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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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    weirdbeard:
    GTB:
    weirdbeard:
    Harry Macdonald:


    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.


    Hi Harry, well said, I have often wondered that myself ?




    Its not just the charger itself you need to consider as the "Final" piece of equipment, you also need to consider the vehicle itself.

    If the vehicle was 100% electric, then in theory not an issue, but with hybrid vehicles where there is a liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon traditional fuel as well as a electric battery 




    Thanks for the reply, would you mind explaining why it is not an issue for “100% electric cars” but is an issue for plug-in hybrids? 


     




    I think you will find its to do with the rather flammable fuel that hybrids carry and how vehicles are constructed and how static is dealt with and of course the EV charger may not know what exact type of EV vehicle its charging. As I said in theory a true 100% EV vehicle could be equivalent of class 2, but thats not possible where flammable liquid fuel is used so hybrid cars must be earthed.


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    weirdbeard:
    GTB:
    weirdbeard:
    Harry Macdonald:


    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.


    Hi Harry, well said, I have often wondered that myself ?




    Its not just the charger itself you need to consider as the "Final" piece of equipment, you also need to consider the vehicle itself.

    If the vehicle was 100% electric, then in theory not an issue, but with hybrid vehicles where there is a liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon traditional fuel as well as a electric battery 




    Thanks for the reply, would you mind explaining why it is not an issue for “100% electric cars” but is an issue for plug-in hybrids? 


     




    I think you will find its to do with the rather flammable fuel that hybrids carry and how vehicles are constructed and how static is dealt with and of course the EV charger may not know what exact type of EV vehicle its charging. As I said in theory a true 100% EV vehicle could be equivalent of class 2, but thats not possible where flammable liquid fuel is used so hybrid cars must be earthed.


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