Electric vehicle charging on site

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  • Navigateur
    Navigateur Club Member Posts: 3,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited March 2019 #62

    "The Charging Circuit Interruption Device (CCID) attached to the charging cable sends a signal to the car once connected. From this the car detects what type of supply is available and limits the current draw to a maximum of 10 amps. It will not demand any higher than this.

    If a 16 or 32 amp home charging point is connected the car sees a different signal and it will allow a maximum of 16 amp draw.

    This is all based on using dedicated charging points.  Perhaps the car defaults to 10 ampers maximum if it does not detect a charging point, but the 16 and 32 amper rate is not going to happen on a spur to a caravan on site. Dedicated chargable charging points are required.

  • brue
    brue Forum Participant Posts: 21,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited March 2019 #63

    Yes that's right the power draw isn't the problem it's the supply points which are lacking. People are cabling across pavements at the moment with protective covers but some can't do that. No doubt things will improve. We're all set up at home with a dedicated charger, that's the ideal. 

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