摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle charger capable of reducing user burden at the time of charging facility introduction.SOLUTION: A vehicle charger includes: a plug cable 24 that receives power from an electric outlet 14; a power supply cable 26 that supplies the power received at the plug cable 24 to an air conditioner 12; a remote controller 32 that controls the air conditioner 12; a charge/discharge circuit 16 that supplies the power received at the plug cable 24 as charging power of a vehicle accumulator battery through a charging plug cable 30; an allowable current monitoring circuit 20 that monitors the power received at the plug cable 24; a used current monitoring circuit 22 that monitors the power supplied to the current monitoring circuit 22 by the power supply cable 26; and a peak-control control unit 18 that controls at least one of driving of the air conditioner 12 and the charging current on the basis of the monitoring result in such a manner the power does not exceed the allowable power of the electric outlet 14. |