48A using 240V plug on a 60A circuit?

[bobdod]

I saw on the State of Charge youtube channel that the Emporia EV charger needs to be hardwired to charge at 48A. I’m having a dedicated 60A circuit put in for my garage and was planning on connecting it to a 240V outlet in case I want to easily replace my charger in the future. Would it be possible to set the charger to charge at 48A using the 240V outlet, or is there a reason why it tops out at 40A?

[bobdod]

ah, answering my own question, it looks like it’s because the outlets top out at 50A

https://ev-lectron.com/blogs/blog/what-is-the-difference-between-nema-6-50-and-nema-14-50

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