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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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    So it appears that about 60% of electricians have the required skill and knowledge to do the job properly.

    I am not surprised, you have only got to look in on here now and again. They have an award for post of the week, (which has gone to me this week for my piece on EV PME) They should have one for naff topic/s. They would be giving out awards like confetti. This week I would put forward, "Will I get brain damage if a charger is plugged in to a sw/skt next to my pillow?" EV/PME charging installers have no chance, even with the advice from the might of one of the greatest DNOs in the world they still cant grasp the basics even though the strategy is freely available. There is the usual earthing and bonding of course, instead of talking to the local DNO, they prefer to purchase endless "guide books" in glossy magazine format. or worse, talk to the IET "technical helpline" where the caller ends up so confused by the response of, "which era was the bonding installed?" As if physics change. Moving swiftly on, after years of having a perfectly good system of PIR, the "Regs" publishers decide  on a new term, "EICR". Already a disaster in the landlord and tenant arena. 

    we have electricians fighting each other for work and getting to the level of PAT testing. Just this  week I was trapped by an "inspector" working in a car park. He claimed to test 80 circuits in the four storeys in the day. I noted he didn't leave the switch room.

    Mind how you go.

    Regards, UKPNZap
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    So it appears that about 60% of electricians have the required skill and knowledge to do the job properly.

    I am not surprised, you have only got to look in on here now and again. They have an award for post of the week, (which has gone to me this week for my piece on EV PME) They should have one for naff topic/s. They would be giving out awards like confetti. This week I would put forward, "Will I get brain damage if a charger is plugged in to a sw/skt next to my pillow?" EV/PME charging installers have no chance, even with the advice from the might of one of the greatest DNOs in the world they still cant grasp the basics even though the strategy is freely available. There is the usual earthing and bonding of course, instead of talking to the local DNO, they prefer to purchase endless "guide books" in glossy magazine format. or worse, talk to the IET "technical helpline" where the caller ends up so confused by the response of, "which era was the bonding installed?" As if physics change. Moving swiftly on, after years of having a perfectly good system of PIR, the "Regs" publishers decide  on a new term, "EICR". Already a disaster in the landlord and tenant arena. 

    we have electricians fighting each other for work and getting to the level of PAT testing. Just this  week I was trapped by an "inspector" working in a car park. He claimed to test 80 circuits in the four storeys in the day. I noted he didn't leave the switch room.

    Mind how you go.

    Regards, UKPNZap
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