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I pulled a few of the wires out of the plug, and cut a couple of the others. From the old plug it's obvious what the 3 normal wires were doing and where they went, but the 4th one remains a mystery. There was no bend in it, for example, as you'd expect if it was connected to anything. I rang my...

Thanks everyone for the comments. Though I'm still unclear as to what the 4th (thinner, blue) cable is for in the charging lead ! To clarify - an electric vehicle is just like a large toaster. You can plug them into a normal domestic household socket and charge from there via a lead. That is...

This is exactly what happened to the plug on my EV charging cable.

The plug has been ruined through over-heating/partial melting. It couldn't be unscrewed to open it up, so I had to cut the cables/rip them out. I'm therefore not clear on what went where inside it - specifically, where the 4th thinner (middle-blue colour) cable should be attached.

Run a cable out the basement of the house currently. I've had EVs for over 10 years now. In previous properties I used to do things like run the lead out of a window or even the letterbox :)

Thanks for the response. I'm not sure what box you're referring to though. The car is charged with a cable from the mains power socket into the car. There is no box of any sort involved, even on the cable. I'm pretty sure the issue re over-heating is because it's attached to a long extension...

The old one has been ruined. Too many times charging the cable with an extension lead attached - which created resistance (and heat) along the length of the long cable. It's not an ideal thing to do - I know. But when you live in a terraced house, how else are you supposed to recharge an...

I need to replace the plug on my electric car charger, and on opening it was surprised to find that there are 4 cables/feeds inside. There is a standard earth (yellow/green) a live (brown), but then also separate sky blue and dark blue cables. Does anyone know why they're are 2 blue versions ...