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  1. Dan

    Day 1: Who has an Electric Vehicle, either Electric Car for home, or Electric Van for Work?

    Day 1: Who has an Electric Vehicle, either Electric Car for home, or Electric Van for Work? I thought I'd post my threads in the forums that I hope to grow a bit more, so I'm trying to steer my threads towards those ones. So my first question / thread is this. Now electric vehicles are...
  2. D

    Electric vehicle tester options

    Hi I'm just starting to fit EV chargers as part of our solar installs. Just looking at the tester options I currently have a Megger 1711 but this isn't suitable due to no DC RCD test. Does everyone end up buying a new MFT or am I missing something? cheers
  3. A

    Run vehicle air con on mains hook up

    Hi I wanted to run my car air con on a hook up at a camp site. Could I buy a mains hook up kit and run a charger to my vehicle battery. Would that work? I guess it would depend how much the charger is putting into the battery, what rating charger would I need.
  4. D

    Vehicle to load - supply a house

    Hi guys I was recently ask by a customer if/how his house could be supplied by his electric car. He wants to charge the car at night on low rate and use the car to power the house during the day. The car has a Vehicle to Load facility and can supply mains voltage a.c. To power any ac device, he...
  5. 1

    Wiring LED's into existing vehicle light harness on each side

    Hello All! New to forums and not to bright so bear with me. I would like to wire an LED light into the Headlight/parking light/turn signal wiring harness on a 2018 F150 (just a sample vehicle). MY LED has two power wires and one ground wire. I would like MY LED to work as a marker light AND...
  6. Z

    Installing vehicle charger

    If you can install in a detached garage, then you can use the house earthing system (PME). Wishful thinking ! Can you install it inside the garage and run charging cable through the wall or can you install it on the outside wall of the garage?
  7. P

    Installing a plastic CU for a vehicle charger

    I'm looking at installing a plastic distribution board to feed a 3 phase vehicle charger. I've never been clear on whether flats being present in a building automatically make the rest of that building count as domestic or not. My understanding of 421.1.201 is that it does. The install...
  8. T

    Company vehicle sharing

    Evening all looking for peoples advice on a little touchy subject i have going on at a firm i work for were they are trying to push the idea of van sharing now covid restrictions have eased. Long story short my manager is insisting i have to pick up a working partner meaning leaving half hour...
  9. johnwicklover

    Does a three-pin socket used for Electrical Vehicle charging need a earth electrode or open PEN fault detection device?

    As the title says, does a three-pin socket (external) used as charging point need an earth electrode or open PEN fault? Are mode 1 and mode 2 exempt from this ? I was under the impression that anything used as EV charging point and if located externally, the installation would need to have...
  10. Electreacle

    Vehicle charging install

    Hi all… I am an apprentice in my 2nd year… A friend of a friend has a vehicle charging kit, SWA etc etc.. all kit provided… I feel confident in installing this but wondering would I have to provide a certificate etc? They want it done as mates rates.
  11. Marvo

    Hillier's Fundamentals Of Motor Vehicle Technology 2006

    Marvo submitted a new resource: Hillier's Fundamentals Of Motor Vehicle Technology 2006 - Hillier's Fundamentals Of Motor Vehicle Technology 2006 Read more about this resource...
  12. littlespark

    Vehicle for sale...

    Not really business related sale, but my friend is selling his monster of an American automobile... he used it as an advertising gimmick, so I guess it is for business...
  13. T

    Choosing a vehicle for newbies

    Hello all, I hope someone can help me out, I only work part time domestic (as a sole trader not ltd) as I have a full time office job as an electrical engineer. At the moment, I just use my personal car (VW Polo), roof bar and sometimes a trailer (no hard top, just a waterproof cover) as I...
  14. sythai

    Commercial vehicle break down cover

    Hi Guys... After any recommendations for commercial breakdown cover..... have x2 vans out of warranty now ? Thanks Sy
  15. J

    Vehicle Headlight Urgent Help

    Wondering if anyone can help me. A few months ago I had a customer that has called me saying that the low beam was not working on the left side of the vehicle, I have checked and found that no power was getting to light the low beam, so instead of costing hundreds to find the broken wire I have...
  16. N

    jib rate (with company vehicle)

    Hi there, can anyone help with this query. I get paid a different rate due to having company van, any time i challenge this my employer shows me a page on the jib website 'engineer with company vehicle'. I can't seem to find it anywhere, can anyone point me in the right direction. Much...
  17. gazdkw82

    Hybrid vehicle charging advice

    Father in law picked his new BMW X5 phev. Previously he had a 330e hybrid on loan whilst he waited for the X5. With the 330e he charged the vehicle via an exterior 13A socket and the vehicle battery was 100% charged. The battery on that vehicle was a 2.4KW battery and a 2.4KW charging unit...
  18. A

    Hi all! Here for electric vehicle charging point advice

    Hi everyone, Signed up as I'm doing some work with a company producing electric vehicle charging points (in the UK) and would like to draw on your wisdom!
  19. S

    Battery Discharging on Vehicle

    Hi, My Peugeot Boxer 2.0L (X reg 2000) petrol based campervan has developed a problem. We were away last weekend and when I tried to start the vehicle after an overnight stay the battery was completely flat. I borrowed a charger from a person on the campsite, took the battery off the vehicle and...
  20. gazdkw82

    Company vehicle HMRC

    May have the opportunity of a company vehicle which can be used for private use. I was informed the HMRC will tax for the use. How does that work? Is it a 1 time cost per year? Is it a set value?

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