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Old Oct 26, 2024 | 11:31 AM
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The wire from the breaker to the charger was less than $6/ft for me.
What gauge wire? What size breaker?
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Old Oct 26, 2024 | 11:35 AM
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What gauge wire? What size breaker?
6 and 60 amp
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Old Oct 26, 2024 | 11:40 AM
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6 and 60 amp
Are you talking about #6 Romex?
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Old Oct 26, 2024 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Bob04
Are you talking about #6 Romex?
That I’m not sure. I told electrician give me 6 gauge. He told me how much it was.
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Old Oct 26, 2024 | 11:55 AM
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That I’m not sure. I told electrician give me 6 gauge. He told me how much it was.
I asked for 4/3 Romex just to be safe and provide extra capability for maybe a future upgrade. Almost $240 for just the wire and some peace of mind.
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Old Oct 26, 2024 | 12:07 PM
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I asked for 4/3 Romex just to be safe and provide extra capability for maybe a future upgrade. Almost $240 for just the wire and some peace of mind.
My PHEV only accepts 32A max but according to my charger it’s accepting 30A.

I guess if I were to go EV I could swap the wire to a 4 gauge. It looks fairly simple.




I can adjust the amperage on the charger app.

How far is your charger from your electrical panel? Mine is maybe 6-7ft.
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Mine is in our laundry room near the garage. There was a shorter route to a less ideal location that was only about 7 or 8 ft, but I wanted it where I wanted it, so I think it was around 20 ft.

And you should be fine with #6 at 32A max. I think the issue is with the Tesla chargers 48A max using some types of #6, so I just decided to go with #4.
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Old Oct 26, 2024 | 12:43 PM
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Same, Nov 24th! I've been using it more, and the one mistake it made yesterday was I was on a stretch with an arrow light for a left turn lane (it was the only stop light), and although I wasn't in the left lane, when it turned yellow my car started to stop, I had to hit the throttle to keep going. There was nobody behind me so nobody needed to slam their brakes, but had someone been behind me, it would have annoyed them at the very least
So they gave you another week? This incident is not new. It's been doing this since pre V12. With this new version, one strange thing is it randomly shows "P" spot. I was reading a post yesterday and thought you might wanted to read that post because you seemed to entirely trust tesla to park for you. This guy said it hit a parking pole while backing. Others chimed in and apparently they also had random mis-behaviors.
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So they gave you another week? This incident is not new. It's been doing this since pre V12. With this new version, one strange thing is it randomly shows "P" spot. I was reading a post yesterday and thought you might wanted to read that post because you seemed to entirely trust tesla to park for you. This guy said it hit a parking pole while backing. Others chimed in and apparently they also had random mis-behaviors.
I think they extended it two more weeks, they gave me 30 more days starting the 24th, and I believe I had the trial already two weeks.

I don't fully trust anything automated, and I monitor it when using the auto park feature. I hundred percent know it can miscalculate, but so far it's parked perfectly every time, unlike my wife who has hit objects more time than I can count and costed me $1000 in damage on our last lease
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Old Oct 27, 2024 | 06:39 AM
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Did you all see these new Scout EV's..? I love the combo of modern + retro. I had no idea that VW had purchased the 'Scout' name a few years ago. I love the styling inside and out of the SUV.

https://electrek.co/2024/10/24/scout...00-mile-range/
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Old Oct 27, 2024 | 07:24 AM
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Did you all see these new Scout EV's..? I love the combo of modern + retro. I had no idea that VW had purchased the 'Scout' name a few years ago. I love the styling inside and out of the SUV.

https://electrek.co/2024/10/24/scout...00-mile-range/
Yeah, it's in the Car Chat area of the forum. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...oad-brand.html
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Old Oct 29, 2024 | 05:22 AM
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Yeah, it's in the Car Chat area of the forum. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...oad-brand.html
not now, i asked that it be moved to ev chat.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ev-...oad-brand.html
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i was expecting another jaded negative review, but he loves it.
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