BrockWI
Well-known member
I just got my level 2 evse in last night and it is nice While it was charging I jumped in and turned the heater on and it worked great, nice and warm.
So this morning, it was fully charged, my wife had to run and pick up one of our boys so I "started" it still plugged in and turned the heat to 80F with re-circ on and fan about 1/2 way. Well 10 minutes later I checked the "TED" and it said there was no power flowing to the evse and I thought, hummmm it is already up to 80F, went out and hopped in to find and it was blowing cold air and the cabin wasn't warmer than outside. I then unplugged the car and did the same thing leaving it in park and it started to warm up right away. She ran her errand, and when she got home plugged it back in and I went out and started the heater again, charging at 77% (set to 80%) and sure enough it was blowing warm air.
So my question is, does the heater only work while the car is "charging" even though it is plugged in? Do I have to unplug it to manually start the heater or re-set the charger to 100% while plugged in to start the charging process again so the heater works?
Yes I know I could use the climate control timer, but on the weekends we never know when we are going to run out for an errand, usually to run the kids somewhere or pick them up.
So this morning, it was fully charged, my wife had to run and pick up one of our boys so I "started" it still plugged in and turned the heat to 80F with re-circ on and fan about 1/2 way. Well 10 minutes later I checked the "TED" and it said there was no power flowing to the evse and I thought, hummmm it is already up to 80F, went out and hopped in to find and it was blowing cold air and the cabin wasn't warmer than outside. I then unplugged the car and did the same thing leaving it in park and it started to warm up right away. She ran her errand, and when she got home plugged it back in and I went out and started the heater again, charging at 77% (set to 80%) and sure enough it was blowing warm air.
So my question is, does the heater only work while the car is "charging" even though it is plugged in? Do I have to unplug it to manually start the heater or re-set the charger to 100% while plugged in to start the charging process again so the heater works?
Yes I know I could use the climate control timer, but on the weekends we never know when we are going to run out for an errand, usually to run the kids somewhere or pick them up.