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Originally Posted by Jiggy
I live in a Townhouse, and a neighbor mentioned they had no luck getting a EV fast charger installed. I'll have to look into that a bit more on my end.
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There are options for the EV charger, and it's not as large an issue as some suggest. If you think you'll go this route, Emporia makes a wall charger to which you can add a monitor, which will ensure that you're not overdrawing the electricity. For example, you have a 100A service and want to add a charger. Some people will tell you that you need to upgrade to 200A, which will cost you about $15k. You don't need to do that, with this. You could put a 40A breaker in, and the monitor will track how power the whole house uses, and limit the EV charger to what's available. You could also set a timer and have it charge overnight, when there is no draw, so that you can charge at the full 40A.
I suggest that it is entirely unnecessary. Just charging at 16A is fine; you don't need the absolute fastest charge. You generally charge to 80% anyway, and it depends on how regularly you need to drive, say, 500 km a day. I would suggest that the overall range anxiety and issues like that are way overblown.