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> A competent electrician can install 2 to 4 of these chargers for standalone housing PER DAY. I know because my company is in this business!

Surely you know then that the hard part is not wiring up a connector and attaching it to the wall, assuming there was enough capacity in the existing wiring. No doubt 2-4 of those can be done in a day.

When you have to tear down the sidwalks and underground utilities to increase capacity, it takes a bit longer.

Tesla built one of their charging stations not too far from here, it has maybe 6 to 8 charging spots. Putting up the posts with the cables took just a few days. But the whole project took about six months with the sidewalks and parking lot torn up!



Sure.. but.. 12 YEARS. Of a project that is embarrassingly parallel? Definitely doable.




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