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EV Charging using 13amp external socket outlet

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For an external socket outlet to be used as a dedicated EV charging point, what are the earthing arrangements ? Given it will be RCD protected. I assuming this socket outlet will be considered as an EV Charging point under the regs.


Is mode 1 not allowed in the UK anymore? I read this in an article done by IET Wiring matter "According to a note in IEC 61851 Mode 1 charging is not permitted in the UK". If so why is it still in the regs?


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    Chris Pearson:
    gkenyon:


    I have a 16 A BS EN 60309-2 socket-outlet in my detached garage, but I've taken a decision it's not "household and similar use" because it's for my welder which specifically states it can't be used with a BS 1363-1 plug.


    However, I'm sure there will be people who disagree with my decision and will say that the garage is part of the household ...


    I am glad that a recognised authority of Graham's standing says that - I have 16 A and 32 A SP and TP sockets in my garage. I started with a 16 A SP one for a compressor whose start-up current blows 13 A fuses and then I got carried away. ?


    There may be no shutters, but the spring-loaded covers do provide some measure of protection.


    Presumably, BS 546 sockets are shuttered nowadays.




    Could the spring loaded cover be considered as a "shutter?"


    B.S. 7671 does not seem to have a definition of a socket "shutter" that I can find.


    Z.


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    Chris Pearson:
    gkenyon:


    I have a 16 A BS EN 60309-2 socket-outlet in my detached garage, but I've taken a decision it's not "household and similar use" because it's for my welder which specifically states it can't be used with a BS 1363-1 plug.


    However, I'm sure there will be people who disagree with my decision and will say that the garage is part of the household ...


    I am glad that a recognised authority of Graham's standing says that - I have 16 A and 32 A SP and TP sockets in my garage. I started with a 16 A SP one for a compressor whose start-up current blows 13 A fuses and then I got carried away. ?


    There may be no shutters, but the spring-loaded covers do provide some measure of protection.


    Presumably, BS 546 sockets are shuttered nowadays.




    Could the spring loaded cover be considered as a "shutter?"


    B.S. 7671 does not seem to have a definition of a socket "shutter" that I can find.


    Z.


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