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Environment & Energy

Bernardo de La Paz

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1. 520 amps x 120 V 60,000 watts; massive heat. What about the house wiring? Power line to house?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Nov 13, 2021, 01:30 PM

Nov 2021

Strip heaters on the wall at floors are about 2,000 watts.

Hottest stove element is about 2,000 watts. All elements on plus oven plus water heater and dryer plus 5 floorboard heaters all on full bore would be about 20,000 watts. TV, fridge, computer a pittance by comparison.

So, how would house wiring handle wattages significantly beyond 60 kilowatts? (Maybe 0.71 x 60 KW accounting for sine waves?)

Perhaps special wiring from the power line into the house would be required?

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Ford and Purdue University Created a Cable That Fully Charges an EV in 5 Minutes [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP

520 amps x 120 V 60,000 watts; massive heat. What about the house wiring? Power line to house? Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #1

I would suspect these would be used at centralized charging stations (gas stations) OnlinePoker Nov 2021 #3

Tesla built supercharger stations all around North America IronLionZion Nov 2021 #4

You can get a home charging station for any Tesla model, including the Model S Bristlecone Nov 2021 #10

It's good to have the choice IronLionZion Nov 2021 #11

Without a doubt. I see more stations popping up everyday. Bristlecone Nov 2021 #16

Commercial installation zipplewrath Nov 2021 #7

Cool, I think you are right. Thanks to you & others. So in future charge at home & "station". . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #15

article says 2400 amps.... that's substation current getagrip_already Nov 2021 #8

Okay, thanks you and the other posters. Makes sense there would be home and "station" charging Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #14

most people don't need 5 minute charges at home though... getagrip_already Nov 2021 #17

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