In our area an EV charging station 240 v outlet must be GFCI protected and those breakers are expensive. We've been recommending hard wired units and try to convince the client to provide that and then we install it when we are onsite.
On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 2:56 PM Mark Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi Folks > > I was reading in Solar Power World where a California solar installer > adds a 14/50 240Vac 50A outlet on the same solar array 50a circuit (for EV > charging). We have added 120vac courtesy outlets on our solar array and > pass inspection even though NEC says solar must be on a dedicated circuit > (also tap off garage circuits that are not dedicated). I couldn’t find > anything direct on Google if it’s a code violation to add a 240V outlet > like we do a 120V outlet on the same 50A branch circuit? Does anyone know > if this is ok/code compliant? > I assume a local 50A breaker to the 14/50 outlet might be needed since > there’s two sources, 40A solar plus 50A from panel branch circuit. > > Best regards Mark > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240310/e1177f9b/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
