{"id":23176,"date":"2020-10-15T12:28:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T10:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.wallbox.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=23176"},"modified":"2022-08-10T13:22:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T11:22:45","slug":"adjust-the-charging-current","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.pre.wallbox.com\/na\/knowledge-base\/adjust-the-charging-current\/","title":{"rendered":"How to adjust the charging current"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>If your charger shares a high voltage circuit with other appliances<\/strong>, you may want to temporarily reduce the amperage available to charge your vehicle when operating those other appliances to ensure you do not overload the circuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There are two ways to manage the charging current of your charger:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li><strong>During installation<\/strong>, your installer will have set the physical current selector switch inside the charger to the appropriate amperage suitable for the connected circuit. This ensures that neither the charger nor your vehicle draws more than 80% of the connected circuit\u2019s maximum rating (per the National Electrical Code).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/support.wallbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img1-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.pre.wallbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img1-2.png 206w, https:\/\/support.pre.wallbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img1-2-50x38.png 50w, https:\/\/support.pre.wallbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img1-2-60x45.png 60w, https:\/\/support.pre.wallbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img1-2-100x76.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Using the Wallbox app<\/strong>, you can adjust the current at which your car will charge. <strong>To adjust the lamperage setting:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Log in to the Wallbox app.<\/li><li>On the charger app screen, scroll clockwise the power adjustment wheel to increase the current, or counterclockwise to reduce it.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-info\">Note you cannot exceed the maximum power capacity of your charger. If your installer sets the physical current selection switch to a lower amperage, you cannot exceed that amperage setting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Next<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.wallbox.com\/na\/knowledge-base\/start-pause-charging\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/support.wallbox.com\/na\/knowledge-base\/start-pause-charging\/\"> Starting\/Pausing the Charging<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your charger shares a high voltage circuit with other appliances, you may want to temporarily reduce the amperage available&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[],"ht-kb-tag":[2776,7760,7761,7762,7763,7764,7765,7766,7767],"class_list":["post-23176","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_tag-articles-na","ht_kb_tag-charging-current","ht_kb_tag-charging-power","ht_kb_tag-charge-is-slow","ht_kb_tag-charge-is-long","ht_kb_tag-charging-time","ht_kb_tag-changing-charging-current","ht_kb_tag-power","ht_kb_tag-current-na"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to adjust the charging current - Wallbox Help Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If your charger shares a high voltage circuit with other appliances, you may want to temporarily reduce the amperage available to charge your vehicle when operating those other appliances to ensure you do not overload the circuit.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to adjust the charging current - Wallbox Help Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If your charger shares a high voltage circuit with other appliances, you may want to temporarily reduce the amperage available to charge your vehicle when operating those other appliances to ensure you do not overload the circuit.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/support.pre.wallbox.com\/na\/knowledge-base\/adjust-the-charging-current\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wallbox Help Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-10T11:22:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/support.wallbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img1-2.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/support.pre.wallbox.com\/na\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/support.pre.wallbox.com\/na\/\",\"name\":\"Wallbox Help Center\",\"description\":\"Get help for our products &amp; 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