EasySplit 220™ #2 – 240v outlet splitter for Electric Vehicle Charging Station

Description

The EasySplit 220™ allows you to share your Dryer outlet with your EVSE. Allows both to share the 30 amp Dryer outlet, no more swapping plugs wearing out your Dryer outlet! Charge at night when not doing laundry and use the full circuit to charge your car. View line voltage, amperage draw, wattage draw and kilowatt hours consumed in real time on the beautiful meter. Great for apartment dwellers, temp housing or an easy hookup at a friend’s/relative’s house. This unit is built with two NEMA 14-30 outlets. Input power cable is a NEMA 14-30.
Be sure to set your Electric Vehicle or EV Charging Station (EVSE) to 24amps or less when using the EasySplit 220™ (max draw for 30amp Dryer Circuit).
Have a look in my
Options and Upgrades
collection for several popular Options for your new Dryer Buddy, such as a Remote EVSE Outlet and more!, they are sorted by popularity
EasySplit 220™ vs. Dryer Buddy PLUS vs. Dryer Buddy Plus AUTO
The original EasySplit 220™ featured here on this page is a splitter (both outlets always live), it is
not automatic and doesn't perform switching
, If you would like switching read below for the Dryer Buddy
PLUS
or Dryer Buddy
Plus
AUTO
What is a Dryer Buddy
Plus
? The Dryer Buddy
Plus
is a
manual
2-way switcher based. It allows you to share your Dryer outlet with your EVSE or any appliance like a Bitcoin miner. Only one outlet is live at a time, by default it’s the dryer outlet (on the left) with a flip of the switch, power is toggled to the EVSE outlet only. Designed so other members of the house don’t accidentally start the Dryer while you’re charging your EV;
The Dryer Buddy
Plus
AUTO is a
fully automatic
2-way switcher based on the original Dryer Buddy
Plus
It allows you to share your Dryer outlet with your EVSE without having to flip any switches. Basic operation is simple, the Dryer outlet is always live and the EVSE outlet is only live when there is enough amperage available to charge your EV. When the Dryer is off it is drawing little to no amps so the EVSE outlet is switched on allowing your EV to charge. If the Dryer is turned on at any time then the EVSE outlet is switched off, when the Dryer is done, power is restored to the EVSE outlet and if your EV needs charging it will resume charging. Designed so other members of the house don't have to understand anything technical to use the Dryer when they need to do a load of laundry.
For the
PLUS
and
Plus
AUTO models the meter is wired to read system Voltage and only meter the Current flowing through the EVSE outlet, unlike the EasySplit 220™ where the meter reads all Current flowing through the unit. In this configuration the Kilowatt Hours (kWh's) will only accumulate for Energy flowing through the EVSE outlet (on the right of the face) this value is stored between power outages and may be reset when you like. This allows you to see only the Energy your Electric vehicle has consumed.
Note:
Some high efficiency Dryers such as the Bosch Series 800 Max slowly ramp the speed of the motor and don't draw significant current (over 3.5 amps) while running which will cause the Dryer Buddy Plus AUTO to switch the EVSE outlet off or it may switch several times in a short period. For these Dryers we recommend either the Dryer Buddy PLUS, that unit offers manual switching between outlets or adding the Delay controller Upgrade Pak to the Dryer Buddy Plus AUTO, The delay kit solves this issue.
Need some help identifying your wall outlet? We can help! Below is a description of the more common NEMA outlets and their numbers as well as some handy NEMA plug charts. You can also email us a pic of your plugs and outlets you need help identifying and we would be happy to help.
Here are the more common NEMA outlets:
5-15 standard 15A 120 volt household outlet, the most common you see everywhere.
5-20 standard 20A 120 volt household outlet, required by code in bathroom and behind your refrigerator.
6-15 standard 15A 240 volt household outlet, found in homes and motels for running in-wall Air Conditioners, it’s the smaller brother to the NEMA 6-20 outlet. The 5-20 is not as common as a 6-20 outlet with it’s “T” shaped slot as it will accept both 6-20 and 6-15 plugs.
6-20 standard 20A 240 volt household outlet, found in homes and motels for running in-wall Air Conditioners, also found occasionally in residential garages.
6-50 standard 50A 240 volt 3-prong outlet, found in shops and garages used for large welders.
10-30 standard 30A 240 volt 3-prong Dryer outlet found in homes build before 1996
14-30 standard 30A 240 volt 4-prong Dryer outlet found in homes build in 1996 and newer
14-50 standard 50A 240 volt 4-prong Range (electric stove top) outlet, also called RV-50 at the RV parks. By far the best universal connector to have for an EVSE. This is the one the Tesla guys install in their garages.
TT-30 (Travel Trailer 30amp) 30A 240 volt 3-prong outlet, the older style found in RV parks, not used in residential homes.
L6-30 (locking 240 volt 30amp) Twist-Lock 30A 240 volt outlet, my personal favorite locking connector, easy to find in stores, works great for adding adapters to portables EVSE’s equipped with a L6-30 plug.
220/240 volt outlets are commonly install with the ground pin towards the ceiling for safety. 110/120 volt outlets can be found mounted in all directions. Be sure to carefully look at your outlet and the chart, it's easy to mistake one outlet for another if your outlet has it's ground pin facing the floor instead of the ceiling or Vice Versa compared to the chart.
In the full NEMA number you will see a capital R or P. The R stands for Receptacle (outlet) and the P stands for Plug, we commonly truncate this to just the numbers and add the word receptacle (or outlet) at the end. For example 14-50R becomes 14-50 receptacle or 14-50 outlet.
Need some extra length between your Dryer outlet and EasySplit 220™ or between the EasySplit 220™ and your Electric Vehicle Charging Station (EVSE)? I custom build extension cords to the length your need and with the plug and outlet of your choice, see my extensions in the Adapter’s section for several models.
Email me with your custom request.
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