I don’t have any electric showers, got rid of them years ago, however, my understanding with the Andersen, is that the normal charge output of 7kw, is reduced, if a high demand item/s are turned on in the house. The Andersen has load management built in, many others also have this facility, so it would reduce the charge to the car, until the internal household demand, reduces, or stops. This is all automatically done.When you have it in, can you confirm that you cannot use the electric shower while charging. And I can assume you can only charge one car at a time if there are more cars in the family.
how much are vw charging for their charger? you could get an eo mini which would have 1 and 2 for 1200 installed (600 net of grant)I'm getting an EV this week. Setting up the order for the charger. Options are, in order of cost:
1. Up to 11kw and integrated charging
2. Add..LAN & WIFI control, via app
3. As above plus RFID acces protection and MID certified energy meter
This will be installed on our private property at the back of the house. I think 1 is sufficient.
Any views?
A little over €1200 for the basic charger, supplied and fitted.how much are vw charging for their charger? you could get an eo mini which would have 1 and 2 for 1200 installed (600 net of grant)
Do the maths on it.Thanks Zenith - it seems like having the solar connectivity is worthwhile
yep, far more likely to make sense to charge on a night rate.Do the maths on it.
How ofter is your car at home during the day when the sun is shining?
How often are you that sure of the above that you don't allow your car to charge the previous night (when electricity is much cheaper).
May make financial sense in some cases but in most it does not.
The shower is only 10 min but a washer machine cycle can take hoursThere are several EV chargers that can integrate solar PV charging, i don’t know them all, but do know the Zappi, and the Andersen A2, both can manage PV charging, which is probably the “integrated” you were referring to.
I don’t have any electric showers, got rid of them years ago, however, my understanding with the Andersen, is that the normal charge output of 7kw, is reduced, if a high demand item/s are turned on in the house. The Andersen has load management built in, many others also have this facility, so it would reduce the charge to the car, until the internal household demand, reduces, or stops. This is all automatically done.
In practice, this is a short temporary reduction in charge to the car, so, i have noticed for example if we had a washing machine on at the same time, and say an electric kettle, the charge to the car will reduce, until those items reduce their demand, or are turned off. In practice, we are talking minutes.
Its not in any way an issue for me, as any reduction, is temporary. In any event, most newish EV’s have at least 40 kw batteries, so its going to take 6 hours minimum to charge from empty, so a washing machine on at full spin, only lasts say 15 minutes, and one can schedule charging via the app, to take place at night, or at a time when those household loads are not happening.
I can only charge one of the cars at a time from the charger, i charge once every 6 to 9 days, so its not an issue at all for me. I do have an external weatherproof 3 pin socket- out front, so could in theory, charge the other EV at the same time. As its 3 pin, its a much slower charging rate of around 3kw,so would take more than twice as long to charge the EV, but have never had to do this.
I have monitored this, on the Andersen app, it shows the amount being used at a given time, both the total inside the house and a seperate reading for the external car charging..The shower is only 10 min but a washer machine cycle can take hours
A washing machine won't draw significant current for much of its cycle.The shower is only 10 min but a washer machine cycle can take hours
I would think the heater would take more energy than the spinI have monitored this, on the Andersen app, it shows the amount being used at a given time, both the total inside the house and a seperate reading for the external car charging..
We typically use a 105 minute cycle on the washing machine, but this cycle only reaches peak energy usage, for the fast spin towards the end, which is about 15 minutes. So during at least 90 minutes of that wash cycle, there is zero drop off on the 7kw charging.
As i mentioned before, one can schedule the car charging, to take place during the night,
One can also avail of cheaper night rates. In fact, one could pre set the time the washing machine, to start at 23:00, and the car to start charging at 00:15. Etc etc.
Some people have also got a false impression, that you have to charge your EV every day, i charge every 6 to 9 days, i do about 300kms per week, this will increases outside of winter period, that includes a 5 day roundtrip commute of 100kms per week, so it depends on your weekly commute, and average driving mileage of course.
And the heater is only operational for minutes, not hours.I would think the heater would take more energy than the spin
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