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Hi All,
I've got my car set up to use 12 amps and to charge on a schedule according to the off-peak billing times.
Many times now, my wife will forget to unplug the Volt before running our vacuum cleaner and that will trip a breaker. I'm pretty sure that this causes the car to charge at 8 amps, and it might also cause it to revert to charging as soon as it's plugged in (not according to the off-peak schedule).
I'm getting pretty good at remembering to go fix this, since I'm the one that usually resets the breaker, but I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to handle this better. For example, is there a way to get alerted when the car decides to move back to 8 amps, or a way to force it to always stay on 12 amps?
I've got my car set up to use 12 amps and to charge on a schedule according to the off-peak billing times.
Many times now, my wife will forget to unplug the Volt before running our vacuum cleaner and that will trip a breaker. I'm pretty sure that this causes the car to charge at 8 amps, and it might also cause it to revert to charging as soon as it's plugged in (not according to the off-peak schedule).
I'm getting pretty good at remembering to go fix this, since I'm the one that usually resets the breaker, but I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to handle this better. For example, is there a way to get alerted when the car decides to move back to 8 amps, or a way to force it to always stay on 12 amps?