Charger plug doesn’t fit under outdoor weatherproof cover

would this work?

extra_large_outdoor_outlet_cover_for_the_charging

 

you might find something online, or an electrical supply house. maybe the electrician can direct you

 

Don't know if it's also in the Gen 5 owners manual ( I'd suspect it still is ). And from your pics it looks like the brick is hanging from the plug. The cover is the least of your problems if the brick is hanging and or exposed during rain or other inclement weather.

 

It would be nice if the cover would close, but how crucial is it? I think your usage is not unusual, a right- angle plug, while esthetically better, is maybe not necessary ; the main intent of that cover being to keep the outlet cleaner over the years. In the picture showing it in use, the partially raised cover looks to still be fairly effective, at sheltering it from rain.

Consider the other end of the connection too, at the car; is it even more exposed?

Maybe some electricians will weigh in?

BTW, is that 240 volt? (revealing my very limited electrical knowledge)

 

the car end is protected by design, but for those concerned, there are weather resistant covers available.
the out end is interesting.
idk the code, but i used to plug in outdoors at work.
no cover at all, just the flip back sideways hinged outlet cover, and rain and snow never affected anything.
that was 120v. op's pic is also 120v. 240v would have a very different plug design.

 

Yeah we've got an outside wall 120 volt duplex outlet, looks like this:


Is this upside down btw, or is there some reason? Typical interior outlet is oriented to have the ground at bottom. I've got an ancient recollection, some electrician explaining the reasoning: if the plug was to weigh enough to start pulling out, the ground prong would stay in the longest, so it was safer.

 

exactly like that.
good question. i think i looked it up once and the ground should be on the bottom iirc, but could be wrong.
outside could be different, but sometimes these things are too nuanced.
code writers get carried away sometimes, and many licensed contractors have no idea what they are talking about and make it up as they go along.
especially if it means correcting something for free.

 

Interesting read, and yeah, makes sense.

We had one outlet in the house upside down, out in the garage. I recently “fixed it”…

 

i can't even look at the upside down ones without going crosseyed.

interesting that you might drop a fork in a hospital, but not in any other situation

 

Nice Job, neat and well done!