How to Install an EV Charger - Legrand Hardwired Level 2 EV Charger 

Great Video. One thing to check You need to check breaker 1a,1b. The original wires were on breaker 1&3 (A&B). When you put in the tandem breaker you landed them both on A Phase 1a,1b. If it’s sharing the neutral on a network it needs to be on different phases so you don’t overload the neutral.

Great video! Your procedure of fishing the conduit up the wall is GOLD! No drywall work! Cord under the garage door is questionable if you were in a cold climate. Thanks for sharing your expertise!

This was an awesome video, I really enjoy this type of content.

Very well done! I had to install two Tesla Wall connectors in my garage and the process is nearly identical. Thanks for the helpful video.

I would prefer to have the holster and coiled cable mounted inside the garage. The way it's currently mounted it will interfere with the garage door when the charger is not in use, plus it's subject to weather and tampering. You could have mounted it on the front to eliminate garage door interference, but the weather and possible tampering issues would still exist, and it could be a bit unsightly. Mounting it inside means that you have to open the garage door to use it, but it's a better option imo since opening it is entering a code and pushing a button. The only other nitpick is that the conduit body is not really fastened where it enters the wall. A strap near that end could resolve that issue. Overall, it still looks pretty well done.

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Great tutorial. Very clear and detailed. I didn't get what the role of the junction box is. Can't we run a wire straight from the panel to the charger?

Thank you for your very informative video. I gather you did this connection to charge your EV, OUTSIDE the garage. My newbie friend has a standard wall plug the electrician ran from the Dryer Circuit from inside the house when they build the new garage. I personally feel this upgrade was done on the cheap and charged top dollar. I warned my friend that the wires were getting too hot and to remove an extension cord and go right into the wall plug.

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An advantage of hard-wiring vs using a charger w/ plug is that you need only run 3 wires - 2 hots and gnd, with no neutral since chargers don't need it. A 4-wire plug has a neutral terminal, though perhaps you could not wire it if only an EV charger would be using that plug, that would seem strange. Good for me since I have a 50 A 240 VAC wire to a former electric oven, so can re-purpose that long cable for future EV charging by terminating it in a box and continuing conduit to the nearby garage to a box for future hard-wiring. That cable had no neutral wire, which surprised me until I found typical, at least in the past, for large appliances like stoves and clothes dryers. A 2nd reason for not using a plugged charger is that the latest NEC code requires an outlet to have GFCI protection. A 3rd reason is that plugs can give resistance to melt and cause a fire. Re the video, I'm surprised your local code allows using a wire-nut to connect ground wires. I thought one had to twist the wires and use a copper crimp, though I've seen many youtubes wiring overhead lights where they use a Wago lever connector on the ground wires (to code?).

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It is such a great and much detailed vid on how to. Thanks a lot. I think I am ready to install mine fir the new BMW i4. Happy holidays!

Awesome video! Very clear and easy to follow, thanks for explaining the entire process. I would love to apprentice under someone like you once I get into the apprenticeship! Keep it up and thanks for posting this quality content ✌️

Than pannel cover needs some paint. Thanks for the video. Great hack on the tandem 15amps

Very detail instructions. Good Job!

This was a great video. You lucky your wife don’t mind the pipe. My didn’t want to see a pipe so I had to open up the wall and get my carpenter friend to put it back up

Great Detailed, and nice clean work and very concise explanations . Much appreciated this. Thanks.

Dude you're the Man! great vid.

Great video, Steven! Clear, great speed of explanation and clear on materials/tools used/needed. I'll save this video as reference. I'm a general/Handyman and I have wired in e few EV Charger receipts. Ive wired in many dryers(Yes electrical :). Thanks, for this video. Where did you purchase the Adjustable Pliers and the Strippers with Flat end?

Great detail explained. Thank you brother

👏👏👏 only issue i would have i imagine is my garage door would just open on it's own cuz there's resistance from the hose

#8 ground? Could have gotten away with a #10 just an fyi. Great video tho keep em coming.

Nice video! Very detailed and thorough step by step .Thanks .

Craftsmanship superb makes me excited as an apprentice

How are you closing the garage door with the charger mounted on the outside of the garage?

Is the top breaker not feeding a MWBC? That'd be two 15 amp circuits, same phase, with one neutral, potentially overloading the neutral. Could be remedied by putting it on the other tandem, though you should also have a handle-tie I think?

Next time show/tell your viewers they should torque their lug points to the specified torque amount shown on the breaker. Also, why not just run continuous wire from the breaker to the charger and eliminate the wire nuts? Improper wire nut tightening will result in a big problem. You are just adding a fail point for no reason. Unless the charger did not allow you to open it and attach longer wires. Otherwise loved the video!

Thank you, very clear. If it were a new home and dry wall wasn't there yet, I presume you would not use conduit and just run the wires inside the wall?

Do you torque your connections at the panel?

i would have left the cord inside the garage to prevent any damage to the cord and garage door as well as having anyone drive up your drive way for a free charge when no one is home. hope you put a disconnect later after this video. great video though

If that panel wasn’t bonded, where would you land the ground wire? Assume on ground bar. Would you then have to run a common too?

Great video. It's easy to setup. If i have the toolkit i hope i can also do that 😅

Thanks so much for this. It will help me install ours when we pull the trigger on an EV. Question: I will need about 25 ft of cable length from the charger to the car because I can’t park close to the garage (slope/winter). Do I lose efficiency by having a longer charger cable ? Or should I run underground wire closer to the car parking location. And mount the charger outside ? Cheers mate 🥂

Nice, clean work.

Curious if you have changed the location of the charging cord dock? All but that, and what James mentioned below I liked.

Good job sparkie

What size of wires did you hardwire ,? What brand did you choose? What brand is the 60 amp breaker?

I am considering a Honda Prologue. My panel is at the front of my garage about where you put your charger so it would be right next to the panel. Can the wires from the charger be wired directly to the breaker in the panel? My panel is flush like yours.

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i have 200amp panel with all 30 breakers used up. One company give me an estimate with your solution involving tandem breaker with about $1400 quote. Two others insist to install a subpanel next to it with $2700 to $3500. Now that i have seen your work i feel good that first solution is not really wrong. anyone know why two companies insist on new subpanel; one of them didn't even visit though he did work on my house 3 yrs ago. i am in dallas and google does not say that i need a permit but one company says that i need it very good video ❤

Great video. Thanks for sharing

Good content but you were measuring voltage and saying amps?

i just joined the field 4 weeks ago and i want to find a great book for exam prep and training. im finding books on amazon but the reviews are all mixed and i struggle to find a book thats has good information. are there any training books that you recommend? i am in the residential field in the seattle area. thank you, your videos have taught me so much!

GREAT VIDEO!! My only question is, how can you close your garage door?? LMAO!!

Straps are installed wrong. Screw holds the pipe up not the strap . Very important in commercial. Other than that I would’ve just used black taps/clear taps . Big blues no if it was my own house

For the flexible metal conduit in the wall to the panel, don't you have to properly ground/bond it to the panel? Such as a grounding bushing or bonding locknut?

Great video as usual. Evergreen content here!

Great work. Very clean. But the charger rack for the cable? How do you close the garage 😮

watch out with that multibranch circuit bro!!!!! You should kw that already (overload neutral)...... booooom

So, red and black are L1 and L2. Was green neutral or ground? If ground, why didn’t you ground the j-box?

Grate Job exept those old Wire Nuts shurly there is a better Solution!

They should make a gard plate to protect you from the live wires.

doesn't that block your garage door?

Always use a regular hammer 🔨 to punch a hole. Not a hole saw or a screw driver. It can be easily patched once your finish....i suggest this method it takes a neat hole no dusk no debris.

Legendary video!!!

Just curious why you chose to use fmc from the box to the lb instead of seal tight like you used from charger to the 4 11/16 box? Nice clean install.

How would this install change if you were to mount the EVSE (charger) on the outside of the wall? I assume you'd probably want to run the liquid tight conduit through the wall but you'd also want to do something to prevent water getting into the wall. Thoughts? Also, do you have to change the ampacity or pick a different temp rating for that THHN while running in the liquid tight conduit?

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Hello could you please let me know if we can use #6 white in place of #6 black? And will it be an overkill if we use all #6 thhn red, black and green wires ?

Both, you and Legrand seem pretty "generous" if you know what I mean... wink wink

6:30 just gotta be carful with those tandums. The panel needs to be rated for their use and location.

A gfci breaker is not required?

Current equals voltage / resistance. The same amount of current will pass through you touching a main lug as it would a regular outlet. Why are people so scared of panels

At home charging systems should come with the price of the vehicle.

Couldn’t you just run emt straight to the ev charger?

Thats a whole lotta vamps

Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Csgo much?

60 amp breaker? Should be 50 amp with 6 gauge wire.

Why didn't you pull all the way through instead of splicing?

great video, hows the garage door gonna close if u have it in the way like that ?

So how much do you make as an electrician

😂 my question is how you going to shut the garage door

I take it that charger didn't use a neutral.

Will a neck tattoo affect my interview for the apprenticeship?

A generous 3 feet 😂

50 amps of constant current for 8 hours daily, I don't know if I'd trust those wire nuts.

240 amps? 😬

don't understand the cord under garage door there had to be a better way totally not professional

why tf would you put the holster outside????

Does it make any sense to show people how to do your job? When you're out of work, maybe you can watch plumbing videos and learn a new trade.

you should've showed the ground wire connected to the ground bus after you were done wiring the 60A breaker. the fact you omitted proof of this most crucial step undermines the rest of the video which is otherwise painstakingly thorough. this is the method of youtube con artists who falsely pretend to have expertise.

That was great

Is it ok to use Number 2 or 4 or it has to be number 6?

Lets gooooooooooooo

Dirty, stained panel covers drive me crazy. You need some grey spray paint 🙂

Is it a bi directional charger.

Great job, keep up the good work

how is the owner closing the garage door?