I've got an EV charger being installed by Octopus in a week or two and it's not the simplest of installs as the consumer unit is in the middle of the house however due to some other works occurring at the same time and with some effort and floorboard lifting on our part it looks like we should be able to sort it out between us.
The cable run from the consumer unit to the charger is about 15m and as standard I believe they'll install 6mm2 EV ultra cable which has a combined data cable.
About 12m of the cable would be indoors and the run from the consumer unit will be under floorboards and clipped directly to timber joists and walls. The areas under the floorboards aren't insulated.
Is there any/much advantage to me installing 10mm2 twin and earth and a separate data cable?
I'm primarily thinking about how warm the cable may get when it's in use with the cable under our floor attached to wooden joists.
Are there likely to be any increases in EV home charger power demands in the future?
6mm looks to be the normal choice and within spec and clearly Octopus won't be installing anything dangerous, just wondered if it's worth upspeccing it up while I have the chance.
Cost wise it's about the same as I happen to have a roll of 10mm2 twin and earth available however I will need to get some shielded ethernet as annoyingly I only have unshielded.
The cable run from the consumer unit to the charger is about 15m and as standard I believe they'll install 6mm2 EV ultra cable which has a combined data cable.
About 12m of the cable would be indoors and the run from the consumer unit will be under floorboards and clipped directly to timber joists and walls. The areas under the floorboards aren't insulated.
Is there any/much advantage to me installing 10mm2 twin and earth and a separate data cable?
I'm primarily thinking about how warm the cable may get when it's in use with the cable under our floor attached to wooden joists.
Are there likely to be any increases in EV home charger power demands in the future?
6mm looks to be the normal choice and within spec and clearly Octopus won't be installing anything dangerous, just wondered if it's worth upspeccing it up while I have the chance.
Cost wise it's about the same as I happen to have a roll of 10mm2 twin and earth available however I will need to get some shielded ethernet as annoyingly I only have unshielded.
