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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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    gkenyon:


    So, "back in the day" it might have been the right thing to do, to bond that garage door, but today (and for well over 25 years) it's perhaps not been thought of in the same way.


    But nor is it prohibited (perhaps it should be). If that door frame were 1 mm to the right and in contact with the gas pipe no-one would even consider it. They're unlikely to worry if I bolt a class I door opener to it or use part of the frame as a convenient mounting point for a light fitting. And if I measured it on a wet day when the brickwork was damp I might be forced to consider it extraneous and required to bond it under today's rules.


    Bits of touchable metal that are inside one end and outside the other are hardly rare. At some point we have to decide to either live with the associated risk or conclude that the whole PME thing is a fundamentally bad idea for anything other than flats.

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    gkenyon:


    So, "back in the day" it might have been the right thing to do, to bond that garage door, but today (and for well over 25 years) it's perhaps not been thought of in the same way.


    But nor is it prohibited (perhaps it should be). If that door frame were 1 mm to the right and in contact with the gas pipe no-one would even consider it. They're unlikely to worry if I bolt a class I door opener to it or use part of the frame as a convenient mounting point for a light fitting. And if I measured it on a wet day when the brickwork was damp I might be forced to consider it extraneous and required to bond it under today's rules.


    Bits of touchable metal that are inside one end and outside the other are hardly rare. At some point we have to decide to either live with the associated risk or conclude that the whole PME thing is a fundamentally bad idea for anything other than flats.

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