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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by mcbishop on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @10:17PM (#35351344)
> Just time your charging so it's when you're sleeping, not cooking and doing laundry.

But there's also passing inspection.

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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by BrentOzar on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @07:23AM (#35355557)
That's the problem - the city's inspection assumes full load from each of the appliances, plus some.
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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by rootusrootus on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @11:24PM (#35351940)
> But there's also passing inspection.

Why do you think that would fail inspection? A typical 200A panel has perhaps 400 amps of circuits on it. That's very normal. What primarily matters from a compliance/safety point of view is that the mains breaker is sized to protect the service wiring from overheating.

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