Ben from Summit, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2023. He called in late September and the charger was in and working within two weeks, a ChargePoint J1772 unit on a dedicated 60-amp circuit. The 60-amp feed is the part that matters: it is the difference between a car that is ready in the morning and one that is still thinking about it. Summit is in Union County, at the northern end of where our electricians work.
Project Facts
- Location
- Summit, NJ
- Service
- EV Charger Installation
- Client since
- September 2023
- Charger
- ChargePoint Model # CPH50-HARDWIRE-L23
- Charging port
- CCS (J1772)
- Circuit breaker
- 60 amp
- Charging stations
- 1
- Estimated range added per hour
- Estimated Range Per Hour: 36 mi / 58 km
Great experience end to end. Glen is experienced and thoughtful about the whole thing. And the installer did an excellent job pulling wires and doing a clean job mounting the charger on my garage wall.
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you, Ben. A ChargePoint on a dedicated 60-amp circuit in Summit means the run has to be pulled properly and the unit mounted so it is still tidy in ten years. Both of those are craft rather than product. Glad the finish on the garage wall was worth the care, and thank you for the review.
EV charger questions from Summit homeowners
Does a home EV charger need an electrical permit in Summit?
A new permanently installed EV charging circuit generally requires an electrical permit and inspection under New Jersey's Uniform Construction Code. Where a utility rebate is involved, the programme may also want evidence that the permit was closed out properly.
Do two chargers need twice as much electrical service?
Not necessarily. Power-management features can divide the available charging capacity between several units -- Tesla's group power management supports as many as six Wall Connectors sharing an established limit. Two chargers can be installed while the system holds their combined load to something the house can support.
Why does the charger sit on a 40-amp breaker?
Because 32-amp charging is a continuous load and the code requires overcurrent protection for a continuous load to be at least 125 percent of it. Thirty-two amps multiplied by 1.25 is forty. A 32-amp rate is estimated at roughly twenty-five miles of range an hour, which covers a normal day's driving comfortably overnight.