garygid
Well-known member
The points were two:
1. Using the existing electricity infrastructure better by making it LEGAL to use an existing 240v socket to charge an EV ... would be a good thing.
2. Being able to BUY a LEGAL 240v plug-in EVSE (not build an illegal interface), ... would also be good.
There are many excuses why this should not be done, but they are not really technical. An existing socket could be replaced without a building permit. But "regulations", however well-meaning, are sometimes more "political" than "technical".
For "other rules", look at what the rest of the world does, successfully.
In any case, isn't it a bit strange if we have millions of "charge points" already existing, and somebody thought it would be better to make them illegal to use instead of finding a creative way to make them "sufficiently" safely usably?
Note: the National Electrical Code (NEC) article 625 (for EV charging) might actually allow an "indoor-use", sufficiently-interlocked EVSE (or charger) to be NOT hard-wired.
1. Using the existing electricity infrastructure better by making it LEGAL to use an existing 240v socket to charge an EV ... would be a good thing.
2. Being able to BUY a LEGAL 240v plug-in EVSE (not build an illegal interface), ... would also be good.
There are many excuses why this should not be done, but they are not really technical. An existing socket could be replaced without a building permit. But "regulations", however well-meaning, are sometimes more "political" than "technical".
For "other rules", look at what the rest of the world does, successfully.
In any case, isn't it a bit strange if we have millions of "charge points" already existing, and somebody thought it would be better to make them illegal to use instead of finding a creative way to make them "sufficiently" safely usably?
Note: the National Electrical Code (NEC) article 625 (for EV charging) might actually allow an "indoor-use", sufficiently-interlocked EVSE (or charger) to be NOT hard-wired.