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@jmonroe1 said:
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If your charger is capable of delivering 48 AMPS, the manufacturer will probably tell you to use a 50 AMP breaker. Again, size the breaker and wire per the manufacturers instructions. Note, even if you choose to charge at 32 AMPS, you should still size the breaker and wire per the manufacturers instructions. Doing it that way you have the capacity to charge at the maximum rate should you decide to charge at a higher rate at some point later on without having to rewire/breaker later.

jmonroe

Which is what I did, 50 amp breaker on a 6 wire.

As I said before I do agree with your statement, the panel is not great. I don’t understand why they bunched all the GFCI breakers with the pigtails all in one spot. I would have moved them up higher and routed the wires neatly along the side.

@stickguy said:
OK, so since my outlet (I guess it looks like a dryer plug) should be fine as is, as long as the car came with a cord. just plug in the wall and the car, and electrons will flow?

There has to be some sort of electronic component to it.

I looked up BMW’s cable and it has a module inline with the cable. As far as I know there isn’t any vehicle that just plugs in without the aid of an electronic box to deliver the power.

Remember the actual charger is in the car, the wall box just delivers the power to it.

It is one of many things that I have never been able to grasp.

I remember reading something years ago that touching a white neutral wire can’t hurt you. I refused to believe that.

@qbrozen said:

@tjc78 said:
So .. I did a thing!

@jmonroe1
Go ahead and critique me!

I’m upset when I was pushing the box in I nicked the upper left a bit and the plate didn’t cover. Oh well it’s a garage.

2 hrs and 45 mins and that included taking the charger apart to change the amperage (I went low at 32 even though I installed 6 gauge with a 50amp)

Lack of pics because I was sweating and didn’t want to get my phone all dirty lol

Excuse me, sir, but I have a question:
Why do some of your breakers have white wires attached?

Ground fault breakers have a neutral that goes to the buss and then the load side neutral goes on the breaker.

The put all the GFCI breakers near the middle of the panel by the buss bars and it was all jammed up there.

Quite honestly for a 5 year old house I thought the panel wasn’t done that nicely.

@stickguy said:
on a trailer, the shell of a 68 or so Barracuda (the flat rear window version of the 1st generation). No trunk lid or doors on it.

I’m thinking that’s the second generation.