Comment on The "standard" car charger is usually overkill—but your electrician might not know that [32:26]
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week agoHow would it increase chances of burning the house down? Outlets are rated for a specific current draw and will have a matching breaker on the circuit, if your outlets are worn out or the breaker or wire is not matched correctly that’s not the fault of the charger.
londos@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I don’t disagree with this, but we have a detached garage and got quoted over $6k to retrench an upgraded line to it. I know he mentioned this condition in the video, but our driveway is so tight it would be an obstacle to put a charger just on the outside of the house.
In the meantime, we started using a regular outlet in the garage with the basic charger that came with our Ioniq and after 2 years have never needed anything more. Never even used a public charger.