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Putting together a rough shopping list for getting EV charger.
Going for a Zappi Single phase 7Kw charger. The outside wall it will mount on is directly behind the Electric meter located inside, although the CU is in a different room.
So should be able to get rear entry to EV Charger box, into the elec meter area for the sake of connecting the CT clamp. Then with a little luck, I left a couple of conduits between the meter cupboard and the cupboard with the CU in it, so hopefully be able to draw a supply cable through without much issue and without having to empty a room and take up laminate etc.
Question is, currently all the breakers in the CU are Hager RCBOs. The Zappi has a 30mA Type A RCD + 6mA DC protection.
So to try get a cable through existing conduit, and because it's rear entry to the outside unit, there's no exposed cable, so was hoping not to use any SWA. But there will be some length of cable behind the chipboard duct the CU is mounted on <50mm from the surface.
So can anyone recommend an RCD/RCBO suitable for use with that type of charger to protect the supply cable? Or would it be better to just mount the cable on the surface of the chipboard and keep it visible with only MCB protection?
Going for a Zappi Single phase 7Kw charger. The outside wall it will mount on is directly behind the Electric meter located inside, although the CU is in a different room.
So should be able to get rear entry to EV Charger box, into the elec meter area for the sake of connecting the CT clamp. Then with a little luck, I left a couple of conduits between the meter cupboard and the cupboard with the CU in it, so hopefully be able to draw a supply cable through without much issue and without having to empty a room and take up laminate etc.
Question is, currently all the breakers in the CU are Hager RCBOs. The Zappi has a 30mA Type A RCD + 6mA DC protection.
So to try get a cable through existing conduit, and because it's rear entry to the outside unit, there's no exposed cable, so was hoping not to use any SWA. But there will be some length of cable behind the chipboard duct the CU is mounted on <50mm from the surface.
So can anyone recommend an RCD/RCBO suitable for use with that type of charger to protect the supply cable? Or would it be better to just mount the cable on the surface of the chipboard and keep it visible with only MCB protection?