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The Emporia EVSE with their home energy monitor add-on does the load sharing automatically via a CT clamp on the main panel. I have it set to a 200A total service ceiling — when the dryer and AC kick on simultaneously, the EVSE throttles from 48A to 24A in real time. No manual intervention, no tripping breakers.

The one-pedal muscle memory thing is so real. Drove a rental Camry last spring and spent the first day accidentally coasting through intersections looking for regen that wasn't there. My partner refuses to drive ICE cars anymore for exactly this reason.

The absorption phase timing note is the thing I had to learn the hard way. My original Daly was terminating charge at target voltage immediately — the passive balancer had maybe 8 minutes to work. After switching to a Overkill with configurable absorption time (45 minutes) my pack imbalance at top-of-charge dropped from 18mV to 4mV. Charger configuration is as important as BMS selection.