When should the First Periodic inspect of an EVSE be?
Points to consider
Location Indoors or outdoors
Domestic Dwelling vs commercial or industrial
Single Phase vs 3 phase.
What the MI recommends
Personally for the average Domestic Dwelling I think it needs to be about 3 years for the following reasons
- Common install location being outside
- Wear and tear of EVSE and leads to the EV
- Firmware updates
- Earthing and PEN detection of current install
- Incorrect RCD or no RCD fitted at all or incorrect type. Some were fitted with type AC trip characteristics.. (this may be contentious as the Standard practice or MI at the time are have been different to now)
- Solar PV may have been fitted to the system after the EVSE install, this may now need to be checked for Bi-Diractional RCD again this may have been installed with a Type AC or A RCD
- The possibility of the EVSE unit itself had been replaced due to a fault or the customer wanted a different unit
As always please be polite and respectful in this purely academic debate. Come on everybody let’s help inspire the future.
