Car charging facility for clients
Discussion
One of my clients suggested I install an electric car charging point for customer use. He dropped his car off for repair and had his wife in tow with their i3 - he said it was marginal for him to get home. He suggested that other customers will likely be in a similar position so a charger here would be helpful.
I think he's got a very valid point. 90% of my clients travel over 50 miles to get here. Some take the train back to central London but many have someone give them a lift. With increased electric car usage it makes sense to provide the option here.
I have 3 phase at the workshop. Is it a mater of just buying a socket and getting my electrician to wire it in? Anyone in this business? I don't need anything fancy just the ability to top a car up every now and again.
I think he's got a very valid point. 90% of my clients travel over 50 miles to get here. Some take the train back to central London but many have someone give them a lift. With increased electric car usage it makes sense to provide the option here.
I have 3 phase at the workshop. Is it a mater of just buying a socket and getting my electrician to wire it in? Anyone in this business? I don't need anything fancy just the ability to top a car up every now and again.
Yes, in short. Also consider that most home charge socket kits are single phase, so you wouldn't even necessarily need to wire 3phase from your distribution board to the socket. The only possible considerations are if there is a spare breaker in your distribution board, and what the total load on your main supply is. Offering the free top up is all well and good, but you won't want to be doing it at the expense of tripping the whole workshop offline.
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