Electrician installed a NEMA 14-50 outlet and I'm using a plug-in charger, mostly because it was faster to schedule and I liked the idea of being able to take the charger with me if we ever move. Now I'm three weeks in and down a rabbit hole of posts showing melted outlets and scorched plugs, and I'm second-guessing the whole decision. The outlet itself looks fine, no discoloration, and the electrician said it was torqued properly, but I have no way to actually verify that myself. Is this a real enough risk that I should pay to have it redone as hardwired, or is a correctly installed plug-in setup genuinely just as safe as everyone with a working one says it is? Trying to figure out if I'm about to spend another $300-400 on paranoia or on something I'll be glad I did in five years.
