Thoughts on this EV install

[littlespark]

<div class="bbWrapper">Took this photo from a Facebook group where someone was asking advice about the CT. <br /> <br /> Regarding using the meter box in the first place and making holes in the side of the meter box. <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.electriciansforums.net/attachments/f1f0441e-3c43-4d99-81e5-51d9a9553797-jpeg.107060/" target="_blank"><img src="https://electricians.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/data/attachments/71/71753-7d0124c16b7300f3fc528e11169b87d5.jpg?hash=fQEkwWtzAP" class="bbImage " style="" alt="F1F0441E-3C43-4D99-81E5-51D9A9553797.jpeg" title="F1F0441E-3C43-4D99-81E5-51D9A9553797.jpeg" width="250" height="323" loading="lazy" /></a></div>

 

[mattg4321]

<div class="bbWrapper">Not ideal. Seen worse though</div>

 

[littlespark]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 81922" data-quote="mattg4321" data-source="post: 1820460" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1820460" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1820460">mattg4321 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Not ideal. Seen worse though </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>No doubt. We all have.<br /> <br /> It’s an EV charge point manufacturers Facebook group for customers and installers. The question was about CT clamp positioning with PV. <br /> That’s the photo the user supplied. <br /> <br /> There’s always lots of comments on this forum about meter boxes, and what’s permissible…</div>

 

[Dan]

<div class="bbWrapper">Fixing the cable to the bottom Part of the housing legit? Could get knocked off and with the cable attached pull out a heafty cable! <br /> <br /> Surely that bit isn&#039;t acceptable?</div>

 

[littlespark]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1" data-quote="Dan" data-source="post: 1878898" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1878898" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1878898">Dan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Fixing the cable to the bottom Part of the housing legit? Could get knocked off and with the cable attached pull out a heafty cable!<br /> <br /> Surely that bit isn&#039;t acceptable? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>None of it really is acceptable, Dan. But you’re right, the box will be fibreglass or plastic at best…. The screw won’t be holding anything. <br /> <br /> It’s an older thread now… so I don’t know what became of it all. <br /> <br /> These boxes tend to only allow holes on the bottom side, where there’s a marking. Maybe fixing holes for screwing into brick…. But I believe they are supposed to be held in with mortar when building the wall.</div>

 

[Dan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 103809" data-quote="littlespark" data-source="post: 1878901" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=1878901" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1878901">littlespark said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> None of it really is acceptable, Dan. But you’re right, the box will be fibreglass or plastic at best…. The screw won’t be holding anything.<br /> <br /> It’s an older thread now… so I don’t know what became of it all.<br /> <br /> These boxes tend to only allow holes on the bottom side, where there’s a marking. Maybe fixing holes for screwing into brick…. But I believe they are supposed to be held in with mortar when building the wall. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I quite like the quoted text being a bit smaller.<br /> <br /> Don&#039;t mind me if a resurrect some threads I&#039;m testing stuff. <br /> <br /> But that looked dodgy as hell even to me.</div>