Reply to thread

I'm not surprised that a 16A EVSE makes a big difference. A car draws a couple of amps of a parasitic load to service its internal circuitry, battery cooling, conversion losses, etc... You're probably doubling your effective charge rate. A long time ago I had an idea to try to draw more than 12A from a 5-15 circuit, but after some problems with heat and tripping the breakers even at 12A I realized that the 5-15s have no power reserves to accommodate such shenanigans.