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Hey man, much appreciated! It was quite a day! Bottom line, my wife loves the color, and loves the car, which made all the work and bargaining worth it. Sales guy was super cool and was constrained by what he had to work with. This would be akin to a good actor being handed a bad script and doing his best with what he was given. It all worked out in the end, so you won't hear anymore complaints from me.
I will post more pics and a more detailed review of the Ioniq 5 once I've spent more time with it. In the meantime, welcome to the family
question - how many cars can you charge simultaneously?
Good question...I've done two at a time, but mostly we charge at different times, and we charge every 3 days so we alternate which cars get charged. The way I'm setup is I have a sub panel dedicated to EV charging with two 240v 50 amp dedicated circuits. The circuit from the main panel that feeds the sub panel should be at least 100 amp if you are going to charge more than one EV at a time. Right now it's 50 amp, which is fine, but there was one evening where the temp was high that day, so the evening was a bit on the warm side, so the circuit tripped while charging two EV's. My electrician is going to be putting in a 100 amp breaker to fix that
Good question...I've done two at a time, but mostly we charge at different times, and we charge every 3 days so we alternate which cars get charged. The way I'm setup is I have a sub panel dedicated to EV charging with two 240v 50 amp dedicated circuits. The circuit from the main panel that feeds the sub panel should be at least 100 amp if you are going to charge more than one EV at a time. Right now it's 50 amp, which is fine, but there was one evening where the temp was high that day, so the evening was a bit on the warm side, so the circuit tripped while charging two EV's. My electrician is going to be putting in a 100 amp breaker to fix that
What gauge is the wire from the main panel to the sub? I would be surprised if the electrician that installed it undersized the breaker without a reason. I'm also not sure why it wouldn't be tripping more often. Do you limit the charge current to each side when charging 2 at once?
What gauge is the wire from the main panel to the sub? I would be surprised if the electrician that installed it undersized the breaker without a reason. I'm also not sure why it wouldn't be tripping more often. Do you limit the charge current to each side when charging 2 at once?
I don't know what gauge he used. At this point, we only charge two EV's at a time when needed. It's only tripped once out of the numerous times we've done it, he thinks it was due to the heat that night, the circuit got too hot and tripped. I can easily limit the amps if it happens again. Because they are on their own circuit, it doesn't affect anything else if the breaker trips
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