Syed from Old Bridge, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since February of 2024. The charger is a ChargePoint Home Flex, hardwired rather than plugged in, on a dedicated 60-amp circuit, and it was finished in March of 2024. It has a J1772 connector, which is what everything except a Tesla takes without an adapter. Hardwiring is the reason the 60-amp circuit is worth having: the plug-in version of the same charger is limited by its receptacle, and the hardwired one is not.
Project Facts
- Location
- Old Bridge, NJ
- Service
- EV Charger Installation
- Client since
- February 2024
- 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
EV charger questions from Old Bridge homeowners
What electrical code applies to an EV charger installed in Old Bridge?
New Jersey adopts the National Electrical Code through the Uniform Construction Code, and the edition in force statewide is what the municipal inspector enforces. EV charging is governed principally by Article 625, which covers the branch circuit, overcurrent protection, continuous loads, load management, the disconnecting means, ground-fault protection and cord management.
Can a ChargePoint charger charge a Tesla?
Yes. ChargePoint offers Home Flex with either a J1772 or a NACS connector. The NACS version connects directly to compatible Tesla vehicles, and the J1772 version charges a Tesla through the adapter Tesla supplies.
What circuit does a Tesla Wall Connector need?
At its maximum 48-amp output it normally needs a 60-amp circuit, because the code requires overcurrent protection for a continuous load to be at least 125 percent of it. Where the electrical system cannot support that, the Wall Connector can be commissioned lower and put on a correspondingly smaller circuit.