I think OLEV grant covers 10m wiring and 10m tether. They probably want to keep things simpleCheers Dave
I did wonder why that would be true given you can buy significantly longer than 15 metres from well known reputable vendors.
Well I am starting to think that, shame given it's Rolec Services. Who should be on the ball.I would be more inclined to look for a better installer.
An extra 5 meters? Not a lot with the run you are talking about. As long as they use good-quality low-resistance (not high resistance as another poster here said) copper cable in the run it should make negligible difference. On longer runs, several factors come into play, depending on the frequency of the signal, standing waves can occur which will affect transmission. There are lots of factors that affect it, the connector type and quality, how the connectors are affixed to the cable, all sorts of esoteric stuff that is hard to get your head around, but for all practical purposes 5 mtrs is neither here nor there.A Charge point installer has just informed me that
a 15 meter charging cable would be unreliable (work some times, and not others)
I'd welcome thoughts from the collective wisdom of the great and the good here.
Why not just go for untethered install and get a long cable? I know it's cheaper though.Cheers Tony, I'm fairly sure this installer is trying to avoid a non standard non easy peasy job.
Same here.Should make no difference to the grant, mine is untethered and there were no issues.
Just sign up with the linkI was originally thinking that but suspect that I won't get the grant if I do. Will see what he says. I'm definitely going for the Octopus Tariff. Dave I'm PMing you. Cheers all.
I think it is the distance from back of garage to parking space that might cause an issue, hopefully not Tony.Should make no difference to the grant, mine is untethered and there were no issues.
Cheers Dave, did it require a specific charge point make and model and aren't they quite pricey?Just sign up with the link
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Good thing though my electricity costs have dropped. I'm doing 6.5p/kWh at the moment.
I also swapped Nissan cable for Ohme and it schedules charge at cheapest time.
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