I have a similar setup. However, my breaker box has knockouts on the bottom that I can just run down and straight out to the garage wall rather than going up having to use conduit on the outside of the wall. I was wondering if your box hand knockouts on the bottom and could have saved on the conduit and wire by going down and straight back to enter charger from rear?
I get it all at local HD store. I’ve had to go one size larger due to availability. You can do 2 blacks instead of a red. Also the green can be one size smaller if that helps. If not, search up an electrical supply store near you.
Thanks for clarifying. So you purchased individual wire in each color you wanted, rather than buying 6 AWG, 3 connector wire in Romex? That seems to be consistent with what I found on a Rivian wall charger forum. Someone wrote, “There's a difference between individual #6 THHN wires and a 6/3 Romex cable. They are rated differently. The THHN is fine to use for 48A charging on a 60A circuit. The Romex is not.”
I would expect the ground (green) wire would be solid copper and the 2 leads (red and black) would be stranded copper wire, or can you use stranded for all 3 wires?
Nice work, I install these things for a living on and off with other electrical work. That will work but I would recommend steel 3/4 conduit on the inside of the garage. Code says you can only have just one 90* turn and plastic on the interior may not pass a building inspection when you sell your house depending where you live. And I would recommend a torque screwdriver and make sure your 6 AWG is torqued to the spec on both the breaker and the EV charger. But yea this is functional but I would torque to spec it can be a fire hazard. I recommend the Tesla 3 wall charger and you can buy adapters to charge your lighting, Rivian and other EV's. I geeked out on this stuff when I was a tech at Ford. Saw a bunch of horrible photos of burnt homes and garages to scare us in to doing these right. That's why I pretty much only install Tesla gen 3 chargers now.
Thank you bro
Glad I could help
I have a similar setup. However, my breaker box has knockouts on the bottom that I can just run down and straight out to the garage wall rather than going up having to use conduit on the outside of the wall. I was wondering if your box hand knockouts on the bottom and could have saved on the conduit and wire by going down and straight back to enter charger from rear?
I would have loved that option but most panels around here have the meter at the bottom so the only knockouts are at the top.
My charger would not output the correct voltage. Rivian connected remotely and fixed it. The jumpers were correct
That’s cool they could do it remotely
Where do you purchase your wire? That is 6 AWG 3 connector copper with 2 leads and a ground? I’m not finding red, green and black at the box stores.
I get it all at local HD store. I’ve had to go one size larger due to availability. You can do 2 blacks instead of a red. Also the green can be one size smaller if that helps. If not, search up an electrical supply store near you.
Thanks for clarifying. So you purchased individual wire in each color you wanted, rather than buying 6 AWG, 3 connector wire in Romex? That seems to be consistent with what I found on a Rivian wall charger forum. Someone wrote, “There's a difference between individual #6 THHN wires and a 6/3 Romex cable. They are rated differently. The THHN is fine to use for 48A charging on a 60A circuit. The Romex is not.”
@@jasonbarrier3115correct.
I would expect the ground (green) wire would be solid copper and the 2 leads (red and black) would be stranded copper wire, or can you use stranded for all 3 wires?
@@jasonbarrier3115 stranded is fine for all of them. Green can be a size smaller to save money
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Do you need a city permit for that installation?
That will all depend on your local jurisdiction. You’ll need to check with them.
@@m10stuff ok. Thank you for information.
No ground?
It’s there. The green wire
1 phase !???? its catastrophe, not a life @@m10stuff
@@JekaMandra sorry my friend. I have no idea what you are saying.
pushing kwt per hour is too low@@m10stuff
Nice work, I install these things for a living on and off with other electrical work. That will work but I would recommend steel 3/4 conduit on the inside of the garage. Code says you can only have just one 90* turn and plastic on the interior may not pass a building inspection when you sell your house depending where you live. And I would recommend a torque screwdriver and make sure your 6 AWG is torqued to the spec on both the breaker and the EV charger. But yea this is functional but I would torque to spec it can be a fire hazard. I recommend the Tesla 3 wall charger and you can buy adapters to charge your lighting, Rivian and other EV's. I geeked out on this stuff when I was a tech at Ford. Saw a bunch of horrible photos of burnt homes and garages to scare us in to doing these right. That's why I pretty much only install Tesla gen 3 chargers now.
I appreciate the tips and info. Thanks