ajw1100
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- Location
- Hertfordshire UK
- Driving
- MG HS PHEV
I am now with Octopus after Avro went bust. I have the HS PHEV on the water heading my way, now I have to decide on charging.
Our consumer unit was replaced a couple of years ago and our wiring checked but at the time did not think about EV's and such like. Our house was renovated top to bottom so did not want to wreck the new decorations. Getting the 32A 16mm cable out to the garage was a problem as the consumer unit is in the cupboard under the stairs so no direct route to the front of the garage and would need to go through 4 walls anyway.
Our builder/electrician fed the cable up into the bedroom above then removed floor boards and fished the cable through the void then across to the original twin exterior wall, went through this and into the garage which was done as part of an earlier extension. The 32A cable now terminates in a new 13A switched socket on an inside wall of the garage. It has a NAPIT certificate. Phew!
I have printed off the Octopus tariffs for Octopus Go and Go faster, now need to see what will be best, bearing in mind the drastic increase expected in April. Not sure whether to go, 7.5kw or supplied Granny chargers. It would be easy to install a 7.5kw either inside the garage or outside.
As an interim is it feasible to use an inline timer between socket and 3pin plug as the Granny, I assume has no timer built in so cannot use the 7.5p time slot, unless I stay up late and get up early closely followed by divorce proceedings. If so can anyone recommend a suitable timer that can cope with the current and time without starting a fire?
A bit long winded I know.
Our consumer unit was replaced a couple of years ago and our wiring checked but at the time did not think about EV's and such like. Our house was renovated top to bottom so did not want to wreck the new decorations. Getting the 32A 16mm cable out to the garage was a problem as the consumer unit is in the cupboard under the stairs so no direct route to the front of the garage and would need to go through 4 walls anyway.
Our builder/electrician fed the cable up into the bedroom above then removed floor boards and fished the cable through the void then across to the original twin exterior wall, went through this and into the garage which was done as part of an earlier extension. The 32A cable now terminates in a new 13A switched socket on an inside wall of the garage. It has a NAPIT certificate. Phew!
I have printed off the Octopus tariffs for Octopus Go and Go faster, now need to see what will be best, bearing in mind the drastic increase expected in April. Not sure whether to go, 7.5kw or supplied Granny chargers. It would be easy to install a 7.5kw either inside the garage or outside.
As an interim is it feasible to use an inline timer between socket and 3pin plug as the Granny, I assume has no timer built in so cannot use the 7.5p time slot, unless I stay up late and get up early closely followed by divorce proceedings. If so can anyone recommend a suitable timer that can cope with the current and time without starting a fire?
A bit long winded I know.
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