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EV CHARGING EQUIPMENT

John Peckham
I am hearing from my network of contractors, that have actually read the new 722, that they have been asking charging equipment manufactures for documentary proof to comply with Note 5 of 722.411.4.


They are getting knocked back for asking or in one case a Declaration that says the particular device complies with BS 7671. I think that is wrong to declare that as BS 7671 is an installation safety standard and not a product standard. I believe that as a minimum the equipment must comply with the Low Voltage Directive and be CE marked. I also believe that manufacturers have to issue a Declaration of Conformity. 


BS 7671 722 has numerous references to the various standards required such as BS EN 61851 that the equipment must comply with. I am thinking it may be illegal to offer the sale of equipment that does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and is not CE marked?


I am hoping the countries top man of equipment safety standards, Paul Skyrme , sees this post and will come on and give us his expert view?


Has any forum member asked for a Declaration of Conformity from EV charging equipment manufacturers and received one?
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    Is this still an evolving field, or have the standards pretty much settled down?


    I have a petrol car; there are filling stations everywhere and I know that the nozzle will always fit my tank. I can go to Europe and find exactly the same petrol there. Other people with different cars can do the same.


    If there are different standards for the cars, that is something for the manufacturers to sort out. I don't think that we could make current cars obsolete, so there must continue to be backwards compatibility. (If there were not, then people would not risk buying EVs.)


    If the PME business just applies here, we have to sort it out, especially since Brexit. It is no use expecting the manufacturers to make UK only models - RHD/LHD is bad enough - thank God that the Japanese drive on the left!


    Is the problem BS 7671? For example, were we better off with the 17th+3 liberal approach to domestic EVCPs? What has driven two changes in less than two years - surely not a spate of deaths or near misses?


    What a ***'s muddle! I stand by with a spare way in my DB ready for when I can be confident that any EVCP which I might install will remain compliant for more than half a dog watch.
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    Is this still an evolving field, or have the standards pretty much settled down?


    I have a petrol car; there are filling stations everywhere and I know that the nozzle will always fit my tank. I can go to Europe and find exactly the same petrol there. Other people with different cars can do the same.


    If there are different standards for the cars, that is something for the manufacturers to sort out. I don't think that we could make current cars obsolete, so there must continue to be backwards compatibility. (If there were not, then people would not risk buying EVs.)


    If the PME business just applies here, we have to sort it out, especially since Brexit. It is no use expecting the manufacturers to make UK only models - RHD/LHD is bad enough - thank God that the Japanese drive on the left!


    Is the problem BS 7671? For example, were we better off with the 17th+3 liberal approach to domestic EVCPs? What has driven two changes in less than two years - surely not a spate of deaths or near misses?


    What a ***'s muddle! I stand by with a spare way in my DB ready for when I can be confident that any EVCP which I might install will remain compliant for more than half a dog watch.
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