JC Mann
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You can find out whether there are off-peak hours by asking your electricity provider. Actually, every provider has off-peak hours. The better question is whether they have a plan which offers you a discount. Mine, for example, has a plan that charges me 20% less between 9pm and 6am. So I charge between those hours and see a discount every month. Oh, by the way, I also do laundry and dshes after 9pm.There are several ways of skinning the cat, I agree. My comment was based on the super off peak rate in the post. I have no idea of what hours the On peak hours are! But let us assume they are between 18.00 and 20.30, when everybody returns home. They set the aircon to max, start cooking and turn on lights and televisions etc.
If you now have set your minimum charge to 85% and plug your car in at 18.00 you will be using the on peak rate for 2.5 hours and the normal off peak rate for 2.5 hours?
It is still cheaper than petrol but not optimal.
If you on the other hand set a departure timer for 07.00, the car will start charging at a suitable time so that it can reach the set (85%) level by 07.00. The time it will start depends of course on how powerful the charger is and the SOC of the batttery?
Just my thoughts.
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