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Re:UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one install... by julian55 on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @09:38AM (#40976506)
Do you need fast charging at home? We just charge our electric car overnight from a normal UK 240V 13A socket in our garage.
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Re:UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one install... by JshWright on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @09:41AM (#40976544)
240V/13A is significantly more power than the standard outlets in the US (120V/15A), but even here in the US I find a level 1 charger is more than sufficient to cover my daily driving by charging overnight.
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Re:UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one install... by quickthrowman on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @10:38AM (#40977050)
That’s twice as much power as a US 120V 15A receptacle

.8*120*15 = 1440w vs 230*13 = 2990w

You can only use 80% of a load on a breaker in the US, AFAIK UK receptacles are fused which allows using 100% of the listed device ampacity instead of 80%. I could be wrong about that last part though.

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Re:UK has almost 1M EV chargers, with new public one install... by julian55 on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @04:28PM (#40980037)
In the UK there is usually a fuse in the plug, the fuse value varies according to the appliance up to a max of 13A.
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