Electric Car Charging Cable Across Pavement

Leaving the electric cable draped across the pavement.

Electric car charging cable across pavement.

Cables across the pavement. Want an electric car charge point on the street outside your house. Hampshire says this will eliminate the need to invest in on street charge points and allow residents to benefit from cheap tariffs. Charging cable on pavement in slaithwaite the owner of the car who did not want to be named said it was not always possible to park right outside his home or charge his charge at other locations.

The charging point was installed by council approved contractors and paid for by the owner. With some people able to park close to their homes it s tempting to want to run a cable across the pavement to their car. Yellow have anti trip sloped sides and be of a tough construction suitable for outdoors use. Cables across the path or hanging overhead are a hazard and it is an offence under the highways act to place wires or other apparatus across a path that are likely to post a danger to the public.

The cable protector should be non slip have contrasting colour markings e g. Local authorities should be taking more action to support ev drivers in your position in installing on street charging points that you can use without having to run cables. Any cable protector used should cover the area likely to be walked across including the full width of any footway and verge between the property and the vehicle. There s a 2 5m pot but the catch is you have to apply though your council on street residential chargepoint scheme available.

Charging your vehicle on the street by trailing a cable across the pavement is not permitted. Hampshire county council is advising electric car owners with on street parking to run an electric cable from their house across the footway to charge their vehicles. A man has had a metal fence installed in front of his home to stop him charging his electric car after a row with the local council.