrician, of which there are many.

 

[Crissa]

Yes the biggest charger from Tesla today needs a 60a circuit.

-Crissa

 

[Huntsman]

What should I have the electrician do at my house to charge my CyberTruck before I take delivery

Consider going to the Tesla.com website, sign in / set up an account. There are tutorial short videos to familiarize yourself with Tesla. Nothing on the Cybertruck of course but pick any car and watch some short videos - might be more satisfying than hanging out on this forum - I said MIGHT.
From the MENU, select SHOP and learn about the wall charger. If Tesla offers a bigger charger it will show up here. Sometimes, they are sold out so you are wise to be asking such questions ahead of time, unfortunately, all the prophets on this forum are correct, not enough info is available at this time.
I’m building a new house and simply told the electrician to manage the circuits so I had 100 amps available for when I build my workshop. I figure even if I have a 60 amp welder and 50 amp stove / coffee maker (love that one) I wont be using them after midnight when my Cybertruck is charging.
My OPINION, 80 is a realistic expectation for maximum circuit size.

 

[Daddystired]

What should I have the electrician do at my house to charge my CyberTruck before I take delivery

Yeah idk about all…. This. All I did was call a electrician and asked if he can install a nema 14-50.( Nema 14-50 charges around 30 miles per hour. Plenty for over night to hit 300 miles in 10 hrs.. etc.)
Nema 14-50 cost around 20 bucks. He needs to buy a large cable. (If he doesn’t have it. Or you can buy it ??‍. It’s the most expensive part in the set up. Around 200 bucks. And it’s 200 feet long..And you most likely will not use all of it. .. they’ll charge you buy the foot most likely or hourly. Doesn’t matter. They just plug and play the damn thing. I paid 400 bucks to get everything installed. And that was after I gave a 75 dollar tip. Because I knew any other greedy electrician would’ve asked for 500 easily. Oh and I got two installed. So basically 200 a piece. So technically any other electrician would’ve charge maybe 800 bucks.

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