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Bring the people 'beautiful' electric car charging points, calls former transport minister

Keith Oborn

Domestic EV points are installed at either 3Kw or 7Kw, and *require* a dedicated spur from the fuseboard and specific earthing arrangements. For grant-funded ones (the cheapest way to go, cheaper than DIY!) they also *require* a separate GSM-connected meter to report EV power usage.

7Kw is done on a standard 32A breaker. There is a bit of oversubscription in a house with a 60A board breaker if it has a full-fat cooker as well as the usual gubbins. I think 60A is becoming a lot less common nowadays (ours is 120A), and of course there is an awful lot of gas cookery out there.

So there may be some places that are marginal, but only if they want a 7Kw EV point, have a 60A breaker and an all-electric cooker.

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