quick charging at home
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seriously considering looking at an EV as a taxi for our airport transfer business
the only issue i have is that there will be times i need to charge from empty to full in a short space of time at home.
following on from the thread on here about 3phase i understand that some of the model S' come with dual chargers??? not something i've ever heard of before, anyone enlighten me on this? i presume its just 2 cables plugged in and hey presto charging at 14kw
ideally i'd be looking to turn around a car from near empty on occasion to full in 5/6 hours is that doable for something like a 85/90/100 ?
the only issue i have is that there will be times i need to charge from empty to full in a short space of time at home.
following on from the thread on here about 3phase i understand that some of the model S' come with dual chargers??? not something i've ever heard of before, anyone enlighten me on this? i presume its just 2 cables plugged in and hey presto charging at 14kw
ideally i'd be looking to turn around a car from near empty on occasion to full in 5/6 hours is that doable for something like a 85/90/100 ?
Glasgowrob said:
following on from the thread on here about 3phase i understand that some of the model S' come with dual chargers??? not something i've ever heard of before, anyone enlighten me on this? i presume its just 2 cables plugged in and hey presto charging at 14kw
You need 3 phase power supply and charger to achieve anything more than 7KW charging.Tesla changed the charging spec of their cars regularly.
Our 2017 build X will charge at 16.5KW on 3 phase, we didn't spec 'dual' charger, and 16.5KW is now standard I believe.
2016 Model S had options to be fitted with 'dual chargers', which will do 22KW.
Model 3 will do 11KW on 3 phase.
The Tesla wall charger will work off 3 phase, around £500, and I believe you can have multiple units installed at one address with no issues. Again to hit any of the above charging speeds you need a 3 phase power supply + charger.
Ive head of folks being charged 5k to upgrade to 3ph, yes they needed a transformer upgrade to do so but the chance is there that it could be a steep fee.
I know your in a difficult position as you don't know what or where yet. have you thought of a 3ph generator if your not planning on using it often ?
I know your in a difficult position as you don't know what or where yet. have you thought of a 3ph generator if your not planning on using it often ?
I always tell people not to dismiss 3phase being installed. If the capacity is there you can have it for the price of the cable being run to your door. This costs just £900.
The prices only become crazy if you're far away from the street... but you're allowed to dig your own trench. You're allowed to do all the work yourself and have them just come connect the cable.
These quotes of £25k etc. are just the electricity board quoting them doing EVERYTHING and that means 5 guys sitting in a transit crew cab pickup reading the sun while one other guy does the actual work and somehow takes a week to dig a hole.
The prices only become crazy if you're far away from the street... but you're allowed to dig your own trench. You're allowed to do all the work yourself and have them just come connect the cable.
These quotes of £25k etc. are just the electricity board quoting them doing EVERYTHING and that means 5 guys sitting in a transit crew cab pickup reading the sun while one other guy does the actual work and somehow takes a week to dig a hole.
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