Electrical gurus / dryer outlets / tesla

[EmpirE231]

considering getting the wife a tesla. Our main panel is on the opposite end of the house away from the garage. Garage does have outlets for a washer & dryer.... are these typically 20 amp outlets or can they be basic 15A outlets? House was built in 1978 if that makes any difference.

would the Tesla wall charger work in this scenario, or am gonna have to look into making a run across the whole house?

 

[hallett21]

You’re gonna want a 30amp 240v circuit at a minimum. Technically you can charge on a 20amp 120v circuit but it’ll take days to charge the car.

Take a photo of the current washer/dryer receptacles you’re talking about.

 

[81Sprint]

20 amp outlet should look like this below, or a single round receptacle with the horizontal slot, 15 amp will (should) be vertical only

 

[Caydens Cat]

considering getting the wife a tesla. Our main panel is on the opposite end of the house away from the garage. Garage does have outlets for a washer & dryer.... are these typically 20 amp outlets or can they be basic 15A outlets? House was built in 1978 if that makes any difference.

would the Tesla wall charger work in this scenario, or am gonna have to look into making a run across the whole house?

You absolutely don’t want to regularly rely on charging at 15 amp… going to take forever. 20/120 not much better. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

 

[boatpi]

Any 110 V circuit will never work end of story not enough power. You need a 30 amp dryer plug one of the blades on the 220 V 30 amp plug is flat that will get you about 30+ amp to 220 V power and your Tesla will charge it perfectly overnight. The next step is a 48 amp power station which you can buy reasonably but you will need 100 amp breaker so another investment but just go with that 220v 30 amp plug to begin with four prong.
My massive hummer EV I use this for top off and it works quite well of course it would still take a day and a half to charge mine but your Tesla won’t be just fine when you get down to about 100 miles or so I have energy left. It’ll probably top off overnight.

 

[Gonefishin5555]

I have the same issue requiring a long run since the panel is exactly on the back corner of the property. We use the 110 to charge in the driveway for now. I think you get 3 miles per charging hour so 36 miles for 12 hours of charge time. So it works if you drive less than 40 miles per day

 

[Ladsm]

Is there a 30 amp 240 Volt outlet for an electric dryer?? That would convert over easily. Is there a 50 Amp outlet behind your stove or oven not being used?? That also could be rerouted if its closer.

 

[Javajoe]

I used my unused 220 dryer outlet. Tesla charger tied into the back of the panel to that breaker. Real easy. Wife gets about 36 miles per hour recharge

 

[hallett21]

@EmpirE231

You can do a 20amp 240v with the Gen2 Nema 6-20 Tesla adapter. Assuming you don’t have an existing 30+ amp 240v receptacle in the washer location.

If you legitimately have a dedicated 20amp dryer/washer receptacle. Dedicated meaning the wires begin in the panel and end at the plug. No other shared circuits. It requires some rewiring in the panel and receptacle junction box.

That gets you 3,800 watts which isn’t terrible. Should get you about 10 miles an hour on charging.

 

[lbhsbz]

Should get you about 10 miles an hour on charging.

At that point just ride your bike and get less fat in the process

 

[EmpirE231]

@EmpirE231

You can do a 20amp 240v with the Gen2 Nema 6-20 Tesla adapter. Assuming you don’t have an existing 30+ amp 240v receptacle in the washer location.

If you legitimately have a dedicated 20amp dryer/washer receptacle. Dedicated meaning the wires begin in the panel and end at the plug. No other shared circuits. It requires some rewiring in the panel and receptacle junction box.

That gets you 3,800 watts which isn’t terrible. Should get you about 10 miles an hour on charging.

I’ll get some pics later! Came home from getting the Tesla and the dryer quit spinning lol thanks.

 

[EmpirE231]

Okay here is what we have in the garage. Looks like a 20A?

I do have 30A 220 in MY garage, which she could charge there when needed but don’t want this car parked in MY garage all the time lol

 

[hallett21]

Okay here is what we have in the garage. Looks like a 20A?

I do have 30A 220 in MY garage, which she could charge there when needed but don’t want this car parked in MY garage all the time lol

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That’s a 20amp 120v receptacle. Now just need to figure out if it’s dedicated or not. If it’s dedicated you can change the existing wiring to make it a 20amp 240v circuit.

Sounds like you need to buy the mobile charger with the different adapters from Tesla. That way you can use your existing 30amp 240v and this new 20amp 240v (assuming wiring checks out).

You can also use the plug you have as is. It’ll just take days to charge the car.

 

[SoCalDave]

Is your dryer gas fired or full electric. If gas is there a receptical that looks like one of these behind it?

 

[Cole Trickle]

If buying new make sure you find a referral code when ordering it will save you an extra grand.

I keep trying to talk the wife into a new model 3 performance. Pretty good deal with the $7500 tax rebate+ 1k referral and the cheap
Interest rates.

 

[Joe mama]

Spend the dollars and put in a 50A 240 receptacle or buy the Tesla charger and be done and happy. Just remember code wise that new 50A receptacle is supposed to be GFCI protected. Personally I would get the Tesla charger personally I’m burning oil the rest of my life.

 

[Javajoe]

A standard outlet may give you 4-7 miles per hour recharge. Pretty bad

 

[TimeBandit]

New 60 amp circuit to do it right. Solar fed if possible.

My understanding is that if you hard wire the charger it does not have to be GFCI.

 

[EmpirE231]

If buying new make sure you find a referral code when ordering it will save you an extra grand.

I keep trying to talk the wife into a new model 3 performance. Pretty good deal with the $7500 tax rebate+ 1k referral and the cheap
Interest rates.

Yep got the referral code, and 0% for 36 months. Performance would be cool but these base models are pretty damn quick as is. The acceleration is impressive.

 

[EmpirE231]

Spend the dollars and put in a 50A 240 receptacle or buy the Tesla charger and be done and happy. Just remember code wise that new 50A receptacle is supposed to be GFCI protected. Personally I would get the Tesla charger personally I’m burning oil the rest of my life.

Plan is to do a big house project next year which will include all new panel etc. for the time being just need to be able to plug in her garage overnight to keep it maintained for the work commute or she can park in my shop with the 30A 220 for quicker charging.

At the time of the house project I’ll get her garage dialed in for fastest charging.

 

[Bowtiepower00]

It depends on how many miles you plan on driving. You could put the wall connector in your garage to charge quickly when needed, and charge in the other garage off the 20 amp plug day to day if doing mostly short trips. The car won’t need to be charged daily in most cases, and a lot of places offer free charging when you get to your destination.

 

[EmpirE231]

I have this in my shop which was originally wired up for a welder. I’m assuming this will work for faster charging.

 

[MPHSystems]

20 amp outlet should look like this below, or a single round receptacle with the horizontal slot, 15 amp will (should) be vertical only

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You have the grounds upside down, It’s OK so long as the plate screw is installed vertical

 

[MPHSystems]

New 60 amp circuit to do it right. Solar fed if possible.

My understanding is that if you hard wire the charger it does not have to be GFCI.

It’s a continuous duty load, only to be used at 80% of conductor rating. 60 amp wire for a 50A charger.

 

[LazyLavey]

considering getting the wife a tesla. Our main panel is on the opposite end of the house away from the garage. Garage does have outlets for a washer & dryer.... are these typically 20 amp outlets or can they be basic 15A outlets? House was built in 1978 if that makes any difference.

would the Tesla wall charger work in this scenario, or am gonna have to look into making a run across the whole house?

google it... plenty of threads regarding the same..

I just picked up a new Y... 7500 off at P-O-S and 0% interest...(That's like free money!)

next year new model Y will come out. I assume they're clearing stock

 

[boatpi]

Many states gives you $1000 tax credit to install a charging station. Might want to take a look at that too but just remember this no 110 V outlet will charge that thing anything less than a couple of days if it’s really down.

 

[Taboma]

You have the grounds upside down, It’s OK so long as the plate screw is installed vertical

Tell it to the 6-50P manufactures that build the right angle plugs upside down

 

[Javajoe]

While my wife was charging her Tesla at our Havasu house a while back for the first time her car said to check the outlet because it was hot so the car slowed to 32 then 16 amp charge it said. I checked and it was a loose neutral at the plug. Nice it told us. I didn’t install that one. It’s an existing 50 amp RV plug. I fixed it today. Only time she took her Tesla to Havasu with her sister and brought her charger with her since we have that outlet