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BSA Electronics Dryer Buddy
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Nguyenning
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Completely understand. And if I do go down this route, I would get the Plus AUTO version.
I'm also wondering though... even if used 100% properly and correctly, are there any dangers/issues to using a Dryer Buddy? Like overloading a small old panel, melted outlets etc...
It's opening the car door while your dryer is running. You find that outlandishly strange or unusual?
Ha ha HA! You expect people to not use the heat in their cars in the winter? That's pretty psychotic. Most people don't bother to turn the HVAC system off before getting out of the car.
If you get the switching version like that, then no, it wouldn't have any issues like that, because it's still just a regular 30A outlet. It's not overdrawing the circuit as it was already set up.
Nguyenning
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Or hell, maybe I just get rid of my dryer and start hang drying my clothes outside hahaha
Yes, because if someone is using this set up their car is near the dryer do they either started the dryer or should reasonably be able to determine the dryer is running since the car will be near it.
Seeing as the poster is in Texas they aren't worrying about negative temp, or even single digit temps. Also, again, if the person has this set up then they know when the dryer is running. Why would they have the dryer running when they're getting ready to leave? And if the person has this set up then they turn off the auto heat because that's the sacrifice they make by running this set up.
You'd also have to pull all of that current while the heater is running on the car and the dryer, just because a dryer is running doesn't mean the heating element is running, they cycle. So you'd have to have your HVAC set to turn on when you open the car, you'd have to have the dryer running, and the dryer element would have to be heating, at least three things in order for this to work. The simple thing is turn off the HVAC to come on with the door, problem solved, you dont need to run HVAC in the car while it's sitting in a garage anyway.
You have some of the strangest ideas. You think people only run the heat if the temperatures are single digits or below? That's good of you to reassure all of the people of north Texas that the sleet and freezing rain they have is just a figment of their imagination.
Sleet, freezing rain create icy North Texas roads
Not everyone is single. Some people have other people who live in the same house. They are called "family".
But anyway, you made one decent point--that the car and dryer would be near each other, so most of the time hopefully that would be reminder enough to not go open the car door while the dryer is running or to shut off the dryer first.
You had to pull an article from 2015? Dude, no one is dying if they wait to get in the car before turning the heat on. It's part of the compromise of having this set up, can't run both at the same time. Also if your using the dryer connection, I'm willing to bet the car is in the garage and not subject to the few days a year it actually gets really cold.so the temps are in the 50 or 60s at best in a garage
Or shut off HVAC, preconditioning, and whatnot and never have to worry about it. Again, these kinds of setups are a compromise, this is just another one of them. If someone can't handle something that simply perhaps the deserve to have the breaker trip, or their house burn down.
It was just one of the top search results for sleet and freezing rain. I'm pretty sure it happens most years.
Okaaaayyy. I'm just going to leave that one alone.
Nguyenning
Member
Hell, at this point through this thread I'm scared to even use the Dryer Buddy Plus AUTO... getting paranoid now that I'm gonna burn the house down or electrocute myself trying to use this thing properly.
eprosenx
Active Member
Note that recent Tesla firmware updates have changed the behavior such that the Tesla randomly kicks off re-charging throughout the night when it is plugged in. So I come home and plug in, it charges, and then an hour after it is done it kicks back in and charges again for about a minute. It sometimes will do this every hour as well.
Not sure if it is a bug or intended operation.
The point being, you can’t really trust the Tesla.
But I also would call out I don’t think the splitter is the most dangerous thing in the world if managed properly by a single person. Perhaps set the rule that you don’t run laundry when the car is plugged in.
UL and the NEC never would want you to do something like this as you should never trust humans to not make mistakes.
Btw I have not read the whole thread here. Have we ruled out just adding a new circuit dedicated for car charging?
I generally feel that a dedicate circuit (even if only say 20a at 240v) is superior to spending money on things like dryer buddy.
Not sure if it is a bug or intended operation.
The point being, you can’t really trust the Tesla.
But I also would call out I don’t think the splitter is the most dangerous thing in the world if managed properly by a single person. Perhaps set the rule that you don’t run laundry when the car is plugged in.
UL and the NEC never would want you to do something like this as you should never trust humans to not make mistakes.
Btw I have not read the whole thread here. Have we ruled out just adding a new circuit dedicated for car charging?
I generally feel that a dedicate circuit (even if only say 20a at 240v) is superior to spending money on things like dryer buddy.
electricar
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My charger shows it is operating for about a minute now and then but it also seems that something in the car ( fan etc ) is running at the same time so I wonder if the charger is supplying power to the car for that to save the battery but the actual charging only occurs at the scheduled time?
eprosenx
Active Member
So using my Sense Home Energy Monitor I can see that it is drawing the full 48 amps. The only thing that can sink that much power in my car is battery charging just FYI. The heaters can't pull that much. Good idea though!
Eno Deb
Active Member
I just checked my utility's smart meter view and my car doesn't pull anything like that outside of the charging session. The first thing I can see after the session is my coffee machine in the morning.
eprosenx
Active Member
I just checked my utility's smart meter view and my car doesn't pull anything like that outside of the charging session. The first thing I can see after the session is my coffee machine in the morning.
Your utility probably has 15 minute polling resolution I am guessing? But yeah, your car may not be doing the weird thing mine is doing.
Eno Deb
Active Member
True, but if the car pulled 48A for a minute (i.e. around 0.2 kWh) that would definitely be visible.
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I have the auto. It's completely obvious which is being powered. if somehow, they were both powered, which isn't how it works. it would be apparent. And, I'd expect the breaker to trip. I get that isn't the primary plan, but that is actually why the circuit breaker exists.
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