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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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    I am happy to be corrected on the lack of the need for a fault in the charging equipment but it seems abundantly clear that, should the neutral be lost in a PME supply, then this needs tackling at source, i.e. detected and isolated at the incomer as it can cause all sorts of other dangers, not least the danger that I am on a lightly loaded phase and my neighbours on a heavily loaded phase so the voltage at my house heads up towards 400V.

    And if vacuum cleaners, electric strimmers, lawnmowers, and the like can be class 2, why can't EV chargers be as well and the problem would go away.
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    I am happy to be corrected on the lack of the need for a fault in the charging equipment but it seems abundantly clear that, should the neutral be lost in a PME supply, then this needs tackling at source, i.e. detected and isolated at the incomer as it can cause all sorts of other dangers, not least the danger that I am on a lightly loaded phase and my neighbours on a heavily loaded phase so the voltage at my house heads up towards 400V.

    And if vacuum cleaners, electric strimmers, lawnmowers, and the like can be class 2, why can't EV chargers be as well and the problem would go away.
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