[p7wang]

DIY NEMA 14-50 Install

It is my hopes that this thread will serve as an informative discussion of how I installed my own Level 2 Charger. As a very important disclaimer, nobody would ever recommend that you work with electricity unless you have a full 100% understanding of how it works, and most importantly that...

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Wow, Phoenix $250!

 

[ZoomZoom]

I paid $55 .... which is the minimum fee. But it should have been about $100. The way he 'reworked' my building permit application it would have been $79. He just charged me minimum because he said that the whole setup I installed is literally in one spot. He can check it all without moving his feet so he just counted it as 'one' and thus the minimum. I installed a sub-panel, NEMA 30, NEMA 50, NEMA 20, the EVSE and a Generac load shed device. Here's a blank permit app attached.

 

[Pike Bishop]

Mine was $40, the minimum fee in South Portland, Maine. As with @ZoomZoom the fees are based on number of outlets, which in my case was one. Of course, the only party that can pull a permit is a licensed Maine electrician who makes profit on parts and labor so the fee usually does not get very high.

https://www.southportland.org/files/8315/6639/3520/Electrical_Permit_Application_-_8-21-19_Fillable.pdf

 

[p7wang]

What? You have to pay a permit to replace a light switch?!?

 

[ZoomZoom]

What? You have to pay a permit to replace a light switch?!?

Not to replace an existing one, but to install one where it didn't previously exist. But there are some examples where replacing an electrical switch would require a permit if it is not currently to code, but grandfathered, to which once you work on it you negate the 'grandfather' status ..... in these rare cases you need a permit. Not that anyone gets one. I've pulled 5 permits this year. One of which was the EVSE.

 

[redpoint5]

I installed my NEMA-14-50R for ~$70 in materials. It's to code with the exception that I still need to fasten the wire to the ceiling joist. I'll get 'round to it one of these days.

 

[theeulogy]

No permit required here to install an outlet. I did mine myself with materials from Lowe's, took about an hour.

 

[ArizonaJon]

In Pima County Arizona a permit and inspection is required. Permit $36, Inspection $87. Total $123.

 

[Slappy McGee]

About $40 here in sunny SC (that’s South Carolina not SoCal) and homeowners can pull permits just like contractors. I pulled permits and did the inspections for my self install, which included an additional meter for preferred EV rates.

 

[Michael Boyce]

I installed my NEMA-14-50R for ~$70 in materials. It's to code with the exception that I still need to fasten the wire to the ceiling joist. I'll get 'round to it one of these days.

$70 in materials is great. I used about $250 .. but I am 40A, (50A max) ready.
I purchased about 15' of 6 gauge which was about $100, metal flex conduit, metal box, metal hangers, and the outlet (almost 80), a 50 A breaker and some miscellaneous materials.

 

[The Other Tom]

About $40 here in sunny SC (that’s South Carolina not SoCal) and homeowners can pull permits just like contractors. I pulled permits and did the inspections for my self install, which included an additional meter for preferred EV rates.

Where in SC do you get preferred EV rates and how much cheaper are they than std. rates? I'm in the Greenville area and I pay 13 cents per kWh std rate....

 

[Slappy McGee]

Where in SC do you get preferred EV rates and how much cheaper are they than std. rates? I'm in the Greenville area and I pay 13 cents per kWh std rate....

I’m in YORK Co. We get 7 cents/minute between 10PM and 6AM with the separate meter through YORK Electric Co-op.