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General EV Talk · · @111solar_rush_o13210f
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General EV Talk · · @saltmarsh99
Airbnb host here — how many guests will actually use an EV charger if I install one?
Been managing a two-unit rental up near the coast for about three years now — mostly summer and fall tourist bookings, some off-season regulars. I'm looking ...
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Renters, Apartments & HOA Charging · · @dutch_b74
My tenant wants an EV outlet in the garage — do I have to pay for it?
I own a townhouse in the Steele Creek area that I've been renting out for about six years now — bought it as a bank foreclosure back when I was doing more fl...
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Outlet & Electrical Safety · · @briarcove
Two PHEVs, one garage — what actually works while I wait for my Level 2 install?
My spouse and I run a small farm stand outside town in rural Vermont, and this spring we went from one PHEV to two — I've had a Pacifica Hybrid for about a y...
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Renters, Apartments & HOA Charging · · @saltmarsh99
Landlord approval letter template — what conditions can I set as the property owner?
I own a six-unit building in South Portland that I've managed myself since I bought it in 2019 — small enough that I still handle maintenance requests and le...
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Home Charging & NEMA Outlets · · @hutchrides
60A panel, Model Y, and the load-management vs. panel-upgrade call I keep putting off
Bought a 1959 rambler last year and inherited whatever electrical setup the previous owner left behind, which turned out to be a 60A main panel that nobody h...
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General EV Talk · · @wrenlee_k
I didn't check where I'd actually charge until after I bought the car
I've been tracking every dollar I've spent charging since I got my Model 3 four months ago, mostly because I got annoyed at the number and wanted proof. Abou...
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Home Charging & NEMA Outlets · · @orbitmoth
Does the Ioniq 5's 800V system change anything about a home Level 2 setup, or is it purely a DC fast charging thing?
I test Level 2 chargers for a living — installs, apartment lots, multi-user parking, the whole range — and I still second-guessed myself buying a charger for...
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Home Charging & NEMA Outlets · · @graniteforge
Can I use my existing 3-prong dryer outlet (NEMA 10-30) for EV charging?
House was built in 1968, and the dryer outlet in the basement laundry room is the old 3-prong kind. Looked it up and it's a NEMA 10-30, not the newer 4-prong...
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Home Charging & NEMA Outlets · · @saltmarsh99
How does Tesla Wall Connector Power Sharing actually divide power between cars charging at once?
I manage a six-unit building in southern Maine, nothing fancy, three floors, shared parking lot behind the building. Two years ago one of the tenants asked a...
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Outlet & Electrical Safety · · @duskbutton
One 14-50, two EVs now — is a Y splitter a workable stopgap or just asking for a fire?
My wife's SUV lease ended in June and she went electric too, so we went from one EV in the driveway to two almost overnight. I've got a 14-50 outlet already ...
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Home Charging & NEMA Outlets · · @orangepluto
Should I install an outlet or hardwire my Level 2 charger?
Finally got the HOA sign-off after months of back and forth, so now I'm actually looking at quotes for the Level 2 install itself, and I've hit a fork I didn...
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Home Charging & NEMA Outlets · · @dutch_b74
Charge Station Pro or just a 32A portable for the Lightning? Trying to figure out what my job-site truck needs
Picked up a Lightning Flash back in March, my first EV after twenty-some years of gas trucks for the business. Mostly using it for material runs and job site...
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Portable & No-Install Charging · · @lampthread
Rivian Wall Charger vs a 32A portable EVSE — what actually works if you're renting and can't hardwire?
moved from tampa to columbus in april for a new job and i'm renting for the first time since i've owned this car. back in florida i had a house with a garage...
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Home Charging & NEMA Outlets · · @graniteforge
Detached garage already has a 6-50 from the previous owners — new EVSE wants a 14-50. What's the fix?
Retired last spring, and my spouse picked up her first EV in June while I'm still on my own EV I've had for a few years now with an outlet already sorted out...
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Portable & No-Install Charging · · @emberpath
Level 1 charging in real winter — does it actually keep up with a daily commute?
Moved to a new house in southern New Hampshire this past March, about 40 minutes from the office in Nashua, five days a week. Round trip works out to almost ...
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Portable & No-Install Charging · · @granthamj
Is Level 1 charging enough if I work from home?
My company went to a hybrid schedule about three years ago and I'm now in the office maybe one day a week. I've had the Ioniq 5 about two months now — picked...
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Renters, Apartments & HOA Charging · · @stonewren
California §1947.6 carve-out for rent-controlled units — does my lease still protect me?
I've been in my building near Los Feliz for about five years now, one of the older courtyard buildings that falls under LA's Rent Stabilization Ordinance. Re...
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Portable & No-Install Charging · · @staticpollen
R2 shipped with no portable charger at all — what's everyone actually using at home?
Took delivery of my R2 three weeks ago and the paperwork mentioned charging accessories exactly once, in a footnote pointing me to the accessories store. No ...
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Renters, Apartments & HOA Charging · · @frostholm
Managing rentals in three states now — which ones legally require landlords to allow EV charger installs?
I manage a small portfolio of rental units — mostly here in Maine, but we picked up two buildings in Colorado and one in Florida this year, and property mana...
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General EV Talk · · @cloudspindle
Do I charge Airbnb guests for EV electricity or just include it in the nightly rate?
I've got a coastal Maine guest cottage I've been renting out on Airbnb for about six years now. Put in a NEMA 14-50 last spring after enough guest messages a...
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General EV Talk · · @hankmoody
What actually matters when picking your first EV (vs what forums obsess over)?
I've had off-street parking at my place in Hobart for about eleven years and never had a reason to think about it until my old Corolla needed a transmission ...
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Home Charging & NEMA Outlets · · @frostholm
Just found out my already-installed 14-50 might not be 'listed for EV use' under the new NEC language — does that matter for something already in the wall?
Bought this house in 2019. Previous owners had a 14-50 outlet in the garage for a hot tub that got hauled off before we closed — outlet stayed, unused, for a...
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Renters, Apartments & HOA Charging · · @ashwillow_t
Landlord won't say yes or no on an EV charger for my rented townhouse — trying to find out who pays if it happens
Two years into renting this townhouse and I've been fine doing public charging plus a slow trickle off a regular outlet in the carport for the Bolt. My carpo...
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