I agree Emergency is to vague. Like can you use Granny charger in a caravan or camping because there is nowhere else to charge? I think it should be more specific than just that. But also if something is designed to run for 26h non stop then it should he made safe to run for such time. It seems kind of crazy to create a charger and then tell people not to use it
This subject has been discussed in another thread.
You will have no problems. I have installed an outside weatherproof socket and have the 3 Pin Ohme Smart Charger fitted to the wall and do exactly as you intend. The current draw will be 10 amps which is not excessive. The socket is on a spur from a 32A Ring and the feed to that socket is 2.5mm 3 core. The weakest part of the system is the 13 amp fuse in the plug of the Ohme charger followed by the 1.5mm 3 core flex on the Ohme charger. I too use the 4 hour Octopus Go window and manage to load about 9.5Kw to the car in that period. That's about 2.4Kw loading. To give you an idea and to allay the scare mongering that you are going to burn alive in your bed, most built in ovens are plug in 13A devices and operate for 2 to 3 hours cooking on most days with over a 2Kw load. In short, the socket in the plug will not normally be a source of any heat dissipation. Heat can only be generated where there is resistance to current flow. Normally in times gone by, that would be due to poor connections of cables in sockets or plugs, normally due to incorrect torque on the clamp screws or the wrong size of cable. Luckily all modern appliances come with preformed plugs and as long as your feed socket is on a 32A ring and in good condition you should be fine. My only concern, and it's only a mild one, would be the current rating on the timer plug and how resilient that is to 4 hours at 10 Amps. If it is from a reputable source then I think all should be fine.
Thank you for the detailed post @Joe McAndrew, greatly appreciated.
You will have no problems. I have installed an outside weatherproof socket and have the 3 Pin Ohme Smart Charger fitted to the wall and do exactly as you intend. The current draw will be 10 amps which is not excessive. The socket is on a spur from a 32A Ring and the feed to that socket is 2.5mm 3 core. The weakest part of the system is the 13 amp fuse in the pluof the Ohme charger followed by the 1.5mm 3 core flex on the Ohme charger. I too use the 4 hour Octopus Go window and manage to load about 9.5Kw to the car in that period. That's about 2.4Kw loading. To give you an idea and to allay the scare mongering that you are going to burn alive in your bed, most built in ovens are plug in 13A devices and operate for 2 to 3 hours cooking on most days with over a 2Kw load. In short, the socket in the plug will not normally be a source of any heat dissipation. Heat can only be generated where there is resistance to current flow. Normally in times gone by, that would be due to poor connections of cables in sockets or plugs, normally due to incorrect torque on the clamp screws or the wrong size of cable. Luckily all modern appliances come with preformed plugs and as long as your feed socket is on a 32A ring and in good condition you should be fine. My only concern, and it's only a mild one, would be the current rating on the timer plug and how resilient that is to 4 hours at 10 Amps. If it is from a reputable source then I think all should be fine.
The Ohme scheduling works well with my Octopus Go and it has a built in SIM to get updated on cheap rate timings. The interface on the Phone App takes a little figuring out and as the MG5 doesn't have the built in software then the Phone App % are not true.
