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Code section 625.23 requires a separate, "readily accessible" disconnect for each charger rated at 60 amps or greater. Some local authorities take the stance that if a single charger is the only device on its breaker in the panel, this satisfies the requirement; others do not. Generally if the...

You don't need a 125A breaker, you need a 100A breaker, for an 80A EVSE on 80A copper. 125A is the typical max load rating of the small 2-space panels. These panels are sometimes bundled with 50A GFCI breakers and marketed as "spa disconnects" at very attractive prices. 125A branch circuit...

Unlikely to find a large breaker rated other than 90C in a modern panel. And a 100A disconnect like the one you pictures is likely to cost about the same as a tiny residential outdoor panel, though with a 100A breaker too it may tip the scale. Either way will work. The point Isn't to change...

I would not use a non-fusible disconnect, and since most of the cheap ones are rated at 50A or 60A for HVAC applications, you may not save as much as you think vs. big-box store prices for a very small panel. The 100A breaker may actually cost more. That said, check the labelling but most...

That connector would be called "the safety disconnect required by code for any charger exceeding 60A". Because the disconnect is a code requirement the transition from Al to Cu is basically free - you use a 2-space, 125A subpanel as the disconnect and put it right by the charger. Run #2 Al...

I see a few sources online that say F150 6-lug wheels are rated at 2,050 or 2,100lb and the 7-lug wheels are rated at 2,400. Lightning GVWR is 8,250, right? Seems fine. Are the stock wheels the same 6-lug pattern as most ICE F150s? 7 lug wheels are not so easy to come by.

Just to confirm, since it sounds like some of you here know - the 18" wheels I have will in fact bolt up? Is what I heard about load ratings really true, or is that not so either? I don't even know where to look up the load ratings of Ford wheels.

I coach a ski team, so not getting there in bad weather isn't an option. We have an F150 with Blizzaks and a Tesla Y with Hakkapellitas (studless) - in the worst conditions, they're about even. Neither is really all too good without snow tires - noting my standard is that I drive a couple...

Coming from a 2020 STX, where I run Blizzaks on 18" wheels (found 'em at the junkyard with stylee King Ranch lug covers, who knew some year of the King Ranch had 18" rims?) in the snowy months. I'd heard ICE F150 wheels would not fit my new Lightning. Then I heard they might bolt up but the...