The main task of the Easee Equalizer is to ensure that the home does not use more electricity than the main fuse can handle. If the electricity consumption in the house becomes too high, the Equalizer will reduce or temporarily stop charging.
The size of the main fuse varies from home to home and affects how fast the car can charge.
In this article, we explain some of the most common situations that can affect the charging speed.
Low main fuse (16A–25A)
In some countries, such as Sweden, it is common to have a main fuse of 16–25A. This is also common in cabins and holiday homes. With a main fuse of this size, it is very normal to experience the charging stopping, often in winter with higher indoor consumption. The reason for this is that the car can often use the entire main fuse size if there were no form of limitation.
You can see which main fuse is registered in the Easee app.
Tips:
Avoid using many power-consuming appliances at the same time as the car is charging.
Check which appliances in the home use a lot of electricity.
To avoid large fluctuations in power consumption, the Equalizer will wait a while before supplying power to the car again. Usually, this takes up to 10 minutes after capacity becomes available.
If the power varies a lot, some cars may interpret this as a problem and stop charging.
If the main fuse limit is manually reduced
Some choose to reduce the main fuse in the settings, for example to:
keep power consumption low
avoid high power tariffs
limit how fast the car charges
When the limit is reduced, the Equalizer will still wait up to 10 minutes with stable available capacity before supplying more power to the car. This is done to avoid frequent changes in charging speed.
If you want to reduce power consumption to stay below power tariffs, you can read more here:
→ Power management and consumption
Power must be available on all phases
If the car charges with 3-phase, there must be sufficient power available on all three phases.
If one phase is more loaded than the others, the car may stop charging or charge more slowly.
This can happen because some appliances in the home use power from one specific phase, while other phases have lower consumption.
The Equalizer will normally handle this by adjusting the charging speed automatically.