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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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    There is a road locally where the lighting columns were at the back of the kerb and I saw some guys from the council marking out to move them.

    We had a conversation in which it was being made clear what they were doing was none of my business, anyway after a couple of minutes they said they were going to move the columns, because they were dangerous being immediately behind the kerb as a car, van or lorry might hit them resulting in injuries to the people in the vehicle. 

    Then I pointed out that the reason they were behind the kerb is there's an oil pipeline in the verge and it is a no-dig zone. 

    Things are usually done for a reason. 

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    There is a road locally where the lighting columns were at the back of the kerb and I saw some guys from the council marking out to move them.

    We had a conversation in which it was being made clear what they were doing was none of my business, anyway after a couple of minutes they said they were going to move the columns, because they were dangerous being immediately behind the kerb as a car, van or lorry might hit them resulting in injuries to the people in the vehicle. 

    Then I pointed out that the reason they were behind the kerb is there's an oil pipeline in the verge and it is a no-dig zone. 

    Things are usually done for a reason. 

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