Release-News.com - 24/08/10
POD Point, the UK’s fastest growing provider of public networked electric vehicle infrastructure, are excited to reveal details of their POD Point Home charge unit to be launched next month which will allow EV drivers further control over charging their electric cars from the comfort of their own home.
POD Point Home is the UK’s first domestic fast-charge solution, charging EVs 2.5x quicker than with a normal home socket. The POD Point Home uses the very latest 32amp ‘Mode 3’ fast charge technology and is fully compatible with the existing, and next generation, of electric vehicles.
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First fast-charger for the home
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Does not sound very new to me !.
There is a limit as to how fast a battery can accept a charge, but with large batteries such as those in EVs, the limit is often the available electrical supply and not the battery.
Use of a 32 amp supply (and a suitable charger) would indeed charge a large battery about two and half times quicker than a 13 amp supply, this has been done for years for industrial EVs.
Most homes are not equiped with 32 amp sockets, though it is fairly easy to install one.
The only problem that I can forsee is the increased loading blowing the supply companies service fuse, at great expense and trouble.
Very few domestic supplies exceed 100 amps, and many are only 60 or 80 amps.
A load of 32 amps for some hours could be a problem in some households, especially if electric cooking, heating, or showers are installed.
Typical winter evening in suburbia
Load, shower=35 amps, cooker, 25 amps, fan heater, 10 amps, lighting and small appliances=10 amps, total 80 amps. That would be fine on an 80 amp supply, and one would probably get away with it on 60 amps since the shower is only used briefly.
Add 32 amps to charge an EV, and the 60 amp fuse will definatly blow, and the 80 amp one might.
A 100 amp service should be fine with the loads listed, but 100 amp supplies are often installed in largeer homes with larger loads, and might still be marginal with an extra 32 amps.
There is a limit as to how fast a battery can accept a charge, but with large batteries such as those in EVs, the limit is often the available electrical supply and not the battery.
Use of a 32 amp supply (and a suitable charger) would indeed charge a large battery about two and half times quicker than a 13 amp supply, this has been done for years for industrial EVs.
Most homes are not equiped with 32 amp sockets, though it is fairly easy to install one.
The only problem that I can forsee is the increased loading blowing the supply companies service fuse, at great expense and trouble.
Very few domestic supplies exceed 100 amps, and many are only 60 or 80 amps.
A load of 32 amps for some hours could be a problem in some households, especially if electric cooking, heating, or showers are installed.
Typical winter evening in suburbia
Load, shower=35 amps, cooker, 25 amps, fan heater, 10 amps, lighting and small appliances=10 amps, total 80 amps. That would be fine on an 80 amp supply, and one would probably get away with it on 60 amps since the shower is only used briefly.
Add 32 amps to charge an EV, and the 60 amp fuse will definatly blow, and the 80 amp one might.
A 100 amp service should be fine with the loads listed, but 100 amp supplies are often installed in largeer homes with larger loads, and might still be marginal with an extra 32 amps.
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