Home charging rate options

[skidoofast]

Regular home electricity is 12.4 cents per KW

our electric company has 2 ev charging rates (need special meter installed)
10pm - 8am 6.46 cents
8am - 10pm no charging

8pm -8am 8.9 cents
8am -4pm 17cents
4pm -8pm 40-50 cents

my question is: if I come home at 5:30pm and needed a top off before the evening why wouldn’t I plug into a welder outlet in my outbuilding at 12.4 cents per KW instead of using the 40-50 cent plan

I understand I may need another charger in the outbuilding

my electric company has a $500 credit for the purchase of a charger and there are some reasonably priced chargers on the internet

 

[WV Slateman]

I don't know, why wouldn't you? Make sense to me. You wouldn't need another charger, as that's part of the vehicle. Just plug the cable into the outbuilding. I would us the cheap nighttime charging and plug into the outbuilding any other time.

 

[mikell]

What's the voltage / wattage to charge? I'm thinking timer. I have an outlet that my Karen neighbor pays for and she doesn't know it. From a Christmas decoration border war before both of our times here.

 

[Rocks]

That second plan looks like a trap.

The first looks mostly ok, especially if you can do most of your charging in the cheap window, and have a "smuggers socket" for emergencies. Most importantly, it won't explode your bill with one afternoon's carelessness.

 

[kvermeer]

Because 6.46 cents per kWh is an absurdly fantastic price. Most of the planet is jealous of rates like that!

Why do you expect to need a top off in the evening between 5:30 and 10? If you drove 200 miles before 5:30, the last thing I'd want to do that day is another road trip in the evening.

Just set your charger's timer (or the Slate's timer, assuming it has such a setting) to wait to charge until 10pm and get back to 100% on L2 by 8am.