Level 2 Charger Finally Installed!

[Chris Sonne]

I finally was able to get my charger installed! Because I had other loads on the subpanel, I thought I would have to run the charger at 40 amps. Fortunately, past me had the wisdom to oversize the feeder wiring and Home Depot had a clearance sale on the 70 amp breakers I needed, so it is connected to a 60 amp breaker in the 70 amp panel and works great!
The setup was quick and easy. I did a short test charge and it showed it was giving me about 29 miles range / hour (but I was at 82% already, so it may be faster when I have more room for juice).
Install ended up costing me only $400 using a local (licensed!) electrician.

 

[Sebban-Balwer]

@Chris Sonne That’s cool! How much did it cost you? I am also planning to add a level 2 charger.

 

[Chris Sonne]

@Chris Sonne That’s cool! How much did it cost you? I am also planning to add a level 2 charger.

The local electrician I hired to install the charger only charged me $400, and I installed the hard stuff last year (~ 80 feet of wire & conduit plus a small sub panel). My cost for the materials and a day's rental on a trencher was probably around $500, so all totaled, less than $1000 for the entire install (plus I now have power to my shed so I installed lights & receptacles and moved my small chest freezer out there).