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It does make sense to use the same charger. It would therefore make sense that Tesla would design the HPWC to have the possibility of TWO connectors from the same mounted unit. Anybody know about that?
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Looking for safety disconnects like they are describing they cost around $200-300. That right there doubles my expected material cost from what I was figuring. Brings his quote up into the more reasonable range.
From what I read online different jurisdictions have interpreted "readily
accessible location" in various ways. Same room, within sight, within reach?
Does L&I have an explanation of their interpretation.
In my specific case the EVSE (80 amperes) would in the 3 car garage of a single
family home, on the opposite side of the garage from the breaker panel (32 feet
across and about 12 feet closer to the entrance of the garage from the panel).
Would the breaker meet the readily accessible location requirement? Would a
lockout device applied to the breaker meet the requirement to be lockable open?
[FONT="]Thank you for your question to the electrical program. The disconnecting means is not required to be within sight from the EVSE, but must be readily accessible (capable of being reached quickly for operation, renewal, or inspections without requiring those to whom ready access is requisite to actions such as to use tools, to climb over or remove obstacles, or to resort to portable ladders, and so forth). The typical residential load center located in a garage meets this requirement. The lockout device must be of a type that remains in place with or without the lock installed. A typical circuit breaker lockout device which installs on the circuit breaker before the load center panel cover is installed meets this requirement.[/FONT]
Also may want to note a price drop on the HPWC. I just purchased one from the Van Nuys service center for $750 yesterday. The tesla site still shows $1,200.00. They said there will be a price drop on other accessories too.
Just an FYI.
Did my installation yesterday with my friend. We ended up using conduit and individual conductors. I'll post some pictures here soon. But materials cost around $550 for a HPWC about 60 feet away from the panel and a 15 foot 14-50. The 14-50 was super easy to do, took us about 20 minutes. The conduit and the wire pull wasn't bad. The most annoying part of the install was the actual HPWC. The unit is just way too small. It's hard to terminate the conduit in it, it's hard to get the wire in the lugs (we ended up using 2 AWG since it easier to get). The ground wire has two plastic pieces that stick up on either side of the bar that make it hard to fit. Gotta say this design is just downright bad. Obviously someone cared more about how it looked from the outside than how easy it was to install. Sad thing is it wouldn't have been too hard to make it look good and leave more room in the box.