Can there be phantom charging outside of charging schedule?

[tanka]

If I set the charging schedule to start at midnight. Can the car randomly charge at other times? I read on some post that it can charge at random times in the 6 hours following the schedule start, but that was an old post. Does any of you who tracks those things super religiously know what the current status is?

I have the car on a dryer splitter, which I know some of you will say is not the best, but it will work just fine if I can get confirmation that the car won’t pull any juice outside of its charging schedule.

 

[davewill]

It will turn on the EVSE if you open a door or turn on the climate control. Personally, I'd come up with a solution that didn't have the dryer and the EVSE connected to the same chair at the same time.

 

[theothertom]

Sometimes it will turn on the battery conditioning system (if it's too hot or cold) and pull power from the grid as opposed to the battery. I don't know if this will happen out of the charging schedule window but I suspect it will.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

We have scheduled charging turned on but still see our cars randomly charging some days if we drive the car and then plug in when we return home.

If @tanka isn't going to use a dedicated outlet, they might want to consider the Dryer Buddy or Neocharge.