Written by Marijn

What's load balancing?

Some charging stations have a dynamic load balancing function. With this, the charging station adjusts the load capacity to the available amount of power in your house. This way, you prevent the fuses in your fuse box from blowing. In this article, you read more on this technology and what the advantages are.

What's dynamic load balancing?

What's dynamic load balancing?

A charging station with load balancing adjusts the power to the available power in your house. Also turning on a cooktop, washing machine, or dryer during charging? Your power consumption is very high at that moment. To prevent the fuses from blowing, the charging speed of your charging station temporarily decreases or even turns off. Done cooking or washing? The charging station notices the low power consumption and ensures that the car is charged again at full speed.

Advantages of load balancing

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We'll list the most important advantages of load balancing for you:

  • You prevent the fuse box from overloading and the fuses blowing.
  • Want to charge 2 cars at the same time? Load balancing is also useful. In combination with a smart charging station, you can set which car you want to charge the fastest, for example.
  • Do you have solar panels? The risk of overload is larger, because a lot of power goes through your fuse box. You can prevent this with load balancing. The charging station also automatically uses the energy you generated yourself, especially during sunny moments.

Load balancing at Coolblue Energy

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Want load balancing with your charging station? Request a quote from Coolblue Energy and request this option. For an extra fee, we'll make sure that this function is added to your charging station. This way, you can charge the electric car without worries.

Marijn
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Marijn Charging Station Expert.