Spoke with an electrician just last Thursday about some lighting instillation's in my home. As an aside discussed EV charger install....... he had installed more than a dozen Tesla chargers. Ball parked me at about $1400.00. He did mention how costly wire alone is lately. I'm probably going with Rivian wall charger. Due to take delivery of LE R1S in the June/July window.Not sure how further discussions would add anything - there are years of posts on thousands of forums talking about this exact thing. What brand of charger you use doesn't matter at all for this discussion.
The costs for the install can be from a few hundred to many thousands of dollars - it's totally dependent on what you need done. The wire alone could cost >$500 these days if you have a long run. You don't need a Rivian partner to do the work for you - treat it like any other home construction cost and get some recommendations and price quotes first.
That looks like a NEMA 14-50 outlet. You can plug the included/free Rivian Portable EVSE into that.Related: I'm completely clueless about the wiring discussion.
When we built our house about 6 years ago, I told the electrician that eventually I'd have an EV and so I wanted a 220V outlet in the garage. At the time, I had no idea what vehicle it would be but figured I'd hopefully save some time/money by having the outlet installed during construction.
What I have is a 50A 125/250V outlet. (see attached pic)
Question for those much smarter than me: Will this suffice to 'plug and play' the Rivian home charger? Or will I need additional wiring/work?
Thanks in advance!
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Awesome. Thanks!That looks like a NEMA 14-50 outlet. You can plug the included/free Rivian Portable EVSE into that.
The Rivian Wall EVSE wouldn't directly plug into that outlet, as Rivian intends for it to be hardwired-only. You could use any of the plethora of aftermarket EVSEs that offer a NEMA 14-50 pigtail, however.
If you wanted to use the Rivian Wall EVSE you could either install a pigtail (Rivian doesn't recommend this, afaik, but it technically works), or you could remove the outlet and hardwire the EVSE using the existing circuit.
Just so you're aware, that outlet will limit you to 40A charging, since EVSE loads are considered "continuous" and must be de-rated (so a 50A circuit gets de-rated to 40A continuous load).
Just to be safe, look at your fuse box and make sure that outlet has a 50 amp breaker. It will be labeled, if it is 50 amp you can charge at 40 amp.Awesome. Thanks!
If you leave the 50A breaker, then yes you're limited to 40A charging.Again, I'm showing my ignorance, but I'm thinking I'll just have an electrician remove the current plug and do a hard-wire to the Rivian charger. Assuming that's possible? Am I still limited to max 40 amps?
That's good info.Keep in mind the Rivian home charger is hardwired only. The mobile charger obviously is not. I chose to go with the JuiceBox because I do not want hardwiring for this as the 60A isn't that much of a benefit.
Electrician took 13 weeks to be onsite to do the work (they are all so busy) cost $2,000.
Juicebox took 8 weeks to be delivered after I ordered and took minutes to install.
If you get a 40 amp plugin the difference will be ~20%. The Rivian on a 60 amp circuit will be able to use 48 amps to charge.That's good info.
When I price out the JuiceBox plugged into my 14-50 plug, I have to think it would be less overall since I wouldn't need an electrician.
Wondering about the difference in charge times between the 40A and 60A setup.
a nema 14-50 is a 50AMP circuit, unless your panel is showing something different. That means it is 50A vs 60, with the rules of electricity you would get 40A to charge vs 48A. Really not a big difference, when you consider most of the time you are charging overnight.That's good info.
When I price out the JuiceBox plugged into my 14-50 plug, I have to think it would be less overall since I wouldn't need an electrician.
Wondering about the difference in charge times between the 40A and 60A setup.