Ok this in no way meets any electrical code and I present this information for as it says on most YouTube posts showing a non-electrician interacting with a home electrical panel for entertainment purposes only!!!!
Also it could be dangerous to your health!!!!
Here’s a temporary/emergency outlet that I fabricated this weekend. I should be taking delivery this week and the electrician that my landlord uses is fairly backed up.
Here’s what the final unit looks like installed.
With the exception of the Plexiglas mount here’s the part’s that I purchased to construct this unit.
The first step in constructing the unit is attaching the wires after threading them though the two Gang PVC box.
As you can see the outlet has the basic color code imprinted on the terminals, Green being Ground.
I elected to not use the white neutral terminal as the Tesla mobile connector doesn’t use that connection; making this unusable for anything but charging a Tesla!!!
I then wired up the circuit breaker to the black and red wires and put a battery chargingclip on the other end of the ground wire to make it easy to attach inside of the electrical panel.
Here the initial assembly
I then grabbed a piece of Plexiglas that I had laying around; used my drill press and an adjustable fly cutter to cut the large hole for the face of the outlet and then drilled the four mounting holes to reuse the screws the came with the outlet.
Now time to bend the Plexiglas to form the hanger support using a simple heat gun. Here’s the setup for the first bend.
Used your basic cookie sheet to get away from the counter so I didn't scorch the finish and to have room to use the heat gun on the top and bottom.
As you can see in the photo the Plexiglas is covered with cardboard to control the heat transfer to the Plexiglas along with a couple pieces of wood on the end to form the overhang.
I then threw a bunch of books to weigh everything down so the cookie sheet could be slid out from the counter.
It only took a few minutes with the heat gun to make the desired bend. Making even passes on both the top and bottom with the heat gun until the weight of the boards and clamps caused it to droop at a 45 degree angle. At which time I bent it to 90 degrees and held while it cooled until it was ridged again.
After cooling for a bit it was time for the second bend.
Here’s what the outlet now looks like with the Plexiglas attached.
Installing the emergency/temporary outlet
Removing the emergency/temporary outlet.
PS. Here's a decent YouTube link on installing an outlet yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAoknHYPZ5M
Also it could be dangerous to your health!!!!
Here’s a temporary/emergency outlet that I fabricated this weekend. I should be taking delivery this week and the electrician that my landlord uses is fairly backed up.
Here’s what the final unit looks like installed.
With the exception of the Plexiglas mount here’s the part’s that I purchased to construct this unit.
The first step in constructing the unit is attaching the wires after threading them though the two Gang PVC box.
As you can see the outlet has the basic color code imprinted on the terminals, Green being Ground.
I elected to not use the white neutral terminal as the Tesla mobile connector doesn’t use that connection; making this unusable for anything but charging a Tesla!!!
I then wired up the circuit breaker to the black and red wires and put a battery chargingclip on the other end of the ground wire to make it easy to attach inside of the electrical panel.
Here the initial assembly
I then grabbed a piece of Plexiglas that I had laying around; used my drill press and an adjustable fly cutter to cut the large hole for the face of the outlet and then drilled the four mounting holes to reuse the screws the came with the outlet.
Now time to bend the Plexiglas to form the hanger support using a simple heat gun. Here’s the setup for the first bend.
Used your basic cookie sheet to get away from the counter so I didn't scorch the finish and to have room to use the heat gun on the top and bottom.
As you can see in the photo the Plexiglas is covered with cardboard to control the heat transfer to the Plexiglas along with a couple pieces of wood on the end to form the overhang.
I then threw a bunch of books to weigh everything down so the cookie sheet could be slid out from the counter.
It only took a few minutes with the heat gun to make the desired bend. Making even passes on both the top and bottom with the heat gun until the weight of the boards and clamps caused it to droop at a 45 degree angle. At which time I bent it to 90 degrees and held while it cooled until it was ridged again.
After cooling for a bit it was time for the second bend.
Here’s what the outlet now looks like with the Plexiglas attached.
Installing the emergency/temporary outlet
- Put on rubber gloves!!!
- Turn off the main circuit breaker for the electrical panel.
- Turn off the circuit breaker for the temporary outlet.
- Remove the protective face plate from the Electrical Panel
- Hang the temporary outlet on the lip of the electrical panel
- Attach the ground clip to screw strip that has bare copper wires going into it, make sure the clip is not touching any other wires or parts inside of the electrical panel.
- Install the circuit breaker for the temporary outlet. By rotating it about 30-40 degrees; first sliding it into clips in the electrical panel on the wire side of the circuit breaker and then rotating it level with the other breakers.
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- Turn the main circuit breaker for the electrical panel back on.
- Turn on the circuit breaker for the temporary output.
- Plug in the mobile charger/connector and connect to the charge port on the car.
- Verify the car is happy and charge the car.
Removing the emergency/temporary outlet.
- Instruct the car to stop charging and disconnect from the charge port on the car.
- Put on rubber gloves
- Turn off the circuit breaker for the temporary outlet.
- Unplug the mobile charger from the temporary outlet.
- Turn off the main circuit breaker for the electrical panel.
- Disconnect the ground clip and make sure it outside of the electrical panel opening.
- Remove the temporary outlet circuit breaker.
- Dismount and pack up the emergency/temporary outlet.
- Re-install the face plate for the electrical panel
- Turn the main circuit breaker for the electrical panel back on.
- Your all juiced up, time to hit the road jack!!!
PS. Here's a decent YouTube link on installing an outlet yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAoknHYPZ5M