New EVSE option: a BReAKER with built-in EV Charging: EATON

[Fastnf]

Here is a site that list it for $679.20 other sites seem to be higher. This is the lowest price I have found so far.

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[Maquis]

Here is a site that list it for $679.20 other sites seem to be higher. This is the lowest price I have found so far.

At that price, stick a fork in it - it’s done.

 

[Maquis]

Maybe it will survive as a new construction option? Ultimately, price will determine it's fate.

That’s probably the most likely application - new construction where the architect designs the garage space to specifically accommodate it.

 

[Fastnf]

Found a site with it for $482.44.

 

[PrimeRisk]

Here's an amazing new option for 'at home' charging: A new EV Charging BREAKER, all-in-one build... taking the place of our traditional EVSE MODULE...

https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/skuPage.BREVEM2040.html

https://videos.eaton.com/detail/videos/featured-videos/video/6346408151112/smart-ambinent-monitoring-30-sec-spot?autoStart=true&q=smart breaker

and, they also make this in a 'plug in' type if you already have an outlet nearby...

This could be very interesting, especially if your breaker box is in your garage or on the outside wall. Have you seen any pricing? I did a quick Google search and even hit up Greybar and Grainger, but nothing.

 

[PrimeRisk]

Found a site with it for $482.44.

I defer to your superior search skills.

Yikes, at $500, I'll stick with traditional EVSE equipment.

 

[Heliian]

Ya, why wouldn't you want to take up double the space in your panel for a limited power evse that costs more than standard options and requires an electritian to replace when it fails. .

Really though, once you look at the actual product line you'll see the market it's aiming for and it's expanded capabilities. It's good for multipoint, compact and billable applications. I would not recommend this to any homeowner.

 

[hturnerfamily]

I think the 'like' to this Eaton 'Built-in EVSE' Breaker set is that you are not only replacing the many different and various EVSE module options that all of us choose from, and replace it with a Dedicated 'direct from the panel' J1772 charge cable... but, this design is NOT simply just the Breaker, itself, it is the 'package' of the Breaker, the J1772 CABLE, a wall hanger, and, if you wish to run from much farther away from the panel, a 'connector' box that then allows this to run from much farther away... or, even the 'Plug In' option, if you have a NEMA 14-50 already nearby. The 'box', then, provides the new Breaker set, with the built-in EVSE, although you are powering it from an existing 50amp breaker set from somewhere else...

someone also mentioned the 'fit' to existing 'other model' panels, and yes, true, the individual breaker module WOULD have to fit your existing, or new, panel.... but, if you go the 'PLUG IN' option, using an existing 50amp outlet, you'll not need to worry about the breaker 'fit', since it will be within the 'box' that they provide.

I'm not sure the interchangeable fit between Eaton breakers and other makes... there is a 'push on' type, and a 'bolt on' type.

 

[Henry Ford]

$500 for a sub panel, breaker/EVSE, and cord actually seems very reasonable.

 

[chl]

I had bought the following during the Amazon Prime days for $120 CDN:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0C8HP6NYC?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Installed it at the cottage and it has been amazing. I was blowing my 40amp bussman fuses all the time - it would cost me $20 each time I had to replace one and over the summer I replaced them 3x.

I don't know why that was happening since my charger was setup at 32amps. So I installed this a few weeks ago and no issues. Plus it also gives me access to a 30-amp RV outlet as well as a GFCI protected 20-amp outlet.

Possibly a surge current blowing the fuse.
Was it a so-called time-delay fuse usually used to power reactive circuits, like motors, that have rush currents that exceed the 40A fuse running current rating?

 

[chl]

$500 for a sub panel, breaker/EVSE, and cord actually seems very reasonable.

Only a 40A circuit though, so it's a 32A EVSE.

Not that great time-wise for charging up a large ER battery.

Ford provides/sells you one of those 32A EVSE's, the Mobile Power Cord, with your Lightning purchase...for $500.

Not a fan of a wifi controlled breaker although I have no experience with them, but find wifi to be generally buggy and subject to all sorts of interference.

Might be a good option for some homes and charging situations, depending on the existing wiring etc.

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