Guy rang me yesterday, He wants to plug his EV in and charge it overnight at his static caravan. He only has a 2OA supply: that's fine he can in theory plug in via a 13A socket and trickle charge. What he wants/needs is some sort of management system that will turn off his charger if he turns on say kettle and toaster first thing; I don't even know if this sort of thing is available, I would think it would have to be installed at the CU and won't be cheap. I think I'm going to tell him he needs to speak to a registered EV point installer, as (before I even look) there's probably all sorts of issues here with liability, and additional earthing requirement/ RCD issues, but any thoughts? It''s an interesting and not unreasonable question, and i guess likely to be commonplace in the future. You have a static: how do you charge your car when you're there?
Thanks guys: I Iike to learn about new products and EV has clearly a big future, but as a 60 yo part time spark in a rural area, I can really do without the hassle of any issues that may come up with this, so will probably chicken out. I'm sure you're right about the restart on power loss Thinking about it you'd be pretty pi **ed if you got up for work to find your EV was flat 'cause one of the kids had tripped the RCD, reset it and gone to bed !
I'll probably go and see the guy, have a chat, and if he really can't get another spark, sort it out for him, but it might be best left I think.
Thanks guys: I Iike to learn about new products and EV has clearly a big future, but as a 60 yo part time spark in a rural area, I can really do without the hassle of any issues that may come up with this, so will probably chicken out. I'm sure you're right about the restart on power loss Thinking about it you'd be pretty pi **ed if you got up for work to find your EV was flat 'cause one of the kids had tripped the RCD, reset it and gone to bed !
I'll probably go and see the guy, have a chat, and if he really can't get another spark, sort it out for him, but it might be best left I think.
