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Does anyone know if the amperage limit for home charging is 48 amps? The amperage setting on my R1S seems to max out at 48, but I may be missing how to increase the amperage above that level. I was thinking about installing a home charger that maxes out at 80 amps, but if the R1S won't take anything above 48, then there's no reason to install the higher amperage charger (it's also not clear to me if regular charging at 80 amps will accelerate battery degradation).

On a related note, if I stick with a 48 amp charger, is there any reason to go with the Rivian Wall Charger? I have one already, and it's fine. I also have a Tesla J1772 charger installed at my in-laws. The Rivian charger doesn't seem to be any better than the Tesla charger, and the Tesla is $350 cheaper.
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Rivian R1s are limited to 48A charging for AC/Level2. If you have a higher power L2 charger it will work, but will only draw 48A.
 
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Does anyone know if the amperage limit for home charging is 48 amps? The amperage setting on my R1S seems to max out at 48, but I may be missing how to increase the amperage above that level. I was thinking about installing a home charger that maxes out at 80 amps, but if the R1S won't take anything above 48, then there's no reason to install the higher amperage charger (it's also not clear to me if regular charging at 80 amps will accelerate battery degradation).

On a related note, if I stick with a 48 amp charger, is there any reason to go with the Rivian Wall Charger? I have one already, and it's fine. I also have a Tesla J1772 charger installed at my in-laws. The Rivian charger doesn't seem to be any better than the Tesla charger, and the Tesla is $350 cheaper.
No reason to go specifically with the Rivian wall charger. It's just a wall charger that's hooked up to wifi. Any charger will do. I'm not up to tune on if the app can control charging, but if it can, then it doubly doesn't matter which one since you could tell the car to charge from the app from anywhere, if needed.
 
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Yeah nothing special about the Rivian charger. I like the Tesla J1772 charger a lot better. Among other things, you can load share it with another Tesla charger if you get two EVs down the road.
 

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Rivian Wall charger was a pretty good deal at the original price but they bumped up the price and now there's better options like Tesla and ChargePoint. Some utility providers give rebates for certain chargers so you may want to check that out too.
BTW, unless I'm missing something the integration between Rivian mobile app and the Rivian wall charger is close to non-existent.
 
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Rivian Wall charger was a pretty good deal at the original price but they bumped up the price and now there's better options like Tesla and ChargePoint. Some utility providers give rebates for certain chargers so you may want to check that out too.
BTW, unless I'm missing something the integration between Rivian mobile app and the Rivian wall charger is close to non-existent.
Yeah, there really isn’t any significant integration from what I can tell.
 

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I use a Tesla Gen 2 wall connector and with the $150 Lectron 48amp Tesla to J1772 adapter my R1t charges fine at the max 48 amps the truck is designed to accommodate
 

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Does anyone know if the amperage limit for home charging is 48 amps? The amperage setting on my R1S seems to max out at 48, but I may be missing how to increase the amperage above that level. I was thinking about installing a home charger that maxes out at 80 amps, but if the R1S won't take anything above 48, then there's no reason to install the higher amperage charger (it's also not clear to me if regular charging at 80 amps will accelerate battery degradation).

On a related note, if I stick with a 48 amp charger, is there any reason to go with the Rivian Wall Charger? I have one already, and it's fine. I also have a Tesla J1772 charger installed at my in-laws. The Rivian charger doesn't seem to be any better than the Tesla charger, and the Tesla is $350 cheaper.
Won’t go higher than 48A and doesn’t need to. I have a ChargePoint home flex charge that can go up to 50A…you need higher amps for your breaker. 60 or 70. You get 11.5 kW with that which is the max the Rivian takes on a level 2 charger and the same you get with the Rivian home and waypoint chargers if you have enough power coming into your house.
 

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Does anyone know if the amperage limit for home charging is 48 amps? The amperage setting on my R1S seems to max out at 48, but I may be missing how to increase the amperage above that level. I was thinking about installing a home charger that maxes out at 80 amps, but if the R1S won't take anything above 48, then there's no reason to install the higher amperage charger (it's also not clear to me if regular charging at 80 amps will accelerate battery degradation).

On a related note, if I stick with a 48 amp charger, is there any reason to go with the Rivian Wall Charger? I have one already, and it's fine. I also have a Tesla J1772 charger installed at my in-laws. The Rivian charger doesn't seem to be any better than the Tesla charger, and the Tesla is $350 cheaper.
Won’t go higher than 48A and doesn’t need to. I have a ChargePoint home flex charge that can go up to 50A…you need higher amps for your breaker. 60 or 70. You get 11.5 kW with that which is the max the Rivian takes on a level 2 charger and the same you get with the Rivian home and waypoint chargers if you have enough power coming into your house.
 

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Does anyone know if the amperage limit for home charging is 48 amps? The amperage setting on my R1S seems to max out at 48, but I may be missing how to increase the amperage above that level. I was thinking about installing a home charger that maxes out at 80 amps, but if the R1S won't take anything above 48, then there's no reason to install the higher amperage charger (it's also not clear to me if regular charging at 80 amps will accelerate battery degradation).

On a related note, if I stick with a 48 amp charger, is there any reason to go with the Rivian Wall Charger? I have one already, and it's fine. I also have a Tesla J1772 charger installed at my in-laws. The Rivian charger doesn't seem to be any better than the Tesla charger, and the Tesla is $350 cheaper.
Won’t go higher than 48A and doesn’t need to. I have a ChargePoint home flex charge that can go up to 50A…you need higher amps for your breaker. 60 or 70. You get 11.5 kW with that which is the max the Rivian takes on a level 2 charger and the same you get with the Rivian home and waypoint chargers if you have enough power coming into your house.
 
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Won’t go higher than 48A and doesn’t need to. I have a ChargePoint home flex charge that can go up to 50A…you need higher amps for your breaker. 60 or 70. You get 11.5 kW with that which is the max the Rivian takes on a level 2 charger and the same you get with the Rivian home and waypoint chargers if you have enough power coming into your house.
Thanks. I was trying to figure out if the Rivian can draw more than 48 amps and provide more power than 11.5 kW. It can't, so there's no reason for me to buy a level 2 charger that can provide more power.
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