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Day in the Life of a Resi Electrician⚡️ Installing a Home EV Charger, would you get an EV?

What happens here

An electrician arrives at the customer's home in a work van, gathers essential tools from a toolbag, and prepares for the installation. The project is to install a Tesla Wall Connector for a customer who recently purchased a Tesla Model Y. The electrician notes the increasing demand for EV charger installations and briefly shows the existing 100-amp main electrical panel in the basement, which will be used for the new circuit.

Goal: Prepare for the installation and assess the existing electrical system.

Tools and materials

  • Electrical Panel — The existing 100-amp main electrical panel in the basement where the new circuit will be connected
  • Tesla Wall Connector Tesla — The electric vehicle charging unit to be installed
  • Toolbag Unspecified — Carrying and organizing various hand tools and small equipment
  • Work Van Unspecified — Transportation to the job site and storage of tools and materials

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All right, come with me. Day in the life as a residential electrician installing a home car charger. So, first thing I do is I wake up, drive to the customer's house, get my tool bag out the van, and get ready for the job. So, for today's job, we're installing an electric vehicle charger, Tesla wall connector for a customer who just bought a brand new Tesla Model Y. And guys, I got to say, these Teslas are getting extremely popular. I'm telling you, I feel like everybody's getting one and not going to argue cuz these EVs are giving me so much business as an electrician. Boom.

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