Recent content by Rookieoftheyear

Thanks ericmark. You're correct this is way beyond DIY and not something I will be doing myself. I just think it's useful to understand the requirements myself. I gave you slightly wrong information before, the house has a Type AC RCD (the most common), not Type A. So I suppose a new...

Thanks, understood Thanks again ericmark It's a Type A RCD 30mA and that protects the whole house. Looking into chargers, something like the POD Point has, since Jan 2019, got inbuilt protection and only a Type A RCD is needed at source. Further reading has got me thinking about the MCBs...

Thanks for the detailed helpful reply. I have done the maths on charge rate and distance travelled for commuting. Also considering I live in rural Wales - and like yourself have a 60A main fuse - I have concluded 3-3.7KW charging is perfectly acceptable. I have a 35 mile each way commute, I’m...

Hello all, Theoretically speaking, so I can get an idea of cost... My garage is about a 20-30m run of SWA 2.5mm2 cable from the house. This connects into the main CU on a 16A MCB. The garage as a small 4-way CU in it. Theoretical current limits on the 2.5mm cable indicate it should handle in...