Hey! I covered A LOT of information in this video, so I placed timestamps below to help you navigate this video. Also, you can join the channel using this link ukposts.info/the/UJXaEduMHGB3Iap3DusmAA.htmljoin . We would love to have you as member! NEMA Outlets Explained 00:28 240 Volt Supplies 04:14 6/3 Wire Rough In 06:53 Metal Electrical Box Installation 08:13 NEMA 14-50 Outlet Options 11:10 240V Outlet Installation 14:45 Connecting 6/3 Wire To Panel 21:04 50 AMP Breaker Installation 24:37 240V EV Car Charging 27:38

I just want to caution everyone that using NM cable for this circuit limits you to the 60 degree column for Ampacity (NEC 334.80), that's 55A here. Furthermore, maximum current based on a continuous load should be no more than 40A's on this circuit since 125% x 40 = 50A. Therefore, never plug a 48A smart charger into this receptacle as some homeowners down the road may do and perhaps label the receptacle to say 40A MAX if you are going to use these 32A mobile charging cords. Note: even if you use 6AWG THHN rated at 90 degrees, your receptacle can only be used for less than 50 Amps. For me personally, I don't even install receptacles anymore for EV's, as they were just never designed for these high and continuous loads over periods of 8 hours or more. Also consider the constant unplugging and plugging in at the receptacle; your terminals will be lose in no time with a chance for arcing and a fire very high. Buy a hardwired smart charger instead and have it installed by a licensed and insured professional!

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Great video. One of the best I've seen. Just call it 240v. In 38 years I've never measured 110v or 220v. All voltage is nominal from the power company, but they have been supplying higher voltages for my entire life

A VERY CLEAR demonstration video! Good job! The only omission, however, is that the 2-pole breaker MUST be a GFCI-type breaker per NEC® 210.8(A)(2) and 625.22. Any personnel protection against ground faults internal to the EVSE protects SOLELY the EVSE OUTPUT CORD to the EV but NOT the EVSE INPUT CORD from the NEMA 14-50R receptacle to the EVSE. (Technically that GFCI-type breaker would eliminate the need for refund GFCI protection integral to the EVSE UNLESS the EVSE performs power conversion [nearly all DO NOT convert]). - Brian Rock, Hubbell Incorporated, I also serve as a CMP-2 and a CMP-15 Member but this is strictly my own position (not NEMA’s and not NFPA’s) I also am one of the 7 co-authors of the original (1996) NEC® Article 625 for Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI).

I really appreciate how thorough you describe each step. Your a great instructor. Just what I needed. Shalom

I think this was the clearest, well explained video I've ever seen on UKposts. Keep it up. Thanks!

On that ground wire I usually bend it in a u-shaped so there's more surface, and that 75 inch pounds. Which calculates into 6 foot pounds.

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Nice job. In reference to the outlet placement for stoves, I recommend reviewing the stove install instructions. There is normally a diagram for the placement for the outlet. I really enjoy your channel.

Good for you for grounding the outlet box. Too many UKposts experts fail to do that.

Excellent step by step explanations and instructions. Thank you!

I'm by no means an electrician, but have Don electrical work and taught by some great electricians. I was always taught when tightening wires against a box to route the wire in the same direction the wire tightens. That way the screw doesn't push the wire out, it draws it in. Use wire strippers not knives especially razor blades. When tightening lugs, tighten, back of, tighten, back off then torque. Also anytime adding new wire to a panel to kill main power. The person who taught me had a saying. The day you get complacent is the day you will get hurt or killed.

You make great videos man, highly informative and easy to understand. Greatly appreciate you doing the work and teaching the rest of us. Keep up the great work bro 👍🏻

Another video where you show what an excellent instructor you are Jost. Lots of detail, clear explanations but yet you keep it moving. I will say that in the elec business a 50A range outlet is x dollars but if you say it''s for an EV it always seems to be 2x dollars lol. Good explanation of why an industrial grade plug is worth the extra money. Thanks for sharing your skills and knowledge!

Great job. Appreciate the overview and detail

Great video u literally walked thru every step very helpful

You explained everything so well. Excellent video.

Don’t wrap your ground counter-clockwise like he did in this video. If you watch closely as he tightens the ground screw it pushes the wire out of the screw. ALWAYS go clockwise when you wrap your wires. This goes for receptacles, and literally everything you wire.

Man thank you!! This was very informative and helpful! Exactly what I needed!! 💯

Your videos are always helpful. Thank you very much!

your videos are so well done and informational. Keep up the great job!

Excellent presentation by the Excellent Laborer!

Excellent. Thank you for lending your genius.

thanks for the awesome video , very thorough and simple!!!!

Great stuff as always!! Thanks brother 🤙

Nice explanation. Thanks I just learned, how to wire a 240..

Thank you for sharing. Getting ready to install 14-30 generator inlet and process will be similar.

Josh, excellent descriptive YT video on installing a 50 amp outlet for a EV charger. I would let the viewers know that the 6 nomenclature on the 6-3 wire stands for the AWG or gauge of wire needed to withstand the 50 amp current draw.

Production quality on your videos, your instruction, your concise communication and your overall knowledge are all very impressive. I'm going for a career change at 32, and have been watching all of your electrical videos ahead of getting an apprenticeship. Thanks a ton for these

Awesome installation covers everything

I'm now gonna like this video because it was detailed and informative

Excellent video instruction of how to rough-in and install a 240 v outlet. This was extremely thorough and very concise. I feel confident that I could now undertake this work on my own. The only two questions I still have are; 1). What size mudring should be used depending on the thickness of the drywall? and 2). Why not use a two gang box to eliminate the need for the mudring? I think part of the answer is what you said about the mudring providing more room in the ox. I get that there is only one device and not two switches or outlets that would require a two gang box but the two gang has the four ears or tabs you'd need to secure the device to the box. Is this just a preference thing or is there another reason for this? These are sincere questions. I'm not being critical. I know enough to be dangerous and just like to have all of the information before undertaking work. Either way, I'm going to follow your lead thinking that if it's good for your house... then, it's good for mine. I'm asking in the event you respond before I've started / completed the work. Thanks in advance and all the best to you. Keep up the good work. 👍

Great Video and information . Thank you for sharing

Exactly what I needed to know. Thanks!

13:30 Like you said not all NEMA 14-50 outlets are the same, I would add that the duty cycle of an EV charger can be drawing 50 amps continuously where a standard range outlet was designed to handle the intermittent duty cycle of a range.

Your description should had said how to Install a 120/240 EV Charging circuit. In most units the neutral Is not needed but good to have for future use.

Great Video new subscriber from San Diego

Excellent job on this video!

Excellent video and explanations. Technically you installed a 120/240 volt outlet. For those that do not want to spend $90 for the receptacle, Bryant (owned by Hubbell) same exact device is approximately half price. Why cheaper? If Hubbell can get named in the specifications for a large project, then higher profit. They bought Bridgeport out in 1991 which makes the Bryant devices. Never use cheap receptacles for car chargers. They overheat.

I have watched A LOT of these tutorials and done A TON of research into the actual code provisions pertaining to 240V receptacle installs. This is the first video I can point to that is essentially mistake and code violation free. The only exception being GFCI protection, but we all understand why you didn't go that route, hahaha. Awesome job! Will be my go to video to share with others looking for good info.

Just to be clear, Torque specs are in inch pounds not foot lbs. Also, it's best practice to use a proper wire stripper instead of a razor blade, that way you won't risk nicking the conductor with the razor blade.

Thank you for your knowledge. I wish I could worK with you and learn all you know.

Awesome and detailed video as always Josh. Thanks a lot. Was going through your kitchen cabinets video recently and have a question. What is their material ? (MDF/Plywood/Chipboard/Solid wood etc.)

Super great video. Thanks a lot.

Great video! Thanks for sharing 😊

GREAT VIDEO! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Thanks God bless outstanding work.Bottom line.

Also, if you have side cutters or really your strippers, you can score the romex and rip it without damaging the wires, you get a much cleaner look in your panel. Strip your wires before going into the panel.

Thank you Fantastic video.

Thanks for your channel

Your videos are amazing, awesome content.

Thanks for the great video @theexcellentlaborer In my main panel there is only ONE bar, don’t have separate for ground and neutral. Can I connect both the wires on this single bar at random empty space? Please guide. Thanks

Thanks Josh another great video. Just want to know if you have the link for the torque screwdriver? 👍

Muchas gracias siempre veo tus videos.saludos from Norwalk california.

Thank You. very helpful.

I thought the video was well done. You were precise and step by step. Sure, you always wrap a wire the way the screw screws in and I usually use a wire stripper in stead of a utility knife to strip the casing but still a well done video. Thanks.

Great job 👍👍 thank you 👍

Nice explanation

Thx. 29:49 was very helpful with all the supplies needed. No sure of the length of the 6'3 wire that I need

Great job.

Thank you for the video. Can you provide the link to the cover at 5:38 what will work on the Hubbell 14-50 Outlet?

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Very well explained

Josh, you do a good job with your videos. On this one, i would like to stress several things. Since this is a subpanel install, the entire panel can be deenergized at the main panel. This should leave zero power in the panel. Yypu did what i would do, but like you i have a high electrical comfort level. You did this but did not stress it.....connect away from the panel first. This prevents anyone "helping" from powering the wires in your hand if they are not connected in the panel yet. Connecting the wires ground first, then neutral, then hots provides a small level of safety and is a prefered connection order. I will reference the 2020 code. Yes it updates every 3 years, so your jurisdiction may be several cycles behind and some requirements may not apply to your jurisdiction. Section 90.4 allows your local jurisdiction to accept all, some, or none, of the code. They can change requirements as they deem needed. Section 110.14. C. Electrical connections, temperature limits. Puts breakers 100 amps or less at the 60 °c rating for wire current unless the breaker is marked differently. This means the wire you use is rated under the 60° c column of the ampacity chart.(310.16). Yes, thhn is rated at the same as romex. The #6 copper wire is rated at 55 amps, not the thhn rating of 75 amps. 210.8 (A) gfci protection for dwelling units has upped the voltage to 250 volts or less receptacles require gfci protection when in garages, laundry areas and accessory building at ground level and not a dwelling. Yes, welder and car receptacles. 314.4 requires metal boxes be grounded.....yes the green screw. Again a safety feature, should the hot wires touch the metal box, it will cause the breaker to trip through the ground wire and prevent the metal plate covering it to be 120 volts. Now for the scary one. There is a seperate section for car charging (EVSE).section 625 with specific requirement. 625.40 points to one outlet (charger) on one breaker. 625.41 points to the circuit being 125% of the load. 40 amps of charging on a 50 amp circuit. 625.54. This is the gfci protection if you install a receptacle. This is not a hard install as Josh has shown, just make sure you follow the rules. Good luck.

Thank you for the great video! I just have a concern about the Leviton 14-50 Plug used. I keep seeing vidoes of how bad of a plug it is and it causes fires. A lot of folks including Tesla is saying to use Hubbel or a Bryant Plugs instead. I just wanted to get you thoughts on it.

Great information video. I notice 1 mistake and that was you installed the 3/4 cable clamp backward. The screws for the clamp has to be inside the box. This is because incase in future they need to get more wire inside box on a finished wall they can loosen the screws and pull some wire inside the box.

Great! Much thanks.

I'm your code expert recently retired 25 year's of service 60,000 inspections under my belt

Thank you!

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Recent code revisions require GFCI outdoor or in garages above 20A but that is only for branch circuits (welder, range, EV charger) but it is not allowed on feeder circuits (RV outlet--anything with a subpanel). The same 14-50P could be either.

Don't forget follow local NEC codes where gfci and arcfault protection may be required

Thanks!

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Nice job hard worker

I'm seeing pretty much all you advising electrical outlet wiring with out basic requirements

Excellent.

Excellent video. Would you mind sharing which torque screwdriver you used in this video? I did not see it mentioned in the list of tools used in this video. Thank you. Also, did you really torque the screws to 75 in-lbs?

I want to run one of these 6/3 14-50 plugs outside for an RV Do I use Metal conduit or Plastic?

If I want to put in an oven and a dryer those have to be 2 separate 240 V circuits correct?

Don't bypass your NEC requirements for new 220 install requirements like GFCI/arc fault per 218.8,210.12

I was tought too wrap wires clockwise around screws so they stayed tight and didn't spread out. It just works better. Torque is rated in inch or foot pounds. The wire screws are tightened too INCH pounds.

Great video, I've learned a lot and it's information what needs to be done, but I won't do it. I'm thinking of buying an EV, but how do I assess If I can install another 240 volt outlet? For me, to call for a electrical assessment it will cost about $300. I live near San Francisco. So how do I assess my electrical box?

Is it code to use the 6/3 exposed on surface mount?

I followed the example precisely, testing the outlet with a multimeter revealed 110 volts on both neutral/ground and hot (black or red) independently, and 240 volts across. However, when I plugged in my Tesla mobile connector, it initially seems to receive electricity, but then displays a red 'T'. Any idea what I might be doing wrong

Good job. Love the video. how did you estimate the length of the run so good. You had a drawing to work from or you just use a tape measure and guestimate?

Very Good.

Is the ground wire still connected to the box? It looks like it’s no longer connected when you started connecting it to the plug.

good job I like it I want to become a teacher like you

Is the metallic faceplate grounded simply when connected to the Hubbel Nema 14-50 receptacle? Or does the faceplate need to be grounded separately?

what does it mean if it says 230v? I want to install a 230v mini split using my 50 amp rv park plug since I have the rv plugged into the 30 amp. Would this work?

Thank you for the explenation but I will get an electricent rader go safe 😑 from Québec Canada

What kind of torque screw driver are you using???

The name plate on my range calls for 11.3 kw. What size of the breaker do I need

Most of these new 220 outlets require gfci and maybe afci protection per nec

Great video just wondering how much an electrician must charge for a job like this

For EV supply equipment, direct wire is the way to go. Much less possibility of the equipment melting down vs the cord and plug method. Also, you would avoid an unnecessary expense of the outlet. The cheap leviton outlets are fine for a range, but are a legit fire hazard on EVSE. The wire used for direct wire will save some $$ as well. EVSE use 2 wire with ground and don’t require a neutral. I do like how this installer used a torque screwdriver. Properly torquing the terminals are important for every install (just look at manufacturers instructions), but especially when there is a significant current draw.

Regarding the 6-3 wire’s ground wire which was wrapped around the green screw & screwed against the two gang box via that same green screw: this is the same ground wire that’s then run into the outlet, right? Just curious Thank you

I was disappointed that the torque screw driver was not listed in this video or on you Amazon parts page.