Electric Car Charging

[crublue1]

Needs raising above head height somehow. Maybe the charging box can live indoors?
Obviously this won't stop knobheads messing with the cable at the point it connects to the car though.

 

[Really_here]

There are a few companies offering various 'sunken' cable options but I'd still be concerned about some scrote messing with the cable like I said earlier and no way I'd leave one plugged in overnight.

 

[DiscoSteve]

This old boy has literally dug his own grave - why on earth did he think he'd be able to sling a charging cable across the path - would be interesting to know how long his front garden is - if its 6m then he can knock his garden wall down and lay some slabs on his lawn to parkhis car on - and consequently he can charge his car from a charger on his house without crossing the footpath with a cable.

or simply move house.

 

[domalino]

Needs raising above head height somehow. Maybe the charging box can live indoors?
Obviously this won't stop knobheads messing with the cable at the point it connects to the car though.

You can’t really fuck with the car end of the cables because they lock in (you have to unlock the car to remove it).

I guess you could take wire cutters to it but you’d be pretty dumb to cut a live 22kwh/240v/100 amp cable.

The long term solution is to put chargers in lampposts, it already exists, box off some designated parking bays and get the homeowner to pay for the lamppost conversion instead of a home charger.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Don't sure a council can stop you putting a cable across the pavement but I guess it's causing an obstruction on their pavement.
He is definitely causing a trip hazard and leaving himself open to be sued if someone trips over it.

Why buy a electric car when you can't legally charge it at home ? It's common sense that put the cable across the pavement isn't the correct way to do it

Typical blame culture.
Why can't people just watch where they are going and take some responsibility for their own actions?
(There are probably people going round deliberately looking for something to trip over I suppose)!

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Shock horror - man buys car he can’t charge on the street; bit like you have to go to a garage to fill your car up with fuel.

 

[Blue Mist]

The Gorse Hill estate near the swamp is all good quality terraced houses. Throughout Greater Manchester it's the same.
It is pointless politicians making stupid pledges, all electric by 2030 then 2035 if they are not going to address this problem.
It highlights the shortsighted approach we take where politicians act on sound bites rather than practicalities.

 

[MikeF]

I read a while ago that the idea is somehow to provide charge points from lamp posts. We’ll be living on the Moon by the time they get round to that in this country.

 

[Blue Mist]

There are a few companies offering various 'sunken' cable options but I'd still be concerned about some scrote messing with the cable like I said earlier and no way I'd leave one plugged in overnight.

They still need council approval to dig the channel. This bloke was willing to do that but like the computer, the council said no.

With regards to not charging overnight. That's when electricity is cheap and available. It's also when most people are at home and therefore their cars are. If it's not safe to do so because of scrotes or trip hazards then all electric is just a fantasy.

 

[Really_here]

They still need council approval to dig the channel. This bloke was willing to do that but like the computer, the council said no.

With regards to not charging overnight. That's when electricity is cheap and available. It's also when most people are at home and therefore their cars are. If it's not safe to do so because of scrotes or trip hazards then all electric is just a fantasy.

agreed