How the installation usually goes
A look before anything's ordered
The electrician checks whether the home has single or three phase power, whether the wiring can take the extra load, and whether the switchboard has room for a new breaker. That's the WA Government's checklist for any home charger, and a Wall Connector is no different.
Choosing the spot
Where you park decides where the unit goes and how far the cable runs from the board. Stand in the garage or carport with the electrician and decide together.
Board work, if it's needed
A full board, no safety switch or a main switch that isn't up to it gets sorted first. Switchboard upgrades for solar and EV chargers explains what that involves.
Installing to Tesla's instructions
The unit is mounted, wired on its own circuit and set up for your supply, following the installation requirements in Tesla's current manual.
Paperwork and the certificate
Some networks want to know. Ausgrid says you may need to notify it depending on the installation, and in South Australia every charger installation still needs an eCoC. You get your state's compliance certificate when the job's done.
What we can tell you about the charger itself
Honestly, not much. We couldn't confirm Tesla's specifications from its Australian pages, so we don't publish power settings, cable length or features. The electrician should work from Tesla's current installation manual, and the product details are in Tesla's own documents or your order paperwork. Our Tesla Wall Connector page has what we do know.
Apartments and strata
In a New South Wales apartment you need strata approval before a wall charger goes in. In October 2026 the NSW Government announced that Parliament had passed a bill giving owners the right to install EV charging on their own lot without unreasonable objection from the strata committee, but it gave no start date. Get approval in writing before you book.
Questions that matter for the install
- How many EV chargers do you install, and have you fitted a Wall Connector before?
- Will you work from Tesla's current installation manual for this unit?
- How will the cable run from the switchboard, and how will it be protected along the way?
- Does my network need to be notified, and will you lodge it?
- Is any switchboard work needed, and is it in the written quote?
- How will you set the charger up for the supply this house has?
Your part, and the licensed part
You can
- Pick where you'll park and where you'd like the unit.
- Get strata approval in writing if you're in an apartment.
- Have Tesla's documents ready for the electrician.
- Use a portable lead in an ordinary power point until it's done, if your car came with one.
Leave to a licensed electrician
- Running the dedicated circuit and mounting the charger.
- Any switchboard, safety switch or supply upgrade.
- Setting the charger up to suit your supply.
- Network paperwork where needed, testing and the certificate.
Our advice
Energy NSW recommends quotes from licensed electricians with EV charger experience, and that's where we'd start. We'd have the electrician look at the board and supply before the Wall Connector is delivered, then ask them to confirm in writing that they'll install it to Tesla's current manual. Keep that note with your certificate.
Want a specialist to sort it?
Tell us the job and your postcode. We match the licence-checked local electrician who does this kind of work, and they call you. No ring-around, and your number goes to them alone.