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Plan to turn off car chargers

matelodave
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edited 7 October 2021 at 11:13AM in Motoring
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  • silverwhistle
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    Yep. Nobody in the EV world is worried about this as not charging when the system is stressed is a sensible thing.
    1. Almost all people charging at home respond to the price signals which push them to when the system isn't stressed.
    2. This only applies to smart chargers which are needed to get the installation subsidy. Myself and many others didn't use the subsidy and our chargers aren't switchable.
    3. If push comes to shove you could always use a standard three pin plug for a very slow charge.
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