prberg wrote:Yeah I wonder what 'special' wire they are using that would drive up the cost of the install by so much. Maybe they sprinkle some moon dust on the cables when they are done to improve connectivity.
Some great advice here. I am going to talk to my local electrician to get a price from him. But what exactly do I need him to do? Install a new 220V 40 amp circuit? Do they need some special outlet to connect to the AV unit? Seems like the Leviton unit is more friendly to independent installers. I should also ask for a 120V GFCI 20amp plug at the same time in the same area for backup?
thanks,
Peter
Hi Peter.
I don't know much about electricity and istallation. I took my AV quote estimate opened up the work section and I showed it to my local licensed electrician I contaced through the yellow pages. Here is the AV contracted electrician description of my install (feel free to copy it and show it to your electrician)
Pull permit. Install Tandem circuit breakers. Install (1) 40 Ampere 240 Volt circuit breaker in existing utility panel.
Install 30 feet or less of feeder from utility panel to wall mounted Charging Dock. Feeder (Conduit or Romex
wire) will be mounted to existing surfaces or run through crawl space or attic. Charging Dock will be installed on
customer preferred location and will be fully tested and certified with proprietary service tool. Customer will be
trained on operation and troubleshooting and inspector will be called for verification.