More information on the BG Sync EV chargers featured in this video 👉 hub.efixx.co.uk/BG-SyncEV

Nice to see that finally a manufacturer designs in decent waterproofing (and dust/insect proofing) provision for silicone sealant. I have been using a ring of silicone around outdoor box screw holes for at least 25 years, it is SO obvious! AND it's simply not necessary to load up the back with half a pound of silicone as I've seen some sparkies do, yet miss parts of the hole surround thereby creating a massive FAIL!

Nice little unit that.. Not to bad price wise at about £500 ish for the tethered unit.. Not a massive fan of BG consumer units as they are always the cheapest at screwfix and often mean its been installed badly but I do use the BG outdoor sockets and have used the small garage consumer units and they are ok, I guess its not so much the product that is the issue, more the people that buy it and install it but that charger looks the business..

Ok I'm in the states but for most of my water sealing I use duct seal but I may start using silicone on top and use that dust idae to color match and hide openings. Thts a great tip

I’m looking at installing one of these chargers, I have no concerns of the property overloading the main fuse whilst the car is plugged into the charger but is it recommended to fit the CT clamp for good practice? Or is it not necessary

Why was there a Myenergi hub beside the router - was this replacing a zappi?

Why have you installed an rcd when there is one on the charger? surely a double pole mcb would be correct seeing you've used armoured cable?

Rcd upstream of the spd ?

Just a cautionary point that may have been made many times before: never open circuit the secondary side of a CT while there is current flowing in the primary.

I'm not sure if i'm missing something obvious, but did you just install a plastic consumer unit inside a dwelling? Not a professional, but I seem to recall something about the 17th edition amendment 3 requirement for these to be metal (or metal enclosed) and the BG site shows the interior models to be metal. Just wondering how this installation would pass an inspection.

So is the bg consumer unit being used here where there are no spare ways for an additional rcbo and spd in the existing cu?

Great videos

Personally, I'm not a fan of combining data cables in with power. Possibly this dates back to my telecoms days when you don't even share ducts between power and cable lines, let alone within the same cable. However, I can see how it does make it a bit neater, but it's not something I'd like in my property. When I have to dig up the garden for ducting a cable to the detached garage it will be with separate power and data cables. I am also of the mind that if I go to this effort, then using 5 core 6mm^2 SWA would maximise flexibility for the future as it would allow for 3 phase in the future. Also, to minimise resistive losses I think it would be within regulations (as the cores are the same cross-sectional area) to parallel up two of those cores for line and another two cores for neutral when running as single phase. The CPC need only be single core when there's a 32A breaker. It's about 20 metres in total, but I still calculate that would save about 60 watts on a 7.2 kW load. Less than 1%, but every little counts.

I do hope the current transformer burden was fitted AT the transformer not the other end. An unburdened current transformer can be quite dangerous if care is not taken as it can easily produce very high voltage, safe as houses when burdened. No mention was made of this burden so I guess if as part of an overall kit it comes prefitted to the transformer. 🤔🤔

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7:45 why go straight down and in? Sure it looks better than a U-loop, but down-U-up-in is better to avoid water getting in.

The cable to the service head earth clamp dosnt look like the proper construction to me!

Good rule of thumb lads when houses were getting built using floorboards they were also using asbestos and if so where did all the dust land up…….

A fuse for a Surge Protection Device?

I guess it’s ok to use thin tails as the current draw it 30A max

When Ross drills a hole through the outside brick wall for the charger cable to go through it looks like he goes straight in. Isn’t it better to drill slightly up at an angle to prevent rainwater getting through? I know it’ll be silicone sealed, but just for extra caution.

the problem with using wifi for the data connection is when the customer changes the Broadband supplier or the isp sends out a new Router just because customer change to a new Deal you'll have to change the wifi you can use the other 2 pairs as ethernet!

It is important that the LAN cable must be laid separately from the supply line. 6:48

As soon as the router is changed, the Wi-Fi won’t work. Hardwired would save a lot of grief.

Really should be a gas detector down there gents, air bricks or not. Stay safe pop pickers

Scottish Power Energy Networks will replace cast iron cable heads for free on application.

10mm tails ?

Why a Current Transformer? 4:08

3:42 sure just throw the plastic wrapping away in the air....

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Did they forget the isolator next to the charger

Still not demonstrating a proper drip loop on that great thick cable piercing both skins :-( And he was using proper sturdy clips, so really no excuse whatsoever. A "little bit of silicone" is not adequate to prevent moisture tracking into a horizonal hole like that over an extended time -- the intended lifetime of that equipment -- especially in Yorkshire! ("Prevailing weather is to the opposite wall" says Efixx; "Insurance companies and building inspectors don't care about 'the most common' wind direction " says I.)

Good luck with the Chinese BG equipment.hope you don't have a faulty breaker .

It’s an eyesore, like most chargers. I would have it in my garage !