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NON COMPLIANT NEW EV INSTALLATIONS

John Peckham
I was sent some information from the ECA concerning an audit undertaken by the Office of Low Emission Vehicles.


The sites inspected were those installed by "qualified" and "registered" installers claiming the OLEV subsidy.


0.8% were found to be dangerous (C1), 19.6% Potentially Dangerous (C2) and 25.6% requires improvement (C3). That makes 46% of new EV installations by qualified and registered persons to be non-compliant.


Am I the only person who thinks this is an utter disgrace?





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    It is the DNO that sets the standard for EV. Of course, there are those that believe otherwise,

    normally on this forum. As a proportion of EV chargers are PME earth protected, when I ask "compliant with what?" If it is not to the PME requirements of the local DNO, then various "codes" do not apply. If an installation is found to be dangerous, ie the rod resistance is too high, the method of earthing should be changed to an independent type ie 1/1 transformer. 


    Just to clarify, if something is dangerous, its no good giving a "C1" and walking away, it should be made safe immediately. Similar to the new rules in Landlords EICR where a dangerous situation must be made safe immediately.


    Regards, UKPNZap
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    It is the DNO that sets the standard for EV. Of course, there are those that believe otherwise,

    normally on this forum. As a proportion of EV chargers are PME earth protected, when I ask "compliant with what?" If it is not to the PME requirements of the local DNO, then various "codes" do not apply. If an installation is found to be dangerous, ie the rod resistance is too high, the method of earthing should be changed to an independent type ie 1/1 transformer. 


    Just to clarify, if something is dangerous, its no good giving a "C1" and walking away, it should be made safe immediately. Similar to the new rules in Landlords EICR where a dangerous situation must be made safe immediately.


    Regards, UKPNZap
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