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You might have an issue with a 60A breaker feeding a 14-50 plug. NEMA 14-50 is only rated for 50A, therefore the breaker should be 50A or less. Larger wires (rated for more) are totally fine and will pass inspection no problem.

First, I'm not an electrician. I am an electrical engineer though. My knowledge of the electrical code is mostly due to work I do for myself, which includes things like adding new circuits to the house, whether just new outlets, AC appliances, a whole house generator, EV chargers, etc. Doing...

NEMA 14-50 requires 4 conductors. If you only have 3, or want to save on wiring, you can use NEMA 6-50, which requires only 3 conductors Using a thicker wire (lower AWG gauge number) is always ok. However, check with your local code if there are any additional restrictions, such as a requirement...

Do you have a TeslaTap adapter yet (allows you to charge your VW or Taycan from a Tesla wall charger). If so, try connecting the Porsche Wall Charger --> Tesla J1772 adapter --> TeslaTap --> VW. Wait 30 seconds or longer before plugging in the car. TeslaTap tricks the charger into thinking there...

AWG 1 is overkill for any Level 2 charger, unless you're running it for hundreds of feet (probably even then). My 80A charger on a 100A breaker recommends AWG4 or AWG3. I ran AWG2 and the government inspector who came to inspect the installation still called my solution "over-engineered", but of...