[Hitstirrer]

We are collecting a Corsa E in a week, that comes with its own type 2 cable. We plane to have a proper home charging unit fitted, but in the interim, we need to use a standard 13 amp socket.
As we will get a cable with the car, we only need a very short adaptor but they all seem to be at least 6m loong and over £100.
Can anyone point me to a simple short adaptor, for type 2 to 3 pin?

I fear that there might be a bit of confusion about your enquiry. You appear to be saying that the car only comes with a Type 2 to Type 2 cable for use when using public AC chargers. And you ask if there is some way to use that same cable but with an extra short 3pin 13 amp extension cable to plug into the house mains.

That is not possible.

The T2 to T2 cable can only be used when plugged into a Type 2 socket such as with a home charge point or a public AC point.

To use the home 13 amp socket you will need another cable entirely. One that has a built in EVSE box along the cable so that the safe and correct signalling between the socket and car is carried out. Those are available in various lengths. These come in 5 metre, 7.5 metre, and 10 metre lengths. Do not use a normal mains extension cable though. Buy the complete unit at a size to reach the car on its own.

EV Home Charging Cable | Type 2 to 3 Pin Plug

 

[Hitstirrer]

Most UK domestic supplies are not 3 phase.

Whenever this is mentioned I wince at remembering a near neighbour who bought a Prius PHEV and planned to fit a home charger. He told to me that it was about to be delayed because they discovered that his house was on a three-phase supply and they had not brought the right box. But he gleefully told me that he insisted on them disconnecting the three-phase supply and instead connecting the house on a single phase so that it could go in without delay.

I was reluctant to explain the folly of that action long term.