Ordered Hyundai Ioniq 5 today

[Julian]

@Julian you can buy 6/3, 6/2, 8/3 and 8/2 romex by the foot at an electrical supply or hardware store.

Since the box has 6 gauge leads and you will be paying for any current loss on the wire I would go with 6/3 or 6/2. 6/3 has three shielded conductors and an unshielded ground.

I would go with an inwall box with an access panel then use large wire nuts to join the wires.

I was thinking that wire nuts to join such large wires with a heavy load would not be ideal??? I looked at home depot and they didn't have 6/2 in my store, I think the lowest they went was 8/3. I'll have to look around.

 

[seanmclean]

Those big chunky wire nuts will be fine, but I prefer to use this for large conductors. Polaris 4-14 AWG Bagged Insulated Tap Connector, Black IT-4B - The Home Depot

(I stopped using regular wire nuts too. Wago > *)

 

[Murf'n'surf]

I was thinking that wire nuts to join such large wires with a heavy load would not be ideal??? I looked at home depot and they didn't have 6/2 in my store, I think the lowest they went was 8/3. I'll have to look around.

You should just buy by the foot at Home Creepo. Get 6 gauge stranded (red, black, green). I just came back from there getting it for my Tesla charger.

 

[Julian]

Those big chunky wire nuts will be fine, but I prefer to use this for large conductors. Polaris 4-14 AWG Bagged Insulated Tap Connector, Black IT-4B - The Home Depot

(I stopped using regular wire nuts too. Wago > *)

Looks like those will work great....especially their inline ones! I will get two or three of those!

 

[Bruce]

You should just buy by the foot at Home Creepo. Get 6 gauge stranded (red, black, green). I just came back from there getting it for my Tesla charger.

THHN was my first thought but I believe it needs to be run through conduit to meet code. Large Romex avoids that need.

Congrats on the Tesla.

 

[Murf'n'surf]

No wire nuts on your larger gauge wires. Use lugs similar to the link.

Polaris IT-3/0 2-Port Black Multi-Tap Pre-Insulated Connector 3/0 – 6 AWG

Polaris IT-3/0 2-Port Black Multi-Tap Pre-Insulated Connector 3/0 – 6 AWG

www.ktool.net

 

[Murf'n'surf]

No wire nuts on your larger gauge wires. Use lugs similar to the link.

Polaris IT-3/0 2-Port Black Multi-Tap Pre-Insulated Connector 3/0 – 6 AWG

Polaris IT-3/0 2-Port Black Multi-Tap Pre-Insulated Connector 3/0 – 6 AWG

www.ktool.net

Lol. I see someone already posted those.

 

[Rooster]

If you figure out what your daily energy usage for the car is you can determine how fast of charger you need to get to replace the power used. Most people drive less than 50 miles a day so even the lowest level 2 charger will cover that in a few hours.

I've had a Nissan leaf for 3 years now that I picked up used with 11 bars for 6k. I just run a box off my dryer circuit that automatically turns off the car charger when I'm using the dryer.

I've rented Tesla's many times on vacation and just plug into an exterior circuit of wherever I'm staying and top off as much as possible. When in countries other than the US and Canada the circuit is 220v so it is basically level 2 anywhere there is a plug.

Kia and Hyundai are killing it with the ev6 and Ionic 5, I test drove an ev6 and it is of a significantly higher quality than the Teslas.

Congrats on your purchase, you made a solid choice.

 

[zipper]

I installed a level 2 charger for the wife's Rav4 Prime today. Rain day. Ran #6/3 to a 14-50R (receptacle). Fed it from a 40a breaker, because Lowe's was out of 50a breakers. She bought this Mustart 40a level 2 charger. Yes, the 6/3 was expensive, more than the charger.



The Rav4 onboard charger is 6600 watts, divided by the voltage of 242vac and current draw is a little over 27 amps…well within a 40a breaker’s capacity. Should be around a 3 hour charge.

 

[Beachbummer]

How does the rav4 prime compare to the Tesla Y? I'm preparing for a purchase closer to the end of the year any info would be helpful.

 

[zipper]

How does the rav4 prime compare to the Tesla Y? I'm preparing for a purchase closer to the end of the year any info would be helpful.

I have not driven a Tesla. Her Rav4 prime gets 50 miles EV, more than the advertised 42, before the engine kicks on. It works well for us when we go to the boat in Burlington. Round trip is about 45 miles and we usually have a few miles of ev left. Prior to the level 2 charger, the factory charger plugged into a 20a receptacle, drew up to 16amps and took 12 hours for a full charge.

 

[Beachbummer]

I have a volt now, I've had it for 8 years now and it's great but too small to fit the whole family. Love the gasoline fast charge option

200+ miles in 5 minutes at any gas station. But can do my commute without gas most days.

 

[zipper]

Three hours is about right for a full charge. 1 hour 7 minutes into the charge, the car shows time remaining.

 

[zipper]

Charge time was less than expected at 2:26:52. 14.25 kwh @ $.18/kwh = $2.56, to go 50 miles. Charging overnight is cheaper at $.13/kwh than earlier in the evening, off peak.

 

[TimW451]

I need to pull out the data on charging the ~2012 Volt we had to compare to the 2023 Jeep GC Trailhawk 4xe we just got. It will be interesting as, from what I recall, they have similar battery size, but the Jeep is charging in half the time. (Same home charging station.)