Can I charge my Tesla on a standard home outlet?

When I purchased my Tesla, I was curious if I needed to purchase the Tesla home charger or if I could simply plug into a standard wall outlet. For some people, this might be a cheap and easy option, but for most people, this isn't your best choice. Here's some info to consider:

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[RickyGuerreroZ]

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[christinajordan]

Thank you for sharing!! I just bought a Model Y and have been stressing so much about how I'm going to make this work. I have family in North Dakota so I was worried I would never be able to drive to visit them. My mind is far more at ease!!

[anthonysilva]

Best, most to-the-point video on home charging.

[joetool]

Keep in mind. With batteries as general rule. The slower the charge the better. Fast charging kills batteries. Slow or low amp charging gets you maximum battery life. And maximum charge retainment over life.

[patrickwojo]

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[EivinSukoi]

Excellent info, my neighbor is on a vacation, so I plug my car right outside his garage, this is another cheap option, I may have to invest on the Tesla charger .

[bethelightbringer]

Thanks bro, you were informative, professional and you spoke in understandable english vs the technical mumbo jumbo.

[zacktripp]

Great video. I live in a cold(ish) climate in Colorado and only have a 120v outlet to work with. It works surprisingly well for me, I have a 25 mile roundtrip commute and have never had an issue recovering that overnight off the standard outlet. The caveat is that I have level 2 charging at work I can use and a couple superchargers nearby if I need them, otherwise I probably wouldn't be so comfortable relying heavily on the 120v outlet.

[Bruhreel]

Surprisingly, the 110v is more than enough for some of us. I've used a 110v outlet as my main outlet for over a year, including through a winter- no problem. I planned to use the 110v as a temporary solution and that I'd supplement with higher amperage chargers at work or supercharging. In the last year, I've only connected to the supercharger or a charger at work a couple times and I didn't actually need to do so. I just did so to try out the charger at work and only used the supercharger on a longer roundtrip to return home totally full. I would not have had to do so, at all. Our commute is short enough that the 4 or 5 miles an hour is more than enough to get a full charge each night. If we do a bunch of extra driving around town, we catch back up to full over a day or two. If we do a bigger 150 mile roundtrip drive on the weekend, we catch up to full over the first few days of the week. I do plan to add a higher amperage outlet for charging once we get our second tesla. Once we have 2 teslas, one will still just be charged on the 110v-- again, it is more than enough to cover all but our very long road trips.

[missbliss]

Good to know. My standard charger works out just fine for me with my Model Y Long Range.

[cjuare]

Thank you for this video. Very informative and helpful. Keep it up.

[Eco-VillePatagoniaChile]

Have it charge most of the weekend and during the week like you mentioned, should be good.

[HDBnB]

NEMA 14-50 for me! Though, if you really want to flex and have that clean look, then definitely the Wall Charger

[srmirji]

Very good information and explained well

[Bunny-prgw]

I live 6.5 miles from work, about 12 min commute. Could easily charge at home. I rent so I can’t just install a random charger unless it requires no electrician or installment operations.

[derekbland]

That's half what we get in the UK. I get around 10mph.

[nunogodinhodematos]

Fast charging is more agressive to the lifetime of the battery. Not only that, you waste a lot more energy on heat when super charging. You will lose heat in AC to DC conversion. You will losse heat in cooling the battery during super charging. So you are mistaken, use the wall socket always unless you do need to super charge because your daily charge up during the night is not sufficient. As simple as that.

[Huntorix]

I wanna see someone do this with their Tesla outside in -40c overnight. For 8-12hours etc it would actually have a potential to tap into the rural market but it’s things that are needed average commute is 25-30km one way so when you’re at work will it be able and ready to return home

[millerbeers]

Sorry boss, I can't make it in today I forgot to plug my car in 😀 boss says looks like you plugged your I phone in good buy!

[t.k.]

So thinking of getting a model Y but all we have is a 15amp that is shared with a garage door opener. Not sure if anyone has had any problems with this tripping breakers, etc. We are just afraid this will pull too much and trip the breaker all the time. Thoughts? Experiences?