This is rather alarming news

[dgs99]

I guess this was due to incorrect installation, but may be someone might like to comment on how this can happen?

East Devon: Electric car charging point blaze spreads to garage

Firefighters from East Devon on Wednesday (September 7) tackled a blaze in a garage in Colyton after an electric car charging point fire.

eastdevonnews.co.uk

 

[jackois]

Until you confirm it was the charge point that caught fire, and the reason for the fire, you have to trust whoever installed your charger to have done it properly...

A single fire is not a trend... and I don't see everyday reports of chargers causing fires.

The Daily Mail might like to use the report to spread their anti-EV mantra, but the rest of us would treat this as an isolated incident and await any investigation report results...

 

[Alb]

The most common electrical fault resulting in fire is going to be a loose connection causing arcing. A point in favour of using an AFDD.

 

[Gadget Geek]

And short circuits from failed components. An appliance is only as good as its weakest part (which hopefully is the fuse).

 

[JimD]

I wonder if they report all electrical fires started by home appliances.

 

[Gadget Geek]

I wonder if they report all electrical fires started by home appliances.

They did when the Beko tumble dryers caught fire. Oh, and knock off phone chargers from Ali Express.

 

[mystreet]

The most common electrical fault resulting in fire is going to be a loose connection causing arcing. A point in favour of using an AFDD.

Just had the inners of my box replaced under warranty. Car was charging 1 night then just stop.

Installer had to come out first to look at. Slight charring on one of the 'low voltage' wires.

Company came today and replaced all the circuit boards and wiring after the raspberrypi. Did say that the likely cause was a loose connection or two that caused arcing. Has been powered down for 2 weeks but there still was a smell of burning when he took the cover off.