Use case · EV charging
Adding EV chargers.
For installers and facilities adding chargers. A sealed answer before anyone quotes a service upgrade.
Chargers are continuous loads. Code counts every one at 125%.
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A 48 A charger is calculated at 60 A. Nameplate math runs out of panel fast.
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Six chargers that fail on paper often clear on measured demand. That is the 220.87 difference.
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Chargers usually land on a dedicated sub-panel. Utility bills cannot see one panel, so we meter it.
The right study for chargers.
Usually the answer · Metered
Dedicated charger sub-panel
We clamp the exact feeder the chargers land on for 30 days. The measured record the code accepts.
Read about it →about 5 weeks
At the service level · Measured
Chargers off the main service
Twelve months of utility records, peak times 125%. A sealed answer in 3 days.
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