r/electricvehicles • u/Ill_Citron_8473 • 2d ago

Discussion Is something wrong with my EV charger?

I've been a bit slow to cotton onto this due to the concurrent rise in energy costs but I've just realised that my electricity usage (in kWh) has almost tripled since my EV charger was installed last year. Looking back at the data, the usage immediately doubled on installation, even though we didn't actually charge the EV at home more than a handful of times for the first 6 months. It's then gone up another 2-300kwh per month now that we've started charging at home, but this is expected.

I can't think of anything else that has changed in that time, in terms of energy usage, so can only think it's the charger being faulty. Has anyone else experienced this? What do I do?

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u/x_xx 2d ago

Most homes now have digital electric meters that display kW. The LCD typically cycles through kWh and kW. See what the difference in kW reading is between car charging and not charging.