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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:

    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.




    Quite so. Why would an ordinary person think that there were any restrictions as to what may be plugged into a 13 A socket? It isn't obvious that an EV shouldn't be plugged in via an extension lead even if it goes across the road. Nor for that matter is there any reason why an ordinary person would know that the total load in a double socket should not exceed 13 A.


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    Simon Barker:

    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.




    Quite so. Why would an ordinary person think that there were any restrictions as to what may be plugged into a 13 A socket? It isn't obvious that an EV shouldn't be plugged in via an extension lead even if it goes across the road. Nor for that matter is there any reason why an ordinary person would know that the total load in a double socket should not exceed 13 A.


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