Setting up power management

Presently, power management must be set up with Eaton working in conjunction with a certified electrician that is installing your EV chargers. Power management is not enabled by default when deploying a new EV charging site. Follow the steps outlined below to set up your power management system:

Preparing and submitting your power managed location details

1. Site electrical infrastructure documentation.

It is preferred that you provide site electrical drawings. If electrical drawings are absolutely unavailable (e.g. very old building retrofits), the installer should provide all relevant details about the site’s electrical infrastructure. 

The following information must be provided to Eaton:

• Main panel at the point of grid interconnection, and any sub-panels below the main panel to which EV chargers are connected
  • Rating of the panels’ breakers (in amperage)
  • Panel names/identifiers 
  • Site power supply type (3-phase, split-phase) and voltage
• List of loads with the following information for each: 
  • Load type: Managed charger or Unmanaged load 
  • Load identifier (serial number or unmanaged load name)
  • Whether the load is connected to a dedicated breaker (and that breaker’s amps rating)
  • For unmanaged loads, the maximum continuous capable current (amps)

2. Load detail form

Complete the Eaton's power management load detail form. This will provide Eaton with:

• Mapping of loads to the identifiers as shown in the electrical drawings 
• Load phase wiring 
• Breaker spaces used for each load

3. Submit the documentation

Once you have collected the Site Electrical Infrastructure Documentation and completed the Load Detail Form as attached to this article, send them to cnmsupport@eaton.com. A member of the ChargeLab team will reach out to you.