Electrician says running the wire out to my detached garage 200 feet away is doable but he wants to size the wire up significantly to deal with voltage drop over that distance, which is adding a lot more to the quote than I expected. I don't really understand how much of a real-world difference this makes versus just being an extra precaution electricians take. Would a run this long on undersized wire actually meaningfully slow down charging, or create any kind of safety issue, or is this mostly a cover-your-bases upcharge? Trying to figure out if it's worth paying for the properly sized wire or if a cheaper gauge would still work fine in practice.
