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Just a thought: a sufficiently smart EV and a sufficiently smart garage door could talk to each other to share a circuit. The car just stops charging when the d
by emiliobumachar 8y ago
Just a thought: a sufficiently smart EV and a sufficiently smart garage door could talk to each other to share a circuit. The car just stops charging when the door needs to move, which shouldn't add up to too much time.
Not practical for an individual to develop to solve their individual problem, but maybe it could become a selling point for any particular EV.
- tialaramex 8y agoThe problem isn't "sharing" the circuit, the problem is that the EV charger wants power, as much power as possible, and the circuit to that garage has been sized to allow for just enough to run a bulb and some trivial electrics like a door opener. Say 150W. If you divert that 150W to an EV charger, so little power will make no perceptible difference to the charge overnight. Maybe 3-4 miles per night. And in fact a smart charger might conclude the circuit is faulty and cease charging altogether at this very low input.