batufrommongolia
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Anyone starts doing that? I plan to install it EOY.
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I have a Tesla wall charger (48 amps), but that works greaat for a Model 3 and maybe not for a CT. The number of miles per charge hour is going to be much lower, and the size of the battery will be much larger, so our charger, maxed out, will take days for a full charge, and most of a day for even less than a half charge. So as long as you are ok with that (I am not), then great. I am hoping that Tesla will have a better plan.As I already have a wall charger for my Model S with the 24ft cable, this is not an issue for me. For those who do not already own a BEV, I would suggest installing a wall charger or 40-50amp 240volt outlet about as soon as you are able to configure and finalize your CT order. The CT like all Teslas will come with a portable charger that can adapt to many single phase outlets.
The issue for me will be having space to park the CT inside on a regular basis. The shed I use to house my car and small utility tractor has enough space, but there is also a farm tractor in the building seasonally (late fall -> late spring) that is used daily during that period. When the farm tractor is in the building there will not be enough space to allow it, my car, or my utility tractor to enter/exit without requiring the CT to be removed from the building first. Thus my CT will probably have to be parked outside most of the winter.
This both inaccurate and setting yourself and others up for disappointment. Even if it charges at half the rate of the 3/Y, which it won't (IMO), you are looking at a day max from zero to hero from the Tri-motor. If it charges at the same rate, you are looking at 12 hours, and how many times are you going from 0-100%? I've had to charge from @ 10% once in over a year and over 12,000 miles of driving so far in our Y. And that was PPP on my part. We keep it at 80% except for trips. So most nights it's is only getting back up to that from 50% or so, less than 2 hours.I have a Tesla wall charger (48 amps), but that works greaat for a Model 3 and maybe not for a CT. The number of miles per charge hour is going to be much lower, and the size of the battery will be much larger, so our charger, maxed out, will take days for a full charge, and most of a day for even less than a half charge. So as long as you are ok with that (I am not), then great. I am hoping that Tesla will have a better plan.
We would all agree that the vast majority of the time we drive 100-200 miles between charges, around town, and I said as much in my comment.This both inaccurate and setting yourself and others up for disappointment. Even if it charges at half the rate of the 3/Y, which it won't (IMO), you are looking at a day max from zero to hero from the Tri-motor. If it charges at the same rate, you are looking at 12 hours, and how many times are you going from 0-100%? I've had to charge from @ 10% once in over a year and over 12,000 miles of driving so far in our Y. And that was PPP on my part. We keep it at 80% except for trips. So most nights it's is only getting back up to that from 50% or so, less than 2 hours.
If it charges at the same rate of @ 45 mph, which I bet it will, you are looking at a couple hours the majority of the time, worst case. Please stop trying to stress out my grid and plan a little better for your power needs. If you need more or faster, there is always an SC for you, if not, 48 amps (which is their new and hopefully widely adopted continuing standard: just enough, not too slow / low not too consumptive) should be plenty for anyone and their needs.
We need to stop consuming for consuming's sake as a planet. If not, we are lost. I'm all about freedom. I'm not about hurting everyone around me because of it. Here ends the rant but Cummmahhhn., bro..
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My dude... You're a researcher??? That chart is whack. You have a Wall Charger, the least you could do is use a better, more applicable chart, such as this, to support your argument... https://www.divineelectricnorcal.com/tesla-charging-charts/We would all agree that the vast majority of the time we drive 100-200 miles between charges, around town, and I said as much in my comment.
Perhaps you should take a look at the table in this article. I knew I wasn’t accurate but I am sure I was in the right ballpark:
https://evcharging.enelx.com/resources/blog/577-how-long-does-it-take-to-charge-a-tesla
I think you may not have fully read the instructions that came with the wall charger. Tesla's wall charger (also called a destination charger at hotels) is capable of handling input of up to 100 amps of 240 volt single phase power. It's max output amperage is controlled by a small selector switch inside the unit. Thus the output of a wall charger is limited by that switch and the capacity of the input wiring. In my case the input is 90amp and max output of 72amp.I have a Tesla wall charger (48 amps), but that works greaat for a Model 3 and maybe not for a CT. The number of miles per charge hour is going to be much lower, and the size of the battery will be much larger, so our charger, maxed out, will take days for a full charge, and most of a day for even less than a half charge. So as long as you are ok with that (I am not), then great. I am hoping that Tesla will have a better plan.
I say that you use the charger you have and have fun.My dude... You're a researcher??? That chart is whack. You have a Wall Charger, the least you could do is use a better, more applicable chart, such as this, to support your argument... https://www.divineelectricnorcal.com/tesla-charging-charts/
Go ahead, do your adds and takeaways, I'll wait.....
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Days? Nah... Hours. Even if you half the values (which again, I doubt is accurate) you are looking at 4-8ish hours for a charge to top off after your 100-200 miles... So, just what ball park are you in? Kandlethick?
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My undersatanding is that Tesla limits the draw at 48 amps. My service and circuit breaker can handle more. The electrician set it up and the settings are in the installation manual.I think you may not have fully read the instructions that came with the wall charger. Tesla's wall charger (also called a destination charger at hotels) is capable of handling input of up to 100 amps of 240 volt single phase power. It's max output amperage is controlled by a small selector switch inside the unit. Thus the output of a wall charger is limited by that switch and the capacity of the input wiring. In my case the input is 90amp and max output of 72amp.
As your output is 48 amp, it appears your input circuit is probably only 60 amp. Max output is always 80% of input amps.
ajdelange said:
Home charging is going to be limited by what the home chargers can deliver which is 11.5 kW for 23 mi per hour. If you can connect two, as I hypothesize you might, you could get 46. That's pretty close to 54 even though the CT is considerably more power hungry than your current Tesla.
Just understand that it is exactly the same with BEV's as it is with ICE cars. A compact sedan gets more miles per gallon than a muscualr pickup truck. Same here. Your M3 gets 44/(240*48/1000) = 3.8 miles per kWh taken from the mains. For the Cybertruck that's expected to be around 2.0 miles per kWh.Jhodgesatmb said:
I am confused. We have an M3 that charges at 48 amps and we get 44 miles per hour now.