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I am going to be placing an order for my first EV soon, and will be getting a 32A 7kw chargemaster point installed in my garage.
I was recently thinking about the install of this, and have a couple of questions.
1 - Can a charge point be mounted to a timber building? All installs i have seen have been to brick build buildings, but all out buildings on my property are of timber construction, which includes the garage.
2 - Should i get a cable installed down to the garage now in readiness for the install (left loose both ends) or wait for chargemaster when they do the install? I ask as i have an electrician installing some new sockets in the conservatory, and though whether i could get him to install a cable to the garage for the charge point
It should be noted that my garage and charge point location is a little less than 150 feet from the main CU, down a narrow but long garden. My garage has power to it, however the cable is only 4mm, off of a 16A breaker. I could just replace this cable, which would involve digging it up from under a concrete patio, so not something i'd like to have to do really.
I was recently thinking about the install of this, and have a couple of questions.
1 - Can a charge point be mounted to a timber building? All installs i have seen have been to brick build buildings, but all out buildings on my property are of timber construction, which includes the garage.
2 - Should i get a cable installed down to the garage now in readiness for the install (left loose both ends) or wait for chargemaster when they do the install? I ask as i have an electrician installing some new sockets in the conservatory, and though whether i could get him to install a cable to the garage for the charge point
It should be noted that my garage and charge point location is a little less than 150 feet from the main CU, down a narrow but long garden. My garage has power to it, however the cable is only 4mm, off of a 16A breaker. I could just replace this cable, which would involve digging it up from under a concrete patio, so not something i'd like to have to do really.