Hi All,
New to the forum, so please excuse any newbie questions.
I am asking this in a theoretical sense.
My question is, why doesn't tesla have something that measures amperage at the main breaker, so then the wall connector could control amperage given to charging the car, so you can maximum use out of the breaker.
For example, say I have a 100A breaker (limit i want to stay under to avoid tripping the breaker is 80A).
It is recommended to put a 30A breaker, so charge at 24A. Let's say I'm charging for 6 hours to get to the charge level i want to get to in the car. However, I also want to... use the drier, stove, oven, microwave because i'm preparing for a party. Most likely i can't do all these things for 6 hours because i'd be over the 80A limit.
However, if the wall connector could measure current at the main breaker, and fill in the rest, so for example, charge at 48A for 3 hours, and then i could do the rest in three hours, or I could use some things and the charger would adjust amperage to the car to keep the total amperage at the main at 80A i could more effectly use the 80A I have. One would make more effective use of your 80A (times time) if you charge at a higher amperage when things aren't being used, so finish charging the car as quickly as possible and then leave your house free to run other things. This would also be less worrying then turning up and down amperage manually tot he charger to account for this.
Only issue I could see if that if your measurement of amperage at the main was slow or incorrect, you could end up accidentally going over your limit and tripping your breaker.
New to the forum, so please excuse any newbie questions.
I am asking this in a theoretical sense.
My question is, why doesn't tesla have something that measures amperage at the main breaker, so then the wall connector could control amperage given to charging the car, so you can maximum use out of the breaker.
For example, say I have a 100A breaker (limit i want to stay under to avoid tripping the breaker is 80A).
It is recommended to put a 30A breaker, so charge at 24A. Let's say I'm charging for 6 hours to get to the charge level i want to get to in the car. However, I also want to... use the drier, stove, oven, microwave because i'm preparing for a party. Most likely i can't do all these things for 6 hours because i'd be over the 80A limit.
However, if the wall connector could measure current at the main breaker, and fill in the rest, so for example, charge at 48A for 3 hours, and then i could do the rest in three hours, or I could use some things and the charger would adjust amperage to the car to keep the total amperage at the main at 80A i could more effectly use the 80A I have. One would make more effective use of your 80A (times time) if you charge at a higher amperage when things aren't being used, so finish charging the car as quickly as possible and then leave your house free to run other things. This would also be less worrying then turning up and down amperage manually tot he charger to account for this.
Only issue I could see if that if your measurement of amperage at the main was slow or incorrect, you could end up accidentally going over your limit and tripping your breaker.