I have just had it confirmed from the manufacturer that the EVSE we are installing does not need overvoltage protection. The installation does need such protection on the basis of the risk assessment method. If I elect to install a SPD, for what reason would I be doing so?
I would suggest you offer it to your client and let them decide. If they decline get it in writing. That way if the clients £100K Tesla gets spiked then you are protected against any claim. Don't offer it and you and you will get, if only you told me I would have had it fitted, you are negligent and you owe me £ shed loads of cash.
Your point is well taken JP but as a general principle, I don’t think it is reasonable to shift responsibility for issues of safety compliance on to clients. One might argue that this particular situation does not involve safety but one could also speculate on circumstances where injury might occur that would not otherwise have occurred had SPDs been in place.
To permit client choice in the erection of an electrical installation, we would have to carefully separate those aspects that relate to safety from those that don’t.
By the way, my original post was nothing other than a thought for discussion. I had always intended to fit the SPD. In any event I could hardly abdicate that decision to the clients who are a couple in their eighties! They tell me that they can’t wait for the delivery of their new electric Mini!
I would suggest you offer it to your client and let them decide. If they decline get it in writing. That way if the clients £100K Tesla gets spiked then you are protected against any claim. Don't offer it and you and you will get, if only you told me I would have had it fitted, you are negligent and you owe me £ shed loads of cash.
Your point is well taken JP but as a general principle, I don’t think it is reasonable to shift responsibility for issues of safety compliance on to clients. One might argue that this particular situation does not involve safety but one could also speculate on circumstances where injury might occur that would not otherwise have occurred had SPDs been in place.
To permit client choice in the erection of an electrical installation, we would have to carefully separate those aspects that relate to safety from those that don’t.
By the way, my original post was nothing other than a thought for discussion. I had always intended to fit the SPD. In any event I could hardly abdicate that decision to the clients who are a couple in their eighties! They tell me that they can’t wait for the delivery of their new electric Mini!
