Level 2 Wall Chargers

[moosetags]

We are looking for recommendations on purchasing a Level 2 wall charger. Our son and his wife are building a new house that is nearing completion. They have a Jeep plug-in hybrid and a Subaru BEV. They live close-by and have been using our Rivian wall charger on a regular basis. They have wired their new house with two charging circuits in the garage. They will have a 50 amp circuit to a 14-50 outlet. They have also wired a 60 amp circuit for installation of a wall charger of some type. We have a Rivian wall charger that we purchased with our Rivian, and are not familiar with any other wall chargers. We are considering purchasing a wall charger for them as a housewarming gift.

We are looking for recommendations from the group as to what would be the best unit to buy for them. Thanks in advance for your help.

Brian

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[Foobar]

Tesla universal is what I would go with at this time especially with future EV’s adopting the NACS port.

 

[captainjp]

Tesla universal is what I would go with at this time especially with future EV’s adopting the NACS port.

I second this. By far, the best option on the market.

 

[Electrified Outdoors]

Universal wall connector for the win!

https://amzn.to/4fNOBOG

 

[C12farmer]

Chargepoint Homeflex if you want to avoid contributing to the great american oligarchy.
https://store.chargepoint.com/product/home-flex-hardwired

Homeflex plug-in version can be converted to hardwire by just removing the plug. Since their garage has two outlets, it's better to just hardwire and leave the 14-50 for portable charger use.

Get a J1772 version now and get a NACS adapter when/if you ever need it. Or if you want to "future proof" yourself, get a NACS version now and use a NACS to J1772 adapter. You'll want one of those anyway if you ever want to use a Tesla destination charger or a NACS charger installed at someone's house.

If you have no plans to get a NACS car anytime soon, it's better to not deal with an adapter every day. Just get the J1772 charger version and live with it.

 

[SANZC02]

We are looking for recommendations on purchasing a Level 2 wall charger. Our son and his wife are building a new house that is nearing completion. They have a Jeep plug-in hybrid and a Subaru BEV. They live close-by and have been using our Rivian wall charger on a regular basis. They have wired their new house with two charging circuits in the garage. They will have a 50 amp circuit to a 14-50 outlet. They have also wired a 60 amp circuit for installation of a wall charger of some type. We have a Rivian wall charger that we purchased with our Rivian, and are not familiar with any other wall chargers. We are considering purchasing a wall charger for them as a housewarming gift.

We are looking for recommendations from the group as to what would be the best unit to buy for them. Thanks in advance for your help.

Brian

This Emporia is a great charger. Been using it for 3 years for both a Tesla and Rivian.

Can plug in or hardwire, I have one hardwired and 1 plugged in. You can check out the reviews at state of charge.

 

[Glembi2]

Your power company may partner with some charger manufacturers to help reduce power consumption during peak hours (a small credit of $40 or so per year). In northern Virginia, the ChargePoint, Emporia, and one more charger are eligible for the yearly rebate. But your power company may partner with others.

Also, your power company may also pick up some of the installation charges. Always good to check for free cash.

 

[R1TandMe]

Universal wall charger

 

[Kaiju]

Unless there's a utility incentive program requiring connectivity for offpeak charging, I'd tell you to get the dumbest charger possible. Chargers are largely glorified switches and don't actually need all the functions that get slapped onto them, because the vehicles themselves can control charging times and limits just as well. There will always come a point where an internet-connected whatever will stop being supported and some function of it won't work any more (i.e. Juicebox). Supporting software is an ongoing cost that a lot of companies won't pay in perpetuity for things like apps, and some of the lazier ones put control functions in their apps and nowhere else. For example the Juicebox chargers have a flaw where the only way to set charge limits is through their app, which doesn't work any more.

With that being said I'd point you to a Grizzl-e classic or duo, which can use either the 14-50 plug or be hardwired. Dumb and built extremely tough. Cannot harvest data from you, cannot create a security hole in your home network. Every setting has physical switches and it won't need to be replaced for a bullshit reason like software updates or refuse to work because it can't phone home when the internet is down.

 

[dradam]

Cant comment on the charger because there are so many good options there. But I think with level two chargers In new construction, I would try to make sure that my wires could pull at least 100 A for the future. much easier to run those lines now than in the future.

 

[vordo]

I recently got a EVIQO charger on amazon for under $400 and it’s pretty good.

https://eviqo.io/products/eviqo_level2_ev_charger

 

[Feetdry]

Installing a Tesla today in the bay of our garage across from the Rivian charger. It probably has something to do with driving home with a new Tesla model Y this morning.

 

[Leon]

This Emporia is a great charger. Been using it for 3 years for both a Tesla and Rivian.

Can plug in or hardwire, I have one hardwired and 1 plugged in. You can check out the reviews at state of charge.

I second the Emporia. Easy to hardwire in and works great.

 

[SparkyR1t]

Tesla universal is what I would go with at this time especially with future EV’s adopting the NACS port.

Agree with this recommendation and Tesla wall connector tech support is excelkent

 

[Deacon]

Tesla universal is what I would go with at this time especially with future EV’s adopting the NACS port.

Definitely.

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