Industry Attempting To Stop DIY EVSE

I'm baffled as to what legally can be done to stop people buying 3 components from Farnell / RS Components and stopping them from joining them together with cable. Maybe it's the EVSE Protocol Controller...and, as was alluded to earlier, some of the charging stations represented by UK EVSE use the same Mainpine manufacture EVSE Protocol Controller with their own badges on them.

Then there is OPEN EVSE in the states (LINK) using, again, commercially available components to build the brains of any charging station.

I'm going to be all leftfield again; how about UK EVSE produce a sticker or leaflet that could be issued with anyone buying such items stipulating that a thorough safety check by a Part P qualified electrician should be undertaken before connection to an electrical supply or electric car. Kind of exactly the same words used by @Kevin Sharpe in the EVSE Build Day Video
[Safety advice given at 30mins 44 seconds]

But there I go again, collaborative joined up thinking that helps everyone. Back to the legal threats and oppression.

Last week I drove 600 miles in a Mk2 LEAF to Wales and back. Due to the non-existence of any Rapid Chargers north of the M4 I had to rely on destination charging which was nearly all Zero Carbon World 32A Commando sockets. Without the Portable EVSE box and a 6.6kw enabled Mk2 LEAF this trip would not have been possible:


Elan Valley Visitor Centre



Drover Cycles (who just took delivery of a EV Renault Kangoo)

The Old Vicarage, Dolfor


The Radnor Inn

Actually that last one was a Type 2, but you get the idea!

I also rapid charged twice on the way up and 4 times on the way back. The only posts that failed were Source West in Bath (Needed a power cycle) and Chargemaster in Builth Wales with no signage or parking bay paint meaning both spaces were ICEd. So the only let downs were the companies who currently charge for charging and/or require RFID cards