RE: Why does the U.S. use 110V and not 220V domestic electric service?

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#16 | RE: Why does the U.S. use 110V and not 220V domestic electric service? datum

Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:25 am

Zitat von MrVvrroomm im Beitrag #15
When charging a Tesla at home, Tesla wall charger unit will charge faster than Nema 14-50.

Tesla wall charger uses 60 amp breaker and can pull 48 amps. Nema 14-50 uses 50 amp breaker and pulls up to 32 amps, per code.

Assuming I had a Tesla, that'd be great. I can't recall the details of why, but a 60 am service to my garage was going to cost about twice as much as a 50 amp. It is a long run of wire, and my distribution panel is FULL, FULL FULL. Anyhow, the electrician ran 50 amps to the garage. Now it powers a kiln, not a car.

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#17 | RE: Why does the U.S. use 110V and not 220V domestic electric service? datum

Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:43 am

Zitat von jrt im Beitrag #16
Zitat von MrVvrroomm im Beitrag #15
When charging a Tesla at home, Tesla wall charger unit will charge faster than Nema 14-50.

Tesla wall charger uses 60 amp breaker and can pull 48 amps. Nema 14-50 uses 50 amp breaker and pulls up to 32 amps, per code.

Assuming I had a Tesla, that'd be great. I can't recall the details of why, but a 60 am service to my garage was going to cost about twice as much as a 50 amp. It is a long run of wire, and my distribution panel is FULL, FULL FULL. Anyhow, the electrician ran 50 amps to the garage. Now it powers a kiln, not a car.

Back in the day, the Garage was my man-cave. I had a separate 200A service installed for it.

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