Load Balancing for Your Home Charger – Smart, Safe, and Affordable

What is Load Balancing for a Home Charger?

When you install a home charging station, your electricity consumption increases significantly. A charger of, for example, 11 kW combined with other household appliances—such as a heat pump, cooktop, or washing machine—can create a peak in your energy usage. This may lead to overloading your electrical installation.

With Home Load Balancing, this problem is avoided. The charger measures the total household consumption and automatically adjusts the charging power to match. Turn on the dishwasher and cooktop? The charger temporarily reduces the charging capacity. As soon as capacity is available again, more power flows to your car. This way, your energy use always stays balanced, and outages are prevented.

Traditional Load Balancing Modules: Expensive and Complicated

For many traditional chargers, a separate load balancing module is required. This usually involves installing CT clamps in the fuse box with an additional cable to the charger. That makes the installation complex and often unnecessarily expensive.

BlueBird Power’s Solution: Home Load Balancing with a P1 Dongle

The BlueSky charger from BlueBird Power solves this much smarter and more affordably. Instead of an expensive and complicated module, we use a P1 dongle that simply plugs into the smart meter.

This dongle only costs a few tens of euros, is plug-and-play, and communicates directly with the charger. For comparison: with an older charger at Eneco E-Mobility, load balancing costs an additional €149.

(Screenshot of Eneco E-Mobility website)

Benefits of Home Load Balancing the BlueBird Power Way

• Lower Costs
  A P1 dongle is much cheaper than a traditional module with CT clamps and extra cabling.

• Quick and Simple Installation
  No complex installation required: just plug the dongle into the smart meter and you’re ready within minutes.

• Ready for Solar Charging
  As an added benefit, the same P1 dongle can also be used for solar charging—so your EV takes maximum advantage of your self-generated solar energy.

Do I Need Load Balancing for My Home Charger?

Although Home Load Balancing is not mandatory, it is highly recommended in many cases. Do you have other large electricity consumers in addition to your charger, such as a heat pump or induction cooktop? Then the risk of overload is high, and load balancing provides a safe and efficient solution.

With BlueBird Power’s smart approach, you benefit from an affordable and safe way to charge your car at home—without making your installation unnecessarily complex or expensive.

Conclusion: The Smart Choice for 11 kW Home Chargers

With Home Load Balancing from BlueBird Power, you always charge safely and efficiently—without the need for expensive hardware or complicated installation. The easy-to-install P1 dongle can even be used to optimize solar charging.