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> I look at it as parallel to requiring circuit breakers rather than fuses in new residential construction and renovation. Since it's a charging point, wouldn'
by cesarb 10y ago
> I look at it as parallel to requiring circuit breakers rather than fuses in new residential construction and renovation.
Since it's a charging point, wouldn't it be more similar to "each bedroom should have at least N power sockets per square meter"? I believe a rule like that already exists, requiring something like "at least N electric vehicle charging sockets per square meter of garage" sounds like a natural extension of it.
That said, I'd like to read that draft directive, and see what it actually says.
- brudgers 10y agoTo me, there's really no philosophical difference between receptacles in the bedroom and the prohibition on fuseboxes. Receptacles in bedrooms are to reduce life safety hazards from the use of extension cords when receptacles are lacking as the requirement for circuit breakers reduces the life safety hazard from using coins when replacement fuses are lacking. Incidentally, the US centric NEC also requires bedroom circuits to be protected from arc faults in new/upgraded installations. This is typically achieved with breakers in the breaker box.