3 phase Type 2 to Type 2 cable

DrErhan

DrErhan

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I bought a 3 phase Type 2 to Type 2 cable to be able to charge my car at public fast chargers . I bought 3 phase because i believed most of the public chargers are 3 phase and so it would be much more compatible with them . But yesterday i needed an extension cable to charge my car with a standard charging device given with the car from a plug of a house that has a standard 2 phase electricity. But the charger cable length wasn't enough to reach the car and i thought i may use my Type 2 to Type 2 cable as an extension but i remembered that it's 3 phase and so i couldn't be sure is it compatible with my standard charger or not . I didn't want to cause a serious damage to both charger , car or to the electric lines in the house .
Does anyone have any idea about this situation ?
Thank you , Regards ... 🤓🙏🏻
 
If you have a look at the pins on your Type2 socket on your car are there pins in the bottom L2 L3 positions?
You really should not extend a Type2 lead.
 
'Standard' electricity in the UK is single phase, not 2 phase. You can't use a type 2 cable as an extension cable and sadly, as you're in the UK and you most likely have a UK spec car the 3 phase cable is probably not much use to you as you only have a single phase 6.6kW charger fitted anyhow, thus even on an 11kW charger with your cable you will still max out at 6.6kW (we get the 11kW 3 phase version in Europe). Can you perhaps return your cable and exchange it for a single phase version? (lighter and cheaper).
 
You can use your 3 phase cable on single phase without any problems but don't think it will work as a extension lead the plug pins are normally to short for this for safety to stop you extending you can buy extending ones but have a shorter socket to make it work
 
JohnInFrance said:
'Standard' electricity in the UK is single phase, not 2 phase. You can't use a type 2 cable as an extension cable and sadly, as you're in the UK and you most likely have a UK spec car the 3 phase cable is probably not much use to you as you only have a single phase 6.6kW charger fitted anyhow, thus even on an 11kW charger with your cable you will still max out at 6.6kW (we get the 11kW 3 phase version in Europe). Can you perhaps return your cable and exchange it for a single phase version? (lighter and cheaper).
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Thank you for your comments ... I will try to change it with a single phase ... I hope they will ... But just to be sure I'm asking again , if i change it with a single phase cable can i use it as an extension ?
 
DrErhan said:
Thank you for your comments ... I will try to change it with a single phase ... I hope they will ... But just to be sure I'm asking again , if i change it with a single phase cable can i use it as an extension ?
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No and keep your 3 phase no need to change it
You will need a type 2 extension cable
 
Just to confirm as just tried it a normally type 2 plug will not make contact with the pins on a normal type 2 cable 1 phase or 3 phase you need a type 2 extension cable which allows the pins to meet looking at it the female part of the cable has slightly longer pins
they designed like this to stop Daisy chaining
 
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I think that the best answer is to try to avoid any extension cable if possible

But that said, I would've thought that it would be better to extend the supply lead to the charger with a heavy duty 13A lead, such as this.......

What does the other members of the forum think?

www.industrialextensionleads.co.uk

5m single socket heavy duty 13amp black extension lead

5 metre one gang socket heavy duty extension fitted with a tough impact resistant 13amp 230v plug and constructed with highly flexible easy to coil
www.industrialextensionleads.co.uk www.industrialextensionleads.co.uk

Note, they also do a 2.5mm cable for just a few pounds more
 
N2STY said:
That's OK for a granny charger but I do believe we are talking about home charger 7kw?
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I'm not sure now, he did say "But yesterday i needed an extension cable to charge my car with a standard charging device given with the car from a plug of a house that has a standard 2 phase electricity." I read that as a 13amp socket, but I guess he may have meant a wall charger
 
You need something like this see new post sorry this is a type 1 we need type 2 version
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Striker said:
I'm not sure now, he did say "But yesterday i needed an extension cable to charge my car with a standard charging device given with the car from a plug of a house that has a standard 2 phase electricity." I read that as a 13amp socket, but I guess he may have meant a wall charger
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Yer I see where you are coming from but I do believe they ment standard type 2 not 2 phase 🤔
sometimes dyslexia helps me😁
 
Sorry for my late response everyone qnd thank you for your answers ... No i didn't mean a wall charger ... I meant 13 Amp standard sockets ... And 2 phase is a mistake sorry about that ...

Additionally i would like to ask another question ... As the dealer told me the standard charger of the car is safe under rain, so it must be waterproof but i couldn't find any written information in the manual about this subject . I prefer to keep it under shelter just in case ...

Does anyone know anything about this please ? Thank you ...
 
Cool so now we know it's definitely cheaper to get a heavy duty extension lead😎 as @Striker said
As for waterproof does it not have a IP number on it anyway?
 
DrErhan said:
Sorry for my late response everyone qnd thank you for your answers ... No i didn't mean a wall charger ... I meant 13 Amp standard sockets ... And 2 phase is a mistake sorry about that ...

Additionally i would like to ask another question ... As the dealer told me the standard charger of the car is safe under rain, so it must be waterproof but i couldn't find any written information in the manual about this subject . I prefer to keep it under shelter just in case ...

Does anyone know anything about this please ? Thank you ...
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If charging in the rain, put the granny on top of a house brick, cover it with one of those plastic storage containers and weigh the storage container down with another brick. The type 2 plug is fine in the rain.
 
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