How to Install an EV Charger - Legrand Hardwired Level 2 EV Charger

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7 ай бұрын

How to install a hardwired level 2 EV charger from Legrand. In this video I give a very thorough explanation on how to install the this EV charger. The Legrand hardwired level 2 EV charger is a fantastic EV charger and I highly recommend checking it out!
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@jamesparthun3529 2 ай бұрын

Great Video. One thing to check You need to check breaker 1a,1b. The original wires were on breaker 1&3 (A&B). When you put in the tandem breaker you landed them both on A Phase 1a,1b. If it’s sharing the neutral on a network it needs to be on different phases so you don’t overload the neutral.

@enriquehamilton5693 9 күн бұрын

A new apprentice here how can you check the neutral ? Thanks in advance

@dempower 7 ай бұрын

This was an awesome video, I really enjoy this type of content.

@MadElectrician 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! That’s great to hear! I haven’t posted much “How to install” type content yet but this was a fun one! I’m definitely open to posting more videos like this ⚡️

@FergusonElectric 7 ай бұрын

post more service calls/home upgrade videos

@erictorbet8104 22 сағат бұрын

Thank you, very clear. If it were a new home and dry wall wasn't there yet, I presume you would not use conduit and just run the wires inside the wall?

@taylormills08 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Your procedure of fishing the conduit up the wall is GOLD! No drywall work! Cord under the garage door is questionable if you were in a cold climate. Thanks for sharing your expertise!

@alexsanoff585 7 ай бұрын

Awesome video! Very clear and easy to follow, thanks for explaining the entire process. I would love to apprentice under someone like you once I get into the apprenticeship! Keep it up and thanks for posting this quality content ✌️

@robbe8858 7 ай бұрын

Nice video! Very detailed and thorough step by step .Thanks .

@hjlee303 5 ай бұрын

It is such a great and much detailed vid on how to. Thanks a lot. I think I am ready to install mine fir the new BMW i4. Happy holidays!

@borismcgiver7764 Ай бұрын

Great Detailed, and nice clean work and very concise explanations . Much appreciated this. Thanks.

@PeaceChanel 3 ай бұрын

Thank You for All that you are doing for our Planet Earth.... Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste 🙏🏻 😊 🌈 ✌ ☮ ❤

@erikkarling2176 6 ай бұрын

Nice, clean work.

@ChelsMoClark 7 ай бұрын

Please please please upload more, LOVE your videos 😊

@MadElectrician 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, Chelsea!! I definitely intend to! I’ve been pretty busy working on a lot of behind the scenes stuff for Mad Electrician lately but am now getting back into the rhythm of creating more content again. Thanks for the encouragement and thanks for watching! ⚡️🤘🏼⚡️

@carlosberrioselectrician777 7 ай бұрын

💯Safe and clean work🙏 👋Greetings from Orange City Florida 🐊 😎✌️

@MadElectrician 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate you taking the time to watch! ⚡️🤘🏼⚡️

@standtall7646 4 ай бұрын

Great video, Steven! Clear, great speed of explanation and clear on materials/tools used/needed. I'll save this video as reference. I'm a general/Handyman and I have wired in e few EV Charger receipts. Ive wired in many dryers(Yes electrical :). Thanks, for this video. Where did you purchase the Adjustable Pliers and the Strippers with Flat end?

@ricodinero4926 3 ай бұрын

Dude you're the Man! great vid.

@MadElectrician 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed the video! ⚡️🤘🏼⚡️

@antoniojones1356 7 ай бұрын

Craftsmanship superb makes me excited as an apprentice

@freshgino Ай бұрын

Great job, keep up the good work

@loucinci3922 25 күн бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing

@loucinci3922 25 күн бұрын

If that panel wasn’t bonded, where would you land the ground wire? Assume on ground bar. Would you then have to run a common too?

@dougsprelude1 7 ай бұрын

Good job sparkie

@MadElectrician 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! ⚡️🤘🏼⚡️

@Antiorganizer 5 ай бұрын

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

@shshshs2 7 ай бұрын

This was a great video. You lucky your wife don’t mind the pipe. My didn’t want to see a pipe so I had to open up the wall and get my carpenter friend to put it back up

@MadElectrician 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I enjoyed the installing part but it was tricky setting up my camera and light for every shot 😂 I actually really considered doing that but I wanted to do “simpler” install for the video. That’s definitely the cleaner route to go though ⚡️🤘🏼⚡️

@samisaadedin6797 2 ай бұрын

👏👏👏 only issue i would have i imagine is my garage door would just open on it's own cuz there's resistance from the hose

@user-es1fo2fd2z 3 ай бұрын

Legendary video!!!

@MadElectrician 3 ай бұрын

I’m glad you think so! Thanks for watching! ⚡️

@user-es1fo2fd2z 3 ай бұрын

@@MadElectrician one question I have though is how to call an inspector? Do they charge money ?

@tylerc4700 6 ай бұрын

i just joined the field 4 weeks ago and i want to find a great book for exam prep and training. im finding books on amazon but the reviews are all mixed and i struggle to find a book thats has good information. are there any training books that you recommend? i am in the residential field in the seattle area. thank you, your videos have taught me so much!

@GlenMacNeil 4 ай бұрын

Do you torque your connections at the panel?

@yeminacci Ай бұрын

Great work. Very clean. But the charger rack for the cable? How do you close the garage 😮

@DiegoVargas3773 6 ай бұрын

Hey Steven I just applied for limited residential 2.5 and got a ranking of 382 is that good?

@polepole9066 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for this. It will help me install ours when we pull the trigger on an EV. Question: I will need about 25 ft of cable length from the charger to the car because I can’t park close to the garage (slope/winter). Do I lose efficiency by having a longer charger cable ? Or should I run underground wire closer to the car parking location. And mount the charger outside ? Cheers mate 🥂

@rtsolution11 Ай бұрын

Curious if you have changed the location of the charging cord dock? All but that, and what James mentioned below I liked.

@jmahtab 5 ай бұрын

Just curious why you chose to use fmc from the box to the lb instead of seal tight like you used from charger to the 4 11/16 box? Nice clean install.

@brothermanvlogs3767 7 ай бұрын

Can you please do a video on how to prepare for and take the state exam 🙏🏽

@rayzinz5938 3 ай бұрын

How would this install change if you were to mount the EVSE (charger) on the outside of the wall? I assume you'd probably want to run the liquid tight conduit through the wall but you'd also want to do something to prevent water getting into the wall. Thoughts? Also, do you have to change the ampacity or pick a different temp rating for that THHN while running in the liquid tight conduit?

@MccormickJr Ай бұрын

For the flexible metal conduit in the wall to the panel, don't you have to properly ground/bond it to the panel? Such as a grounding bushing or bonding locknut?

@Jomanscool2 6 ай бұрын

Is the top breaker not feeding a MWBC? That'd be two 15 amp circuits, same phase, with one neutral, potentially overloading the neutral. Could be remedied by putting it on the other tandem, though you should also have a handle-tie I think?

@jakerasp 2 ай бұрын

How do you know they share a neutral?

@Matthew-tb7cc 7 ай бұрын

#8 ground? Could have gotten away with a #10 just an fyi. Great video tho keep em coming.

@user-es1fo2fd2z 3 ай бұрын

Hello could you please let me know if we can use #6 white in place of #6 black? And will it be an overkill if we use all #6 thhn red, black and green wires ?

@taylormills08 3 ай бұрын

By code you are not to re-phase conductors unless they are 4awg or larger. 6awg and smaller should be color phased from manufacturer. You must buy colored conductors according to NEC.

@user-es1fo2fd2z 3 ай бұрын

What size of wires did you hardwire ,? What brand did you choose? What brand is the 60 amp breaker?

@Fetecheney Ай бұрын

Late reply, but it should be #6 AWG wire. You can buy it as sheathed Romex where all the four wires are in a rubber sheathing, or you can buy the stranded wires individually but you have to make sure that you run them in conduit so they're protected. It's a lot safer to put them in metal conduit. Make sure you keep doing your research but hopefully this gives you a starting point. If you did need to know what size they are. Also, if anyone sees this and knows otherwise, please chip in

@FishFind3000 7 ай бұрын

6:30 just gotta be carful with those tandums. The panel needs to be rated for their use and location.

@MadElectrician 7 ай бұрын

100% ⚡️

@briandillard8125 4 ай бұрын

Does the top tandem have both conductors from multi wire branch circuit terminated to it?

@jamesking6174 Ай бұрын

Is it a bi directional charger.

@zhongmingwu 4 ай бұрын

i have 200amp panel with all 30 breakers used up. One company give me an estimate with your solution involving tandem breaker with about $1400 quote. Two others insist to install a subpanel next to it with $2700 to $3500. Now that i have seen your work i feel good that first solution is not really wrong. anyone know why two companies insist on new subpanel; one of them didn't even visit though he did work on my house 3 yrs ago. i am in dallas and google does not say that i need a permit but one company says that i need it very good video ❤

@jerrypruden887 6 ай бұрын

Good content but you were measuring voltage and saying amps?

@MadElectrician 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Which part are you referring to? When I was measuring voltage I was mentioning 240v between phases.

@alexxp503 4 ай бұрын

watch out with that multibranch circuit bro!!!!! You should kw that already (overload neutral)...... booooom

@AK-qo6tx 7 ай бұрын

How are you closing the garage door with the charger mounted on the outside of the garage?

@miguelrodfher 4 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was going to ask! Seems that is possible, but no one makes a video about it

@allencharbonnet8585 2 ай бұрын

That’s exactly what I was thinking.

@samisaadedin6797 2 ай бұрын

He lives in a very safe area

@S777H 2 ай бұрын

No response to this question?

@samisaadedin6797 2 ай бұрын

Guys, if you actually took the time to watch the video you would have an answer, he literally says, you can close the garage door no problem. 19 min 50 seconds. Thank you

@apwelsh 4 ай бұрын

So, red and black are L1 and L2. Was green neutral or ground? If ground, why didn’t you ground the j-box?

@MadElectrician 4 ай бұрын

Black - L1 Red - L2 White - Neutral Green - Ground I did bond the ground to the j-box 👍🏼

@apwelsh 4 ай бұрын

Sorry. I thought I only saw 3 wires in the video, and must have missed the grounding.

@apwelsh 4 ай бұрын

Definitely only seeing 3 wires. So that charger doesn’t need neutral.

@k20909 3 ай бұрын

A gfci breaker is not required?

@MadElectrician 3 ай бұрын

Nope! I actually specifically asked my local inspector about that before doing this install and he said no.

@don1estelle 6 ай бұрын

They should make a gard plate to protect you from the live wires.

@matta5160 6 ай бұрын

Not sure why they don’t UK fuse boxes (the more modern ones) usually have a plastic cover for the incoming wires.

@don1estelle 6 ай бұрын

It would that seem nearly US power pannels seem to have bare wires in them, electricians nead to carry a temporary plastic barrier plate to make it safer when working inside one.

@MrAcruz2 Ай бұрын

great video, hows the garage door gonna close if u have it in the way like that ?

@Fetecheney Ай бұрын

Cut a 1½" slot in the garage door from about 4' to the ground. Piece of cake.

@don1estelle 6 ай бұрын

Grate Job exept those old Wire Nuts shurly there is a better Solution!

@MadElectrician 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! The wire nuts are fine and legal, but there is a better, probably more mechanically sound solution. I could have used small Polaris lugs. They take up a little bit more space but will never come undone. They are just more expensive and I didn’t have them on hand when making the video.

@sedona1234566 4 ай бұрын

Definitely, they are compliant but with that load and length of time it is pulling a full load I would recomeend a type of crimp or mechanical connector.

@cadelawlor3457 7 ай бұрын

So how much do you make as an electrician

@chad10006 7 ай бұрын

They typically charge $150-$200 per hour.

@Hitman.13. 6 ай бұрын

He is part of Local union 46, so as an employee he makes 70$/H (140k) on the check + benefits (different retirement plans, medical, dental, vision...) Total package is around 97$/H.

@leedaq7767 Ай бұрын

how is the owner closing the garage door?

@MadElectrician Ай бұрын

This is my house. I didn’t explain it in this video but there was an existing gap in the corner of my garage door that the cable fits under without being squished. Not a great solution but it works fine in my situation.

@deas1anguy 3 ай бұрын

Couldn’t you just run emt straight to the ev charger?

@MadElectrician 3 ай бұрын

I could have but it wouldn’t have been where I wanted the charger mounted and I also wanted my EMT to be ran down low so that it wasn’t taking up too much wall space. This was more work but I’m happier with the placement of everything.

@MWorsa Ай бұрын

A generous 3 feet 😂

@darwinfussle5031 3 ай бұрын

Always use a regular hammer 🔨 to punch a hole. Not a hole saw or a screw driver. It can be easily patched once your finish....i suggest this method it takes a neat hole no dusk no debris.

@jamieeisenhower1560 10 күн бұрын

😂 my question is how you going to shut the garage door

@MadElectrician 10 күн бұрын

It doesn’t affect the garage door at all. There’s unfortunatly a slight gap already in that corner so this fits right underneath without getting smashed.

@barriepkr 7 ай бұрын

Current equals voltage / resistance. The same amount of current will pass through you touching a main lug as it would a regular outlet. Why are people so scared of panels

@MadElectrician 7 ай бұрын

Good ol’ ohm’s law baby. A couple of reasons, though definitely not all: It’s very easy to make a mistake and touch a main lug working in an energized panel, especially for someone who isn’t very experienced. It would be easier to get hung up or be in an arc flash/ blast situation vs just by working on a regular outlet. There’s the potential of a phase to phase to short, resulting in a very high fault current. Etc. Thanks for watching!

@kikodelacruz96 7 ай бұрын

Will a neck tattoo affect my interview for the apprenticeship?

@mikenormandy9250 6 ай бұрын

It should not BUT with that said, you cannot rule out people’s own opinions and judgments- so maybe hold off until you get in! Good luck!

@chief5981 5 ай бұрын

Yeah. If you don’t have at least 1 neck tat and 1 felony they probably won’t take you serious. You’re applying to a trade not a bank.

@hillppari 3 ай бұрын

why tf would you put the holster outside????

@MadElectrician 3 ай бұрын

Most of the time my garage door is shut, and it’s rated to be installed indoor or outdoor. I don’t want to open my garage door every time I need to charge and any car I charge will be parked in the driveway.

@stevekight1955 2 ай бұрын

Does it make any sense to show people how to do your job? When you're out of work, maybe you can watch plumbing videos and learn a new trade.

@MadElectrician 2 ай бұрын

It sure makes sense to me ⚡️🤘🏼⚡️

@h7opolo Ай бұрын

you should've showed the ground wire connected to the ground bus after you were done wiring the 60A breaker. the fact you omitted proof of this most crucial step undermines the rest of the video which is otherwise painstakingly thorough. this is the method of youtube con artists who falsely pretend to have expertise.

@MadElectrician Ай бұрын

Can’t remember to film everything my friend. I think it can be safely assumed that since I pulled the wire it got landed. Not sure how accidentally forgetting to film landing the equipment grounding conductor makes me a con artist by any definition of the word, or not an expert. Pretty sure it just makes me human.

@MadElectrician 25 күн бұрын

Hilarious dude, I did show myself landing the ground wire and I even mentioned it. I just assumed that since you made such a big deal about it I forgot, but lo and behold, here it is. 23:45