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by freshpots 971 days ago
"The oven must be on a SEPARATE, 20 Amp, 60 Hz-120V GROUNDED CIRCUIT."

20A @ 120V is only 2.4 kW max while you should only run it at 80% of the circuit/breaker load so 1.9 kW. Not exactly a fast charging EV circuit. It is not that much greater than a 15A circuit. It would take over an entire day to charge a typical EV, e.g Tesla LR Model 3, from 10-90%

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Yes, a typical EV has a 11kW onboard charger. Some have up to 22kW but it’s relatively rare. And that’s for slow charging.

You can always charge slower but if you install a circuit for EV charging it’s nice to have a good one.

An old Renault Zoé equipped with a Continental power train and onboard charger had up to 43kW on AC, but the industry seem to prefer external DC chargers for faster charging. And that starts about 50kW. Though nowadays people would avoid such slow fast chargers and prefer the 100kW+.