Ohme home pro charger - installation

[Joeboy]

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Most likely, old or loose wiring in the socket or poor quality socket, I always fit quality brands like MK.

Would it make the 3-pin-plug hot too?
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If there was a loose connection within it would. Although if the EV cable was made up it would be worth checking as many accessible connection points in the line?

[Oldgreybeard]

13A plugs are notorious for overheating. They are officially rated to carry 10A continuously, but they will only take this if the plug and socket is in good condition. That's why all properly certified plug in chargers are rated to charge at 10A. Sadly there are lots of crappy Chinese chargers sold that try and draw 13A, or even more, through a 13A plug, and these always end up heating the plug up. Not unknown for this to cause a fire, which is why reputable plug in chargers tend to have a temperature sensor in the plug to shut the charger down if the plug overheats.

[AGT]

A bit of misunderstanding. I'm not going to do DIY as I'm aware I need a proper electrician to sign it off. Just wanted to save some time to a local electrician and get everything sorted before his arrival. Until today morning I wasn't even aware I needed isolator switch, hence my questions.

Btw. Why is my 3-pin-plug car charger burning a socket? I'm using extension lead to get to socket with 13A rating, but it's quite long (5-10m).

The isolator is mentioned in the instructions as the unit comes prewired with a 6mm2 flex.
Joint box or isolator to join the fixed cabling to this flex, the joint box or isolator provides this transition between the 2 cables.

Do you have a spare way in the consumer unit?
Do you have a route from the consumer unit to the EV charger?

This type of info supplied to the spark may help pricing

[ducabi]

Do you have a spare way in the consumer unit?
Do you have a route from the consumer unit to the EV charger?

Both yes. Do I need Type A RCD for ohme or is it built in?

[AGT]

It’s already fitted as per the instructions…
You need a suitable overload device, MCB, specific cable and joint box/isolator.