Comment on Is charging electric car at holiday house "theft"?

• snacks@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In theory yes. If you’ve ever stayed in a bed and breakfast on the Isle of Wight for example, you wouldn’t trust those fuses as far you can throw them and absolutely don’t want a £20k lithium battery car plugged into what is essentially world war 2 wiring. Your breaker will just expire and leave the rest to burn away

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  • PupBiru@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    world war 2 wiring kinda isn’t the issue… if the wires can handle 5a they should have a 5a breaker… the only problem with old wiring is the insulation could be done for and then it’s an issue of arcing which will cause a fire whether there’s something plugged into the socket or not!

    electrical fires and safety here is not an issue unless the house isn’t up to code… so either they’re using it as a poor excuse, or they’re admitting that their house is unsafe under any circumstances

    … or, possibly just as likely considering they’re concerned about “30hr” of charging: they’re just ignorant

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    • snacks@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes, I’m sure we agree on that. My point is, loads of houses are not up to code. Garden plug outlets for mowing the lawn are not be used for charging a car in the same way that old extension leads are not

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      • PupBiru@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        garden plug outlets should have an appropriate breaker on them for whatever they’re rated at… you can use them for whatever you like: they’re no different from an inside plug other than being weather proofed… why would they be any different? old extension leads are also fine for charging a car, as long as the insulation is fine and they’re rated the same as the breaker… again, why would they not be? its not like extension lead technology has exactly changed much: it’s a chunk of copper surrounded by non-conductive material

        it doesn’t become a fire risk simply because it’s old…

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