Hello again, Mike Holt forum.
If you have read one of my other posts elsewhere here, you may know that I have a co-worker, the motor pool coordinator, who constantly questions my well-above-code compliance on various issues. Recently, we have a group of farmers on this estate that just leased an all-electric Elise 900 skid steer. It’s a pretty cool invention for the light- to medium-duty farm work they do.
At any rate, the charger that came with the EV, pictures provided, is meant to be installed within the EV, but the one we have is too big to fit, so I am being asked to wall-mount it. It came with, what I believe is, a European or Asian, water-tight 63A receptacle and plug-n-cord setup. This is my first beige flag, but again, it’s a lease. I will not remove parts and risk voiding any equipment warranty without the manufacturer’s approval. I am also still waiting on an install guide to ensure there is nothing else special needed.
My co-worker is telling me that a breaker cannot be used to disconnect/de-energize the charger. However, the AC-DC inverters, which I had translated into English (thanks, chatGPT), recommend not de-energizing the charger while it is charging the equipment. So, as long as the battery management behind the EV seat shows 100%, it should not receive any more power. Then, shutting off the breaker or hitting the GFCI trip should be an acceptable means of de-energizing the equipment, allowing the farmers to safely remove the makeshift power cord from the charger to the EV (which is missing a handle, as pictured below).
Are there any articles I may have missed that I should look at that tells me I cannot use a breaker for disconnecting power to a receptacle for an EVSE or charger assembly?
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If you have read one of my other posts elsewhere here, you may know that I have a co-worker, the motor pool coordinator, who constantly questions my well-above-code compliance on various issues. Recently, we have a group of farmers on this estate that just leased an all-electric Elise 900 skid steer. It’s a pretty cool invention for the light- to medium-duty farm work they do.
At any rate, the charger that came with the EV, pictures provided, is meant to be installed within the EV, but the one we have is too big to fit, so I am being asked to wall-mount it. It came with, what I believe is, a European or Asian, water-tight 63A receptacle and plug-n-cord setup. This is my first beige flag, but again, it’s a lease. I will not remove parts and risk voiding any equipment warranty without the manufacturer’s approval. I am also still waiting on an install guide to ensure there is nothing else special needed.
My co-worker is telling me that a breaker cannot be used to disconnect/de-energize the charger. However, the AC-DC inverters, which I had translated into English (thanks, chatGPT), recommend not de-energizing the charger while it is charging the equipment. So, as long as the battery management behind the EV seat shows 100%, it should not receive any more power. Then, shutting off the breaker or hitting the GFCI trip should be an acceptable means of de-energizing the equipment, allowing the farmers to safely remove the makeshift power cord from the charger to the EV (which is missing a handle, as pictured below).
Are there any articles I may have missed that I should look at that tells me I cannot use a breaker for disconnecting power to a receptacle for an EVSE or charger assembly?
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