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C&G Indicates lack of qualifications for Electricians and EV charger installs

GTB

Morning All,

Just was made aware of this article and doesnt really surprise me to be honest:

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/electriccars/article-11054445/Concerns-raised-safety-electric-car-charge-points.html

So goes back to the concerns I always have about what due diligence the "Duty Holder" or indeed the householder etc carry out to make sure the installer is competant for the task to be performed. I doubt this just relates to householders employing "electricians" direct themselves, but also to those charging companies and EVSE suppliers that send a man in a van out to do the install.

I appreaciate, those that do complete the C&G course can still go on and make mistakes and carry out dangerous and shoddy work, but logic indicates they should be less likley to do so than those with no training a flick thru Section 7 in the regs and carry on oblivious to what the results of their actions may be.

GTB

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  • Taking two of the statements from the article together:

    • Almost all understand the major risks associated with working on the devices
    • Yet only three in ten have undertaken specific training to do so

    it might seem that the industry has done pretty well at educating itself without the need for special training courses - perhaps section 722 and the CoP have done their job nicely.

    Most of the reported failures seem to be more BS 7671 requirements (e.g. Data/LV separation or fire rated cable support) rather than anything truly EV specific.

      - Andy.

  • in reply to AJJewsbury

    Both EV and PV are the domains of principally large companies doing cheap lash up installs as quickly as possible whilst charging the highest prices possible. When you can buy a regulatory installation guide, then why bother with dilutee tradesfolk (same as smart meter installers) who lash it in as quickly as possible, but hold the golden ticket of OLEV registration/approval, when your usual electrician can do the job properly and within regulatory requirements, yet can't be arsed with the associated costs and bureaucracy of OLEV registration?

    I go nowhere near either, but leave it to the preserve of the most extreme badgers out there, and the useful idiots who part with large amounts of cash in the belief that they are salving their consciences because they are 'doing their bit for the planet'.

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  • in reply to AJJewsbury

    Both EV and PV are the domains of principally large companies doing cheap lash up installs as quickly as possible whilst charging the highest prices possible. When you can buy a regulatory installation guide, then why bother with dilutee tradesfolk (same as smart meter installers) who lash it in as quickly as possible, but hold the golden ticket of OLEV registration/approval, when your usual electrician can do the job properly and within regulatory requirements, yet can't be arsed with the associated costs and bureaucracy of OLEV registration?

    I go nowhere near either, but leave it to the preserve of the most extreme badgers out there, and the useful idiots who part with large amounts of cash in the belief that they are salving their consciences because they are 'doing their bit for the planet'.

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