I thought I would ask the Hive Mind in here what my options are.
Here's my situation...
My mains supply (single phase) terminates roughly in the middle of my house under the stairs.
I have Solar, a PowerWall 2 and a 32A charge point, so there are three reasonably hefty cables already making the awkward journey to the nearest outside wall.
Having just taken delivery of my M3 to sit alongside my wife's PHEV, we currently need to keep swapping cables to charge our cars; that's fine at the moment - if a bit of a pain - but she intends to get a MY when they become available in the UK, so this will be much more of a pain when that happens.
We don't mind both cars charging slower if necessary, but we would like a more practical and workable solution.
I've seen YouTube videos from the US saying that dual attach smart chargers are available, but so far I've not found anything in the UK so far. I talked to an installer who said that no such thing exists - clearly wrong - so now I'm a bit stuck.
I know that one option is to install a second charge point, but I'd rather not run another cable through my kitchen - plus, I'm not sure it's possible because some of the adjoining wall spaces are actually quite small.
So, Hive Mind, is there a dual attach charge point that would fit my requirements? I'd prefer to re-use the existing 32A cable as well if possible,
(On the face of it the CTEK Chargestorm Connected 2 might fit the bill CHARGESTORM® CONNECTED 2 - EV Charger | CTEK E-Mobility).
Go.
Here's my situation...
My mains supply (single phase) terminates roughly in the middle of my house under the stairs.
I have Solar, a PowerWall 2 and a 32A charge point, so there are three reasonably hefty cables already making the awkward journey to the nearest outside wall.
Having just taken delivery of my M3 to sit alongside my wife's PHEV, we currently need to keep swapping cables to charge our cars; that's fine at the moment - if a bit of a pain - but she intends to get a MY when they become available in the UK, so this will be much more of a pain when that happens.
We don't mind both cars charging slower if necessary, but we would like a more practical and workable solution.
I've seen YouTube videos from the US saying that dual attach smart chargers are available, but so far I've not found anything in the UK so far. I talked to an installer who said that no such thing exists - clearly wrong - so now I'm a bit stuck.
I know that one option is to install a second charge point, but I'd rather not run another cable through my kitchen - plus, I'm not sure it's possible because some of the adjoining wall spaces are actually quite small.
So, Hive Mind, is there a dual attach charge point that would fit my requirements? I'd prefer to re-use the existing 32A cable as well if possible,
(On the face of it the CTEK Chargestorm Connected 2 might fit the bill CHARGESTORM® CONNECTED 2 - EV Charger | CTEK E-Mobility).
Go.