[HughQ]

I plan to acquire an EV some time soon. Either an Ioniq 5 or an EV6 probably. They are both capable of charging at 11kW on 3 phase. I'm in the fortunate position of having a 3 phase supply and an Economy 7 three phase meter at my supply position.

I've been researching the 3 phase charger options and they appear limited. I'm planning to run a 5 core 2.5 mm sq. SWA cable to my garage with a 20 Amp TP&N MCBO at source with a 3 Phase charge point in my garage. I would like one with Open PEN and DC leakage protection if possible to avoid the need for an Earth rod. Can anyone suggest a reasonably priced Three Phase charge point please. Many thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[Oli]

When I was looking at this a few years ago Rolec did one. I know people have had bad experiences with Rolec (although I didn’t), but they’re modular and you could choose single or three phase. No idea if they do a smart 3phase one.

 

[Jeremy Harris]

Viridian do one: Products — Viridian EV Has a good open PEN fault protection feature built in, along with DC tolerant earth leakage protection. It's also in a very tough case.

 

[freddym]

I plan to acquire an EV some time soon. Either an Ioniq 5 or an EV6 probably. They are both capable of charging at 11kW on 3 phase. I'm in the fortunate position of having a 3 phase supply and an Economy 7 three phase meter at my supply position.

I've been researching the 3 phase charger options and they appear limited. I'm planning to run a 5 core 2.5 mm sq. SWA cable to my garage with a 20 Amp TP&N MCBO at source with a 3 Phase charge point in my garage. I would like one with Open PEN and DC leakage protection if possible to avoid the need for an Earth rod. Can anyone suggest a reasonably priced Three Phase charge point please. Many thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Speak to James at Viridian. They can offer quality but not flashy 3 phase chargers using their highly regarded protocol controller and decent quality discrete contactors etc. You can make contact with them via EcoHarmony.

 

[freddym]

Speak to James at Viridian. They can offer quality but not flashy 3 phase chargers using their highly regarded protocol controller and decent quality discrete contactors etc. You can make contact with them via EcoHarmony.

I see JH is saying the same thing. I would speak directly to James rather than just looking at the website.

 

[freddym]

When I was looking at this a few years ago Rolec did one. I know people have had bad experiences with Rolec (although I didn’t), but they’re modular and you could choose single or three phase. No idea if they do a smart 3phase one.

Avoid,?😠

 

[freddym]

I plan to acquire an EV some time soon. Either an Ioniq 5 or an EV6 probably. They are both capable of charging at 11kW on 3 phase. I'm in the fortunate position of having a 3 phase supply and an Economy 7 three phase meter at my supply position.

I've been researching the 3 phase charger options and they appear limited. I'm planning to run a 5 core 2.5 mm sq. SWA cable to my garage with a 20 Amp TP&N MCBO at source with a 3 Phase charge point in my garage. I would like one with Open PEN and DC leakage protection if possible to avoid the need for an Earth rod. Can anyone suggest a reasonably priced Three Phase charge point please. Many thanks in advance for any suggestions.

I'd also suggest having a bit of a think about cabling and supply options for future and additional BEVs that might be single phase charging at 32A per phase.

 

[gbt]

Zappi have a 3-phase 32A unit (which you can configure down to 16A), although the prices are probably a bit on the high side (especially if you only wanted a dumb charger). At least it has all the needed protection included.

As noted above, it’s probably worth over specifying the cable to either 4mm² or 6mm² 5-core SWA to give options in the future.

 

[EV-Niro]

Don’t PodPoint supply the 3-Phase units that are able to provide up to 22kW?

 

[jmacneil]

Don’t PodPoint supply the 3-Phase units that are able to provide up to 22kW?

Yes:

Solo 3 | Pod Point

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pod-point.com

 

[HughQ]

Many thanks for all the useful advice guys. Yes, I had thought about going for a heavier cable and 32 Amp MCBO at source. Not sure I will ever need 22kW charging mind you but not much additional cost for a 4 or 6mm sq. SWA Cable. Will certainly consider Viridian units.

 

[HandyAndy]

Add in a couple of ethernet cables. Will be useful for future "smart" EVSEs, house-current monitoring CT feeds, etc etc.

 

[GarryL]

Easee Robot has 3 phase as standard.

 

[wja96]

The Tesla wall charger can be single or 3-phase depending on how you set it. And the new one is a ‘smart’ charger in the OLEV grant sense.