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Plug in and Commission the EV Charger

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DAY IN THE LIFE OF A 24 YEAR OLD ELECTRICIAN - INSTALLING A CHARGEPOINT EV CHARGER IN TOUGH BASEMENT

What happens here

After all wiring is complete and inspected, the ChargePoint Level 2 EV charger is plugged into the NEMA 1450R receptacle. The installer then proceeds to commission the charger using the ChargePoint Installer mobile application. This involves scanning a QR code located on the charger (with the cover removed), connecting the phone to the unit, selecting 'plug' as the installation type, enabling the GFCI breaker setting, and inputting the correct 50-amp breaker rating. After completing the setup via the app, the charger indicates it will charge at a rate of 40 amps. Finally, the cover is re-installed on the charger, neatly wrapping the charging cord.

Goal: Complete physical installation and configure the EV charger

Tools and materials

  • ChargePoint Installer App ChargePoint — Configuring the EV charger settings
  • NEMA 1450R Receptacle — Providing power connection for the EV charger
  • Smartphone iPhone — Running the ChargePoint Installer app for configuration

What they say

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fresh. Elites wrapping the cord. Just trying to go by the Oh, you're going to need like a pen. Why? Label marker. Yeah. All right, guys. We're now in the basement. We are all finished. Just want to give you guys a recap what we did. So, here we have our electrical panel and we installed a 50 amp GFCI breaker right here because we installed an outlet. Anytime an outlet is in the garage, that is 240 volts. Has to be in a GFCI breaker. So, that's the code in New Jersey. And there, see our breaker. Uh, we tested it. Always test when you have a GFCI breaker, guys. There's a test button. All the breakers. Test it. Make sure. We already tested it. Here's our wire, guys. Uh, I just want to show you guys the recap finish. There's our wire coming in with a 3/4 in connector, and it's being ran the wood joist. All right. And it's being ran across over there and coming in here. You can't see right now cuz we covered it with ceiling tiles, but the wire is being ran up in here. Thankfully, the customer has dropped ceiling. And then in here, guys, uh here is our wire. You can see our 63 ROMX going out to the garage. We were actually a little tight on the wire, so we had to go up on the studs. If I had a little more wire, I would go on the wood over here. But we ended up coming out the garage. And then from here guys, we come out the basement and we install a junction box. We had our 63 ROMX in the basement and then we transitioned to a 3/4 inch EMT conduit running six gauge thhn wire. And as you can see, we kept it low, guys, keeping it hidden for the customer. And then it comes up and boom, right near the garage door. So this is a nice clean install. And we made sure that the outlet's on a GFCI breaker cuz in New Jersey it has to be on a GFCI breaker if you have a Nema. If you have a Nema outlet, I don't know what is like in your state. Comment down below if you have that code as well. You know, personally, I don't like that code because sometimes the GFCI interferes with the charger's GFCI. So, I always recommend customers to hardwire it, but we do what the customer wants. Um, overall I give this install a 10 out of 10. And um, we're Let's configure it. All right, guys. The charger is now finished. Now, I want to show you guys in this video. They don't really show this too much, but I want to show you guys how to commission the EV charger. So, basically, what you do is you want to download the Charge Point installer app, and then you want to click install. Okay. You…

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