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EV Charging and Lamp Posts

richard64

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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    You'll need to decide what charging rate to offer.  Standard ones are 3.6kW single phase, 7.2kW single phase and 22kW 3-phase.  Lower rates are available, but with car batteries getting bigger every year, trying to charge a 50kWh battery off a 2kW public charger starts getting a bit pointless.

  • 0 in reply to Simon Barker

    The charging side is not my responsibility.

    Apparently the client has asked for 7Kw chargers that are throttled down to 5Kw, which they have asked us to base our figures on.

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  • 0 in reply to Simon Barker

    The charging side is not my responsibility.

    Apparently the client has asked for 7Kw chargers that are throttled down to 5Kw, which they have asked us to base our figures on.

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