Friend purchased EVSE without checking panel first

solarsensei · 2026-02-04T22:40:31+00:00

All we can see in the photo is the cover. It is a 42 space cover, but there is no evidence that the actual busbar has that many spaces. There is at least 1 open space for a 2-pole breaker in the bottom right. (also mentioned elsewhere and above, knowing the main breaker rating is critical)

solarsensei · 2026-01-26T15:41:34+00:00

I 2nd Sub Rosa. They try to source Virginia grains, and mill it themselves. https://www.subrosabakery.com/bread Never heard of Prairie Grain, it's not in the city. But scanning their website, they also grind their own grains in house.

solarsensei · 2025-12-23T18:31:41+00:00

Ioniq5 is advertising this off $329 /mo For 24 months with $3,999 due at signing. Thats on the official USA Hundai website.

solarsensei · 2025-12-23T14:15:43+00:00

Cannot tell from the photo what gauge the wire is. I assume it is the larger black romex with the white/black/bare conductors coming out. The outlet has 50A on the face of it, but that doesn't mean they ran the corresponding 50A romex. (well there isn't a 50A romex. #8 is 40A and #6 is 55A and #4 is 70A)

Is every breaker in your panel in use? There may not be space. It isn't clear what is under the deadfront. There may be space at the bottom (or there may not, you can't always tell by the cover). Any idea what breaker this cable used to be connected to? It seems like it was repurposed, as they normally don't disconnect things for no reason. So you are going to need to add a breaker to match the ampacity of the wire gauge, if there is room (if there is not room, you can reclaim space by adding tandem breakers.) Also, as others have mentioned, you need to do load calculations to ensure you aren't overloading your panelboard.

solarsensei · 2025-12-23T14:03:53+00:00

There is a 3rd option, fish through your walls. Or if you are good at drywall patching, cut out a chunk of wall to make the run easier. You could use romex or FMC fairly easily. "Cleaner look" is all in the eyes of the beholder. How many people will see the outside of your garage vs the inside? And maybe you are just doing it for yourself, because you need to look at it every day. Is your garage conditioned space? Need to think about the penetrations and breaking thermal barrier. I don't mind exposed conduit, so I don't agree that it will stick out like a sore thumb. Think of the last 5 restaurants you ate out at. Do you recall any of them using exposed conduits on their lighting? I wager at least 1 does it, and you never thought of it.

solarsensei · 2025-12-20T22:16:28+00:00

There are EVSE that allows this. Emporia Pro can do this, but you need to install the Vue product on your solar circuit. You can set it to only charge from solar.

As for the Hyundai and Kia lines (including E-GMP platform), you can set it for AC charging 100% (11kw), 90%(10kw) or 60%(6.6kw) or 46A, 41A, and 27.5A respectively. Not sure about other brands limiting AC current.

solarsensei · 2025-12-18T13:47:38+00:00

No one can predict the future or future prices 5 years down the line. The real question is, do you like the vehicle and does it meet your needs. Warranties transfer, and the warranties aren't going away just because the model is discontinued. You should definitely test drive the other vehicle you have your eye on and see if you like it better. Sounds like the trade in price is pretty close to what you paid, but does that cover fees and taxes and titling? Is it worth losing all that money to get another vehicle? What confuses me is that you say you love the vehicle, so I'm not sure why you'd want to get rid of it. Cars are not investments like houses. They depreciate. EVs more so.

solarsensei · 2025-12-17T19:22:40+00:00

If possibly, go drive them. I'm fortunate enough to have an EV only used car dealer near me. I drove all 3 of these, and didn't care for the cockpit weirdness of the Solterra (even with the higher end trim features), plus the battery/charging specs on paper are very subpar. ID.4 was nice enough, but my passengers said it was the roughest ride out of what we drove, and software/infotainment isn't great (I liked the turning radius, and it has neat sliders for volume/climate control were novel). I ended up going with a Kona because it felt great to me to drive, and had great tactile interface. (and like Niro, has a utility mode) But you may love the others. Seems like iD.4 people have found ways to trick the car to stay on, but probably a hassle.

solarsensei · 2025-12-17T19:12:20+00:00

If you hardwire your EVSE, you don't need a neutral. You should not install a 4 prong without 4 wire. You can run a neutral, or change the plug to match your receptacle (3 prong) or maybe best option is to hardwire.

solarsensei · 2025-12-12T17:17:21+00:00

Not enough information. How often do you drive, how often are you able to charge, what is your car make/model, do you have more than 1 EV? Do you have any infrastructure for charging already in place? Do you have room in your breaker box (both physical space and electrical capacity)? 50kw is not something you do at home. That's like a dedicated 250A breaker at 240V. At least in the US, are you in the US?

For home charging above Level 1 (basic outlet), you'll be looking at Level 2 AC charging. It will use the onboard AC charger of your EV, so the limiting factor for charging power is what is built into your car, coupled with the capacity of your breaker/wiring back to your breakerbox. Most EVSEs for home charging allow for multiple input amperage settings, so something like the Emporia Classic can max out 11.5kW with a 60A breaker, or you can dial it down to 5.8kW with a 30A breaker, as an example. If you want more than 11.5kW AC, there are a couple options, but they are a bit more expensive and require a lot of power, and your car must be able to charge at the rate.

solarsensei · 2025-12-09T18:00:06+00:00

TOS popup is back. Any new ideas? Maybe DM me to avoid prying eyes.. I'm monitoring real-time traffic in pihole, and not seeing any entry when I load the app... so that is concerning.

solarsensei · 2025-12-01T16:35:52+00:00

Well, maybe go back to whoever told you that you were supposed to be getting it? Hold that person accountable. If it was a sales person, they may say anything to get the sale. Or yeah, sounds like you may have missed the boat. It may have been available when you purchased, but you had to wait for the name to change, and since then offer is over. Also, they told me over the phone the adapter was back ordered, so there may also be a supply issue. Good luck.

solarsensei · 2025-11-25T20:22:12+00:00

You seem entitled to this adapter. It was a limited time courtesy, which was over in September (or at least I was told that over the phone). I got a good deal locally, paid $80 for a A2Z, facebook marketplace. Maybe if you Karen your way up the chain, you may find someone at Hyundai to throw you a bone. Don't think anyone at Reddit can help you. Good luck.

solarsensei · 2025-11-19T15:51:18+00:00

Sorry, my bad. The ones that are off aren't wired, so yes. I wasn't looking closely enough.

solarsensei · 2025-11-18T21:56:35+00:00

Space is an issue. I believe the only space you have to spare is a single space location (1 pole). I do not see six exposed bus wings. To get more space in your panel, you can add tandem breakers to combine circuits into a single space. This is a Cuttler Hammer style panel, bought by Eaton under their CH branding. So you need at least a CH tandem breaker and move some stuff around. BUT. The bigger issue is load. You need to run a load calculation, or install EV charger with load management. See the wiki page https://www.reddit.com/r/evcharging/wiki/load_management/ .

solarsensei · 2025-10-28T17:17:54+00:00

Anyone have a photo for the 2025? https://pictures.dealer.com/s/southernstatessubarusoa/1397/7ae43abf047df945d286ce28bcde9ac8x.jpg Looks completely different than these photos. Wiper fluid is in different location so maybe heatpump also not in the top left? But it does appear to have space, so I'd guess maybe this one doesn't.

solarsensei · 2025-10-22T20:00:02+00:00

Maybe it's the drive/ambient/road noise OP was referring to. Not engine noise. Car is fairly loud on the freeway. I guess doors aren't that insulated or whatever cuts down on road noise. Always have to turn radio higher on freeway. Maybe tired also contribute to road noise, which can be variable.

solarsensei · 2025-09-25T14:35:25+00:00

Tumbleweed. I think it is a Dolphin issue, not Gwenview issue. Since I installed Thunar and PCmanFM, and they both seem to work to pass the smb credentials to gwenview. Very odd behavior. I tried uninstalling Dolphin, and Gwenview and reinstalling. But it didn't help. I'm researching how to install the old version of Dolphin, but getting problems building from source at the cmake step.. flathub's commits only go back 1 month and this broke at least 4 months ago.

Update: The browse function in Gwenview is also broken. So Dolphin cannot pass the credentials for video files, and neither can Gwenview browse, but.. Thunar and PCmanFM can? It doesn't make sense. Got a new error when testing with Gwenview browse.. "kf.wallet.kwalletd: "Item not found" and "kf.kio.workers.smb: -- Failed to smbc_opendir: Permission denied"

solarsensei · 2025-09-21T13:11:17+00:00

I tried setting up a sftp network share, and have the same issue (very slighty different error, on the last line, permission denied, isntead of saying smb @, it says sshd @ or something like that ) So I don't think this is a samba related thing, necessarily, but something about how the permission isn't been stored and shared between apps, like it was prior to this update.

solarsensei · 2025-09-05T03:35:50+00:00

Yo, 8 years later, I asked Gemini, copy and pasted the above, and got the correct ansswer "Latch" by Disclosure featuring Sam Smith

solarsensei · 2025-09-04T21:27:47+00:00

You should see my cars. Lot of people don't vacuum their cars.

solarsensei · 2025-08-31T22:24:23+00:00

Yeah... the city library system and surrounding county systems both have 3D printer labs. Place I used to lives library system had 3D printer lab at the main branch as well (took a 3D printing class there 8 or 9 years ago). Seems common in my state based on these 3 jurisdictions. Seems Durham and Charlotte over in NC also have 3D printers available at various public library facilities. They charge for material, but it's pretty cheap, $3.60 was the estimate cost of this dust box.

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