sirenbrian
Active member
Hi everyone,
I've ordered a 2013 Leaf which I plan to trickle charge each night (120V) instead of installing a 240V EVSE. I only drive 30 miles a day, so I'm quite certain this will be sufficient to top the car up every night.
My garage has a 120V plug socket in the ceiling, which connects to a 15A breaker in the wall panel. The garage door opener is currently connected to this plug socket and we use it several times each day, of course.
My 1st "gee I hope this works" idea is to put an ordinary splitter on this plug socket and connect BOTH the garage door opener AND the Leaf's trickle charger at the same time, on the assumption that for most of the day, only one of these will be active at a time.
My question is this; will the breaker be tripped if the LEAF is charging and I open the garage door? Or will the LEAF temporarily stop drawing power while the door is opened/closed, then resume charging when the garage door opener has completed its work?
I'm assuming that the breaker would trip, but I thought I'd ask. I'm really looking forward to getting the car!
I've ordered a 2013 Leaf which I plan to trickle charge each night (120V) instead of installing a 240V EVSE. I only drive 30 miles a day, so I'm quite certain this will be sufficient to top the car up every night.
My garage has a 120V plug socket in the ceiling, which connects to a 15A breaker in the wall panel. The garage door opener is currently connected to this plug socket and we use it several times each day, of course.
My 1st "gee I hope this works" idea is to put an ordinary splitter on this plug socket and connect BOTH the garage door opener AND the Leaf's trickle charger at the same time, on the assumption that for most of the day, only one of these will be active at a time.
My question is this; will the breaker be tripped if the LEAF is charging and I open the garage door? Or will the LEAF temporarily stop drawing power while the door is opened/closed, then resume charging when the garage door opener has completed its work?
I'm assuming that the breaker would trip, but I thought I'd ask. I'm really looking forward to getting the car!