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Another Dumb Electrical Code Change Could Ban DIY EV Charger Installs
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this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2025
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Often this is due to using portable chargers that someone is frequently plugging/unplugging in a socket designed for appliances that stay plugged in. You can't cheap out on the 14-50 socket and sadly people often do
A recent Technology Connections video mentioned people are configuring chargers to 48 A when they're using 14-50 "50 A" sockets that are really designed for 40 A continuous current. Or they're using aluminum wiring without corrosion protection, or not abrading the oxide layer.
Oh for sure that too. Also that was a great video.
From what I've read, repeated plugging/unplugging is not the most likely failure mode. Definitely some issues with cheap sockets though that aren't realistically capable of carrying the continuous load.