EV charging lead

[Marmalade]

Evening all.
Customer is using a BG weatherproof socket outlet to charge his EV but he has noticed that it has caused burn marks on the socket faceplate.
Would it be possible to cut off the 3 pin plug on the EV lead and replace the socket outlet for a commando type, if so would you recommend 16A or 32A.
The installation for the socket outlet is as follows.
Sub main in the meter box with 10mm tails, 30ma rcd,16A mcb and the socket outlet is supplied with 2.5mm 3 core ho7 flex.
Thank you in advance Nigel.
On a earlier post, I have not yet been called back to the fault with the cooker cable, so no update.

 

[Andy™]

if you're going to change it to a 16 or 32a socket then just fit a proper EV charger...

 

[Fleeting]

Those types of socket outlets are not suitable for dwellings, they are not shuttered. You can get 13A sockets outlets specifically certified for EV charging.

 

[binky]

Something like this might suite. https://alertelectrical.com/bg-mast...electric-vehicle-13a-charger-evh132s1spa.html

 

[Murdoch]

if you're going to change it to a 16 or 32a socket then just fit a proper EV charger...

This is the only sensible option if the customer is serious about EVs

 

[Murdoch]

The whole point of granny chargers is that you can plug them into any 13A socket.

Replace the 13A plug with commando socket and you render it useless else where

 

[Andy™]

and since they come with a 13a plug then they should be able to plug into any 13a socket, not a specialy type of 13a socket that almost no one other than electricians are away of

 

[Fleeting]

If you are making provisions for EVSE then you should be aware, have competence and a good understanding of the CoP.

 

[Murdoch]

If you are making provisions for EVSE then you should be aware, have competence and a good understanding of the CoP.

And do all the granny charger makers give a monkeys about this ? I doubt it

 

[ProDave]

I wonder how many EV owners only use the granny charger and think that is a proper EV charging setup?

 

[binky]

the problem with the socket could simply that it was not inserted properly

 

[michael8554]

Note many "granny chargers" have thermistors in the 13A plug.
Cut that plug off and you have removed one of the safety features.......:-<

 

[sparky308]

Evening all.
Customer is using a BG weatherproof socket outlet to charge his EV but he has noticed that it has caused burn marks on the socket faceplate.
Would it be possible to cut off the 3 pin plug on the EV lead and replace the socket outlet for a commando type, if so would you recommend 16A or 32A.
The installation for the socket outlet is as follows.
Sub main in the meter box with 10mm tails, 30ma rcd,16A mcb and the socket outlet is supplied with 2.5mm 3 core ho7 flex.
Thank you in advance Nigel.
On a earlier post, I have not yet been called back to the fault with the cooker cable, so no update.

I'm using a BG weatherproof socket to charge my EV with no problems. But I did set the charge rate to 10 amp rather than the maximum of 13 to avoid overheating. I don't see that this is an 'improper' solution - it just takes longer than a 7kW charger, which doesn't matter at all to me. One overnight charge per week is fine for my mileage.

 

[michael8554]

Unusual for a UK granny charger to output 13A.
They are usually 10A max because of the possible overheating at 13A.