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Supply for a camper van.

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A neighbour has just bought a camper van and I noticed that it is plugged into a garage socket whilst it is on the drive. I guess this so that they can do any fitting out it needs and keeping it's battery charged.


Having been reading the posts on EV charging, I am wondering whether similar requirements would apply to a regular 13A socket whether inside the garage, or outside the garage?  The supply is 1-phase TN-S 

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    Simon Barker:
    davezawadi (David Stone):

    Surely a motor home is a motorised caravan, so is subject to section 717, and the parking space section 707. The dangers are exactly the same as electric vehicle charging, and a shock between the vehicle and the ground around it, or PME earthed extraneous parts close by, is equally possible. I have not noticed many owners taking any notice of these regulations in my locality, either with motor homes or caravans.


    That's because the average householder doesn't even know those sections exist.  There's no requirement for a householder to comply with any particular British Standard when putting a 13A plug into a 13A socket.


    That's the daft thing about it all.  We have the ESQCR and BS7671, and all their ridiculously complicated rules.  But the average householder knows nothing about them.




    The legislation in this particular case influences the intendant "British Standard Requirements" ... and so the circle keeps being "squared".


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    Simon Barker:
    davezawadi (David Stone):

    Surely a motor home is a motorised caravan, so is subject to section 717, and the parking space section 707. The dangers are exactly the same as electric vehicle charging, and a shock between the vehicle and the ground around it, or PME earthed extraneous parts close by, is equally possible. I have not noticed many owners taking any notice of these regulations in my locality, either with motor homes or caravans.


    That's because the average householder doesn't even know those sections exist.  There's no requirement for a householder to comply with any particular British Standard when putting a 13A plug into a 13A socket.


    That's the daft thing about it all.  We have the ESQCR and BS7671, and all their ridiculously complicated rules.  But the average householder knows nothing about them.




    The legislation in this particular case influences the intendant "British Standard Requirements" ... and so the circle keeps being "squared".


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