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EV Charging and Lamp Posts

We have a job wiring lamp post lighting in a private car park.

Somebody has decided that an EV point will be fitted at each lamp post and will supply the light.

When you apply the 3% volt drop for the luminaire, obviously the cable size increases substantially.

Any thoughts?

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  • I'd wonder if it would make more sense to keep the EV and lighting circuits separate - you'd have better resilience if a fault on the EV circuit didn't take out the light as well, and the additional cost of an extra cable when you've already got the trench/ducting open would be minimal.

      - Andy.

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  • I'd wonder if it would make more sense to keep the EV and lighting circuits separate - you'd have better resilience if a fault on the EV circuit didn't take out the light as well, and the additional cost of an extra cable when you've already got the trench/ducting open would be minimal.

      - Andy.

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  • Hi Andy,

    This was the first consideration, and we are carrying out a cost comparison exercise.

    The ducts are already in place...which is another issue.