We have a group of multiple houses, in the UK, with a single charging station (a Rolec EV Basic Charge 7.2kW:

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That station doesn’t seem to have any smart component to keep track of its consumption. It’s all plugged on a shared electric meter for which we pay the bill as a group of home owners. This means that if some of us are using the charging station it will inflate the bill but we can’t know who used what and produce a fair split.

Any idea how we could do to measure what is every individual consuming? Maybe the RolecEV can be retrofitted with a smart meter somehow? Or using cables with integrated meters?

  • reddit455@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    aside from new (fancier) commercial hardware…

    the “honor system”?

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    will inflate the bill but we can’t know who used what and produce a fair split.

    how much money is at stake, here?

    how many people “participate” -

    can you take the past bills and come up with a communal pot that covers it?

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    It’s all plugged on a shared electric meter for which we pay the bill as a group of home owners.

    what else is on the shared meter?

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    instead of doing this shared thing, why don’t you all get your own?