Chris from Monmouth Beach, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2023. A ChargePoint went in the following January, the plug-in version, on a dedicated 60-amp circuit ending in a NEMA 6-50 outlet. That is the same receptacle a welder or an electric range uses, which is the quiet advantage of it: any electrician can inspect it, test it and work on it without needing to know a thing about electric cars.
Project Facts
- Location
- Monmouth Beach, NJ
- Service
- EV Charger Installation
- Client since
- September 2023
- Charger
- ChargePoint Model # CPH50-NEMA6-50-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
EV charger questions from Monmouth Beach homeowners
Does Monmouth Beach inspect an EV charger installation?
Where the work requires an electrical permit, the municipal electrical inspector reviews it before the permit is closed. That inspection is the record that the circuit, the breaker, the conductors and the equipment connection were done to code, and it is worth having whether or not a rebate depends on it.
Why does a 48-amp charger need a 60-amp breaker?
Because the electrical code treats EV charging as a continuous load, and overcurrent protection for a continuous load has to be sized at not less than 125 percent of it. Forty-eight amps multiplied by 1.25 is sixty, which is why 48 amps is the common maximum charging rate on a residential 60-amp circuit.
Can a ChargePoint Home Flex be set lower if the panel is full?
Yes -- that is the point of the adjustable output. A house that cannot carry 48-amp charging might run at 32 amps on a 40-amp circuit, or 24 amps on a 30-amp one, where the load calculation and the installation support it.