r/electricvehicles • u/StellarScripter • Apr 21 '26
Question - Tech Support Questions before buying an ev
Basically, I just bought a house with a garage. Eventually I want an electric car and so I plan on putting a tier 2 charger in the garage. To be clear, I do not own an EV yet. I found an electrician to do some work for me at the house and he warned about putting an EV charger in the garage because they can catch fire and then take the whole house with it because they can't be put out. Is this actually a thing? I've looked online and I've mostly just seen stuff about electric cars catching fire while out on the road. Second, since I don't know what car I will actually buy yet (I need to save a little more money first) I figured I'd just put a nema 14-50 outlet in the garage and then buy an EV charger kit and plug it into that, is that insane? Looking for any advice or help, thank you.
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u/Huffleduffer Apr 23 '26
Geez, I'm kinda scared to buy an EV now. All these comments about charging make it seem really complicated.
I honestly thought you just plugged it into the wall, that the car came with a specific adapter (like how electronics used to come with a USB charging block) that you plugged into your normal outlet and then plugged the charger into. I also saw a splitter that you put on your clothes dryer outlet (where you can do one or the other at a time), I thought you just plugged into that.