Perfect tutorial. The charger placement and surface the same as what we're doing, so that was super helpful. What's best is that you answered questions that Tesla didn't, which is, can you provision non-Tesla vehicles. Thanks for the great vid. Cheers.

Excellent video. Thank you for reminding me that there’s a reason I’m not a handyman. Looks like I’ll be calling an electrician. 😂😂

That pipe cutter looks so handy. Good installation tutorial.

Great video, my take away is im going to need an electrician lol.... however thanks for breaking things down so i could really see what is involved.

Clear, fast! Love your video.

Great video. I can just get my handyman to do this who has a ton of experience with electrical work. Hardest part for me is I’ll have to have the cable run through my ceiling in my living room, and then down inside drywall in one of my bedroom closets to get down into the garage, as my panel is on the 2nd level. He can do all the drywall plastering and painting afterwards.

One of the best tesla wall connector videos that I have seen, and I have been searching. Thank you! I used much of the same things you did but to save money I went with the 6/2 wire.

Like! Awesome tutorial! Thank you for the knowledge. This was good for me to see (and listen to), as I haven't started looking to electrical cars as yet.

Ny sharing big lykee 👌 thanks

Thanks for the video! I’m interested in your prep for mounting the box to the brick. What masonry bit size did you use for the pilot holes? And did you use the included screws or concrete rated fasteners?

Wow Beautiful video my Dear. Keep uploading more videos. Love to see your work. Thank you for sharing :)19

Great video, helped me so much!

Thank you for the extremely helpful video. :) What size PVC did you use? How did you decide the PVC to the charger?

Quick and to the point! Thanks for the video.

Excellent instructional video.

Thank you for this great tutorial ! Just had an electrician install mine yesterday : how hard was it for you to push the main unit into the backing plate ? Mine was extremely hard and one top screw was stripped in the process. It seems that the seal was hard to compress...Thanks again !

The sub panel feeder cable connector is backwards. The lock nut should be inside the panel, not outside, and the clamp should be on the outside, not inside. Good video.

Great video 👏👏👍

Hi, thanks for sharing this video. Maybe i've already read some comments below about that, but i'm still in a doubt. Is it possible, with the Gen 3, to use any kind of dynamic load balance, or integration with solar systems to use production excess for example?

Did you buy the additional breakers for the connection to the Tesla charger or did you use the ones that are already installed and not being used?

Great video. A lot of negative comments about code violations, but the code was written to protect the idiots in society. Nothing done here is a safety concern. The only issue is if someone in the future removes the Tesla connector and used the circuit for a full 60amp load. ... but that's their problem for not doing their due diligence.

I knew you were in Canada the moment you said Hydro ! :D Love the video. Thank you. May I ask why you installed it outside? is the charger weatherproof? specially for Canadian winter?

Perfectly done mate. I now know how it is done. I have all the tools and about to order the charger. Now I am not sure on one thing. Which one to get the universal or the regular Tesla wall connector. 😆 lol

Nice video. Thanks. So you used a 6/3 wire with the ground, but cut off the ground and used the white neutral as the ground. I assume that means it is ok to buy 6/2 with a ground for this installation? Is that correct? Thanks.

Great video

What I've been reading about wire size is that the wire you run has to be oversized. So if you're running your charger for 60amp meaning a max of 48amp is running through your wire still needs to be rated for the full 60 amps

I understand the ground goes on the far left side…but does it matter where the black and red wire go? The Tesla manual shows the red in the middle and the black on the right. Any reason why you switched it up? Does it matter?

Hello, I have a question. How long did you receive the Wall Connector after order it? I’m about to order it and don’t know how long it will take.

Where did you buy the cable? I’m doing the same thing right now. Sub panel and everything. Yours is really neat man

Awesome video, new friend here. Very interesting.

The mobile charger can charge at 30kwh but you need to install a 50amp nema outlet and then buy the $35 adapter cable from Tesla to get higher output.

Does it matter that excess copper is hanging down below the terminal at the 6:12 mark? Did you trim it or leave it as is?

what size of the drill bit that you used to drill the holes on the brick wall for mounting the box?

Is there anything to look out for before installing? I also have a 100amp double pole main circuit breaker, and I'm uncertain if it would affect the electricity of my home.

Thanks for sharing. Would like to ask how much consumption (amps) requires for wiring connection (from DB) to Tesla gen 3 connector? Thanks

You’ll notice in the sub panel the neutral and ground buses aren’t bonded. This is only done in a main panel.

Great Video. Can you please post as to where you bought the wires ? May be a link to the purchase site

You may want to use the regular ground there is a reason why the ground is sized smaller than the conductors and it is to act as a safety measure, the bigger you go it is not going to protect the circuit as fast. There is a Table that tells you what size ground should be used per AMP load also Romex is never allowed in conduit unless specified per manufacture like legrand metal wire mold

Question: the black and red wires are connected two different 110V AC lines (opposite phase to get 220V ? Tesla Wall Connector manual specifies single phase !!! Please clarify. Update few days later: my memory went bad. I remember now: the two hot wires are 110 VAC which phases are off by 180 degree. So together they give 220V single phase. If we put these two lines on an oscilloscope, we get two sine waves. Their crossing points are exactly when their voltages are at 0 (X axis). If the scope lead (one+ground) are connected to these two hot wires, we will see one single sine wave with the peaks reach 220V.

Thank you for the video, what is the diameter of the hole dozer

Please do not mislead people! Here in US your whole proses is code violation 1-you can’t run romex wire in the conduit 2-you can’t tape any color wire to ground wire (specially in the size that you are using)the ground wire should be bare that you already had it or be green. In your condition you should use a single conductor which is gonna be 6awg thhn (black and red) that is rated up to 75amp and 10awg green (for ground) and it’s gonna be more efficient and cheaper than romex wire that you used.

no need a neutral for 220vac anyways....its perfect for ground applications just makes sure its labeled and taped green with no white showing also you can use a green heatshrink.

Now at the end you said you can set to what you want. Does that mean you can run it on a 50a circuit?

so you said you will fix the ground wire. could you put up video of fixed version? I have ground wire also and have no idea what to do with it

my side cutter was sooo weak when cutting the 6 gauge wire. i ended up using my bolt cutter. later i got a proper wire cutter when cut the wire with ease.

Great Great Demo. What drill bit is that? Size?

Why did you switch the red and black terminals? Red neutral should be in the middle ?

we installed the Tesla wall connector today, but when connecting to the wall connector Wi-Fi, it keeps showing that there is no Internet connection, so I can't enter the wall connector setting page, but I can't enter the Ip page! Do you know why? Is it because the wall connector Wi-Fi is broken? Or do you need a car next to you? Or for other reasons?

Hey buddy. Is it necessary to use the neutral as a ground? What would happens if I used the regular thin ground.

interesting comment in the beginning of the video: we are ok installing wire that can handle 55A on a 60A circuit breaker. That just sounds wrong. #4 wiring is required with a 60A fuse. If you want to use #6 wire, have to go down with the breaker rating to keep it safe. The breaker should trip before the wire reaches its max rating.

I can't believe what they are charging to do installs. I did mine and my neighbors. Very simple. Less than an hour total

I wish someone would demonstrate a installation like this for people who don't have enclosed garages, my garage is now a enclosed bedroom with only 120 Volt regular USA household outlets, and my breaker box is located on the outside of the house over 60 feet away from where I would place the wall charger in the converted garage bedroom, and most likely place the charging handle out the window each time to charge the car, but nobody on KZfaq demonstrates how to overcome such challenges, all these videos assume EV owners all own or must own enclosed garages, and not everyone the USA probably should have one of these installed outdoors due to severe heat or severe cold degrradation concerns, like I would have out here in the southwest, (I perssonally am distrustful of any manufacturer's claims these can work properly year after year in 100 plus temperatures) I'de rather have only the smallest portion of the cable and handle exposed to the outdoors temps at night where the warmest it get's is 90 degrees and coldest it get's is like 38 degrees, (this is true for most of the southwest for most of the extreme temp swings of Arizona, UTAH, Nevada, and Southern, CA )

Are you sure that there is no induced voltage on that unused ground wire? You'd better ground the other end at the panel board to prevent unwanted induced voltage.

sheathed wiring through conduit......lovely

So if you use the bare copper as ground the way its supposed to be what do you do with the white?

I don’t know about Canada, but in the US a grounded conductor can not be white, it has to be either green or green with a yellow stripe.

Why did you use the neutral as a ground instead of the bare copper ground wire? Can you not use the smaller ground wire?

I am installing my charger and not sure what size concrete screws to use for mounting. What is recommended???

Hey hopefully you answer this soon, You said 6 wire is good for 60 amps ? My electrician friend is saying it's not #4 mandatory My dad thinks the same, retired electrician Can you speak on that I have a dead hot tub in a 50 amp breaker currently, Was just going to swing it over as is, But it can go on a 60 amp ? What's the speed difference

Hello. Is there a reason why you did not install the wall unit inside your garage? :)

How is your experience to install the Tesla charger outside of the garage? Is it safe? Was your tesla charger damaged or stolen from outside?

Is there an advantage to using 6 gauge for the ground?

Hi which gauge wire you use 6/2 or 6/3? Will 50amp work fine?

Hello there! Is it j1772 plug or tesla plug gen3 wall box?

Hi i got the Gen 3 installed yesterday with 60amp wire 6gage, i also commissioned the connector. the web shows max 48 amp power however when connecting to 2024 Y its only charging with 32amp and there is no way to increase the amps. What should i do?

I counted 3 NEC code violations. Weres the video of the inspection?

So you can do your own electrical work in Canada? Only can use licensed electricians in Australia!

Great video - but 'a big bit'? It might be nice to know what size bit it is.

I know that the tesla charger only uses 48 amps so there's no risk here but shouldn't you use a 50 amp breaker so the breaker trips before the 6 gauge wire reaches its 55 amp limit and burns?

Did you use 1 inch conduit?

shoulda used "FireFoam" for the that insulation around the pipe.

Hi brother how much do you think an electrician wiil charge for the same work you did....?

Main issue here is you can't run that type of cable through conduit. If you peeled the black sheathing off, then the inside is likely thhn or thwn which can be ran through conduit.

No. 6 gauge wire ampacity depends on the temperature rating of the insulation. 60*C is 55A, 75*C is 65A, 90*C is 75A. Let’s say you use 90*C rated 6 awg copper wire. Once you land it on the 75*C rated breaker terminals, the conductors are derated to their 75*C ampacity, which is 65A. If the ampacity was actually 55A like you said, you would not be allowed to use those conductors on a 60A breaker as they wouldn’t be sufficiently protected. Breaker ratings are not allowed to exceed the ampacity of the conductors they’re protecting.

Could you please guide me to get the 6 guage wire? Looking for reliable sources as everywhere these are soldout

how is this wall charger rated for outdoor use?

Any reason you used 6/3 wire instead of 6/2?

Hello, I have this charger but I want to put a 40 amp not a 60 amp breaker for my box that is 100 amp, now what type of cable should I use?

How has it held up being in the elements all day everyday?

So a PVC pipe is good for the cables?

what brand of masonry bit was used?

Why did you use a 6/3 conductor instead of the cheaper and just as effective 6/2. The ground doesn't carry any load and is a waste of copper

You have to strip the romex shealthing off i side of conduit.

Can we install wall connector with 30 A circuit breaker instead of 50 A? Would it work ?

So if my main breaker panel don’t have kill switch of 200amp I can’t connect wall connector?

Does this charger considered single phase or double or three phase?

Is installing this into Siding difficult

Where’d u get that pvc pipe from

What about #6 aluminum with a 50amp breaker?

3/4 is to small diameter for 6-3 Romex, something else you can't use romer in pipe

What you did is against electric code You are not permitted to sleeve jacketed cables in a pvc conduit sysyem Due to heat dissipation When you enter pvc start w a box terminate cable to stranded conductors / install stranded conductors in conduit

Please explain why use 6/3 instead of 6/2 thanks .

so if all the electric panels aren't line correctly, you must dial a license electrician who took the exam, and unless small wall connector, because I have my handyman help me install it in my attach townhouse garage, where the connector have to be place inside?

Very nice conduit job, but do not do what is shown in this video in the US. I don't know about Canada, but for US viewers, please: Do not put Non Metallic (NM-B) cable in a conduit, except for a very short run when needed to protect the cable. What is shown in this video is much longer than is allowed. NM-B cable is designed to be in free air, the outer sheath of the cable, in combination with the conduit, can trap the heat generated when current is passing through the wire. Do not use wire rated in the US for 55 amps for non continuous loads for a circuit which will have a 48 amp continuous load, such as #6 NM-B cable. It is only rated for 55 amps for non-continuous use (loads that are on for less than 3 hours). For continuous loads, such as EV charging, it is only rated for 44 amps (which is 80% of 55 amps). The rule which allows the next size breaker (60 amp breaker) does not magically make the wire good for 60 amps non continuous, 48 amps continuous. You absolutely cannot use a white wire for your ground in the US, even if you mark it as shown in this video. Do not do that! If you want a circuit good for 48 amps continuous, use #6 THHN/THWN-2 wire in conduit or in metal clad cable. This type of wire is good for 65 amps. What makes it good for the higher current is the type of insulation; the actual copper wire is the same. The video shows he used conduit, so if THHN/THWN-2 wires (individual wires) had been used, then it would be good for 65 amps. Or, if you want to use #6 NM, put it on a 50 amp breaker, and configure the Tesla Wall Connector for a 50 amp breaker which will give you 40 amp charging. Again, what I state above is for the US National Electric Code. No idea if what is shown complies with Canadian electric code.

This is what my GEN3 wall charger says in Australia, there is no 48 Amp maximum Current Output Range Maximum 32 A (adjustable by installer) This manual applies to Wall Connectors identified by part number 1529455-**-*

Why is the charger outside the garage? You won’t be parking your Tesla inside the garage?

Does it have to be installed outside?

Romex in conduit plus the 48 amps on 6 guage is wild. Youre looking to start a fire lol just call an electrician

Bro, your circuit breaker is there to protect your cable, you can't use a circuit breaker that is a higher rating than the current carrying capacity of the cable regardless of the maximum demand. You should really be throwing in a 50a breaker to make this installation safe.

Nice video! i read somewhere saying only thhn/thwn #6 wires in a conduit can produce full 48amp for the wall connector while #6 romex is only able to produce 44A due to temperature constraint. If that's true then you might want to set your max charging power draw to 40amp instead. Also, romex is only allowed in a garage if the conduit is inside the wall as garage is considered a wet location.