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k-2 · Post by **k-2** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 12:36 am

Electric rates are going up just as Gas prices are coming down. Cheaper gas and high priced KWs cant be good for EVs.

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 1:14 am

nut wrote: ↑
Wed. Mar. 01, 2023 8:41 pm
There is a $600 tax credit for electrical upgrades until 2032.

Of those I have seen, to get the $$ you have to have an electrician do the work that doubles or triples the price.

I would just do it myself.

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 1:16 am

nut wrote: ↑
Wed. Mar. 01, 2023 9:19 pm
EV charger requires a 40 amp gfci breaker. About $130.

Crankies, that's expensive. Just fill up on 120v. Every 8 hrs on 120v can get you about 30 miles of battery fill.

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 1:18 am

warminmn wrote: ↑
Wed. Mar. 01, 2023 7:03 pm
Anyway, it will be a cold day in hell before I spend money on a charging station unless I put panels up to charge one right off of. And the chances of that arent big.

Here you go .. system for covering 2 miles a day !

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 1:19 am

waytomany?s wrote: ↑
Wed. Mar. 01, 2023 4:30 pm
New construction code is 1 charger line per bay

Thats retarded ... it should be up to owner if and what he wants.

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 3:37 am

warminmn ... My house runs on 60A. I think I'll get an EV, lol

^^ the electrical instructional video that warminmn makes visitors watch

waytomany?s · Post by **waytomany?s** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 6:42 am

davidmcbeth3 wrote: ↑
Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 1:19 am
Thats retarded ... it should be up to owner if and what he wants.

Well, you've obviously seen our governor.

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 10:28 am

waytomany?s wrote: ↑
Wed. Mar. 01, 2023 8:51 pm
Well, that will cover about half of the arc fault breakers you need.

Ouch ! I just priced what those arc fault breakers would cost at Lowes. Even with my veteran's discount it's about $1200.00 to fill one 200 amp box,....... and I have 2 boxes of breakers.

I hate to think what this 400 amp upgrade would have cost me today.

Paul

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 10:33 am

davidmcbeth3 wrote: ↑
Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 1:19 am
Thats retarded ... it should be up to owner if and what he wants.

Getting what you want while living in one of the bluest States ? Yeah, good luck.

Paul

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 10:34 am

waytomany?s wrote: ↑
Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 6:42 am
Well, you've obviously seen our governor.

Paul

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 5:50 pm

k-2 wrote: ↑
Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 12:36 am
Electric rates are going up just as Gas prices are coming down. Cheaper gas and high priced KWs cant be good for EVs.

Good for you .. prices will drop.

My Volt price or value , used, went up 75% due to high gas prices and of the general rising of used car prices.. Coming back down now.

Most of my cars I sold for almost same price I bought them for. For my hybrids I sold.

warminmn · Post by **warminmn** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 6:16 pm

davidmcbeth3 wrote: ↑
Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 3:37 am
warminmn ... My house runs on 60A. I think I'll get an EV, lol

^^ the electrical instructional video that warminmn makes visitors watch

That looks more modern

I should be able to run 300 feet of 16 gauge extension cord to plug my new EV in...

waytomany?s · Post by **waytomany?s** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 6:42 pm

davidmcbeth3 wrote: ↑
Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 5:50 pm
Good for you .. prices will drop.

My Volt price or value , used, went up 75% due to high gas prices and of the general rising of used car prices.. Coming back down now.

Most of my cars I sold for almost same price I bought them for. For my hybrids I sold.

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I found one of your ads.

k-2 · Post by **k-2** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 6:51 pm

davidmcbeth3 wrote: ↑
Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 5:50 pm
Good for you .. prices will drop.

I hear the car bubble is soon about to pop. Supposedly supply is starting to catch up and exceed demand tanking prices. Those late model volts come down under 10k again i might grab one.

lincolnmania · Post by **lincolnmania** » Thu. Mar. 02, 2023 10:29 pm

I didn't have to use arc fault breakers in 2019 when the garage got wired and the house got upgraded to 200 amp service that would have cost a fortune!

I have space for a ev charger but the price of cars needs to come down. Tesla project highland might be able to build a sub 25 grand ev we will have to wait and see.

My Sonata hybrid can go 600 miles on a tank of fuel. Getting 41 mpg in this mild weather where no a/c is required and not much heat needed. I looked at a few all electric cars but the ones in my price range don't have much range.