#TESLA WALL CONNECTOR OUTSIDE INSTALL#

For now, having it wifi connected allows you to provision the unit with your smartphone, (there's no need to set the physical dip switch inside the unit to set the maximum circuit amperage like you had to on the previous models), it can also get firmware updates OTA from Tesla, and as mentioned above, configure daisy-chain load sharing with multiple units. The new wall connector is also a wifi-enabled 'smart charger' although Tesla hasn't announced just what smart-charging features the unit will provide.

#TESLA WALL CONNECTOR OUTSIDE INSTALL#

Getting ready to install the Tesla Wall Connector It's Ok to have a shorter cable on a portable, occasional-use EVSE, but not on a permanently-installed wall-connector. We've been reviewing EVSE for a decade, have had hundreds (perhaps thousands) of comments on our reviews, received direct messages on what users like and dislike about their units, and have used virtually every product that has come to market, and we've come to conclude that 20 feet is the very minimum that a wall connector's length should be. This, in our opinion, is a significant problem and a huge mistake on Tesla's part. On the downside, Tesla reduced the length of the cable from 24 feet to 18 feet. Tesla's EVSE cables are by far the thinnest of any major EV charging-equipment supplier and we wonder why the other brands haven't switched to thinner cables like Tesla uses. In fact, while it's slightly thicker than the cable on Tesla's 32-amp mobile connector, it's easily the thinnest cable on any high-powered (40-amp or higher) level 2 EVSE that we've ever tested. Or a lease.The cable is noticeably thinner and it's very easy to manage. That's 120-180 miles a night, anyone who needs more probably should not be driving an EV. No, most likely those dryer wires are either a) obsolete, b) roached, or and/or c) not usable outdoors.įalse out your wire length with string, and then find a better, local, family-owned lumberyard or hardware store that sells 10/2 UF-B by the foot and buy what you need + a couple of feet for errors. you're trying to save the old wires and reuse them? That is some serious pot-licking LOL. You'll thank me if you ever get an electric dryer LOL. And then leave them in the panel capped off. Just pull the dryer wires off the circuit breaker, screw on a yellow Ideal 451 or 74B wire nut, to cap the wires off. This requires a receptacle connection, hardwiring the EVSE will not work with this option. It's the same deal with the bedroom circuits where they trust you not to run two 1500W space heaters on the same 1800W circuit. If you use a 14-30 receptacle you need to run neutral to it. The latter option works because NEC treats 30A receptacles same as 15-20A receptacles in terms of not placing any limits to the number of receptacles per circuit in residential. In this case you would pigtail both dryer and EV wires to the breaker terminals with #10 pigtail wires and Ideal 454 (big blue) wire nuts. Optional: Keep the dryer outlet active.

10/2 cable from former dryer breaker to wall unit and you're done.

Tesla wall connector outside