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Re: Only one EV charger at home?!

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Subject: Re: Only one EV charger at home?!
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by: Ricky - Mon, 17 Jul 2023 21:43 UTC

On Monday, April 17, 2023 at 4:17:37 PM UTC-4, Michael Chare wrote:
> On 16/04/2023 19:44, Colin Bignell wrote:
> > On 16/04/2023 19:12, Commander Kinsey wrote:
> >> On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 18:18:20 +0100, Colin Bignell
> >> <c...@bignellremovethis.me.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 16/04/2023 08:34, Commander Kinsey wrote:
> >>>> https://www.smarthomecharge.co.uk/features/do-you-need-two-home-charge-points-if-you-have-two-evs/
> >>>>
> >>>> "Some products will have the ability to “load share”, which means they
> >>>> will communicate with each if two vehicles are plugged in. In this
> >>>> scenario, they will evenly split the power available so both cars
> >>>> charge
> >>>> at the same rate, but this will be at around 3-3.6kW – in other words
> >>>> half of the available 7.4kW from the supply."
> >>>>
> >>>> WTF? A UK home supply is 24kW.
> >>>
> >>> The most common UK domestic contract is for a 17kVA supply.
> >>
> >> Bollocks. 240V, 100A. Never seen anything else.
> >
> > There are also 80A and 60A main breakers, but the limit to what you can
> > draw is not what the circuit is rated for, but what your contract with
> > the electricity supply company specifies you can have.
> >
> >> And two 7s still fit in 17.
> >
> > Not with a great deal to spare for other uses.
> >
> My house just has a 60 amp fuse so no more than 15kW. Just as well that
> I have no intention of acquiring an electric car. The supply cable runs
> underneath the solid floors of the house according to the details I was
> given when I bought it.

Why would you need a larger feed to charge a car? A car will charge quite well on the same outlet you connect your tea kettle.

Rick C.

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