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Originally Posted by 1couple
see if you have a breaker in your fuse box big enough to handle the charger. I have heard you need 70 amp to charge them you can’t just plug them in anywhere
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Almost all electric vehicles come with a charger that is plugged into a regular 120 volt, 15 amp socket. It won't charge very quickly but for a lot of people it will be fast enough. If your battery is flat it would take this kind of charger a couple of days to get it back up to 100% but you don't have to have a 100% charge to drive your car.
If you want faster charging you get a charger that can be plugged into a 220 volt 50 amp socket and charge faster. This kind of charger will charge a flat battery to full overnight.
That are chargers that will fully charge a flat battery in an hour or so but because of cost you probably would not put one in your home. These are the kinds of public chargers you would find if you went on a road trip. The Comfort Inn near the Turnpike entrance
has some of these.
I don't think there are any chargers for home use that will use 70 amps.