THE ONLY Zappi video YOU need to see!!

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7 ай бұрын

Today I was asked to install a Zappi EV charging point but was the consumer unit suitable for the job??
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@ryanrickard2042 7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, been sparkying for 12 years, it’s nice to see someone with pride and care for their clients. Very informative video on the zappi, keep it up!

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate 👍👍

@richardprice4954 7 ай бұрын

Ginger nuts are undeniably the grand master of biscuits

@robertbowden3599 7 ай бұрын

Another great video and installation. Love the "don't need a degree in media studies" comment !🤣 Your use of ferrules on cable ends speaks very well to your high attention to detail and professional approach 👍.

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

Hi Bob! 🤣 I’m enjoying learning about filming and just giving it a go! Thanks as always, your support is more than appreciated 👍

@paulmatthews5470 4 ай бұрын

You are definitely one of the better KZfaq spark channels I've come across. Check those CEF invoices though, especially on bigger jobs where things may "accidentally" slip onto the invoice that you never bought.

@sotaelectrical 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes I know what you mean with the invoices

@myenergi 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, what a great install.!!

@sotaelectrical 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Your chargers are the best!!

@Jdoss1 7 ай бұрын

Amazing work as always. Love watching your videos and learning from you 😁

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

Thank you sir 👍👍

@JohnnyMac-lk5qo 7 ай бұрын

Hi great video as always very informative thank you I appreciate the effort just a few things, why was the water bonded? did it enter back into the ground after the instal? as i was tought (and i know you didnt do this) never to bond like this as you are pottentially bringing in a danger especially with PME that does not need to be there what is your opinion on removing the bonding cable for the water if you can see that it has not enetered back into the ground? and secondly if you could show the ev test on the tester that would really help me anyway thx

@James_scott86 2 ай бұрын

Ive got a zappi to do at the weekend and was wondering how easy it was do do the wifi set up, thanks for showing that!!

@sotaelectrical 2 ай бұрын

No probs! It’s a piece of cake 👍

@ronwilliams1829 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant video

@sotaelectrical 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

@herrtomas6729 7 ай бұрын

Point to note... The miniature Fusebox RCBOs (and many other miniatures) do indeed disconnect the N as well as the L conductor, however it is only the L that is actually 'protected'. The N is merely switched. The 'tall' RCBOs do not switch the N. Also I believe that all/most EV chargers have PEN-fault protection built in, so the L-N-E/CPC are all disconnected together in case of any fault condition. Expert Electrical, who distribute the FuseBox brand (hand in the Manchester area as you can call in to their trade counter) also distribute EVEC EV chargers - budget end of the brands, but so far I've had no problems with them, and the APP works well.

@petercook4350 2 ай бұрын

Good video, Don’t forget to update the firmware on the Zappi when you connect to t’internet!

@sotaelectrical 2 ай бұрын

Always do this! Thanks for watching sir 👍👍

@jamiedockerill4576 7 ай бұрын

Enjoy your videos bud. I always take spares for that very situation hate having to go in and out the wholesalers I buy 100 rcbo’s at a time 20 of each size and 5 each board sizes and keep my own stock. 👍

@sotaelectrical 6 ай бұрын

Thank you mate and i think il follow in your footsteps, great tip 👍

@shaun30-3-mg9zs 7 ай бұрын

Great work👍

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍👍

@rimantascalyj276 21 күн бұрын

So no ethernet setup? Why limit to 60A?

@Channel-iu6de 7 ай бұрын

Interesting seeing an old school parallel cable in there.

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

You have an eagle eye my friend!! He don’t see that very much any more

@mikebrooks9854 7 ай бұрын

Nice neat job Adam 👍

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍👍

@rugbygirlsdadg 2 ай бұрын

Does anyone actually check WiFi strength where the Zappi is going to be installed? If you use a physical hub, you don't need to, but my battery inverters are right next to my Zappi in my garage and I had to install a WiFi booster to be able to talk to it remotely. Presumably if I'd been using the Vhub, I'd also have struggled.

@itsmyview2024 7 ай бұрын

Regarding the ct, can you cut off the excess cable, if not why not? Can it be placed anywhere on the Phase incomer providing the arrow is pointing the correct way? Thanks

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

You can cut the excess off the CT but I don’t incase they move house, take the charger with them and the CT needs to be longer at the new address, I have moved a lot of chargers now from house to house and have had this problem before, personal preference, the CT must be after the meter and before and Henley block

@sarahjrandomnumbers 2 ай бұрын

7:14 Just wanted some clarification for this bit. You say that it doesn't work well with DC battery systems, but there is no such thing as an AC battery system. The battery will always be DC, and the inverter will always convert it to AC, so any CT would go on the AC side of the inverter. Did you mean that with transformerless inverters, there is a DC offset from the inverter that will blind the CT, as with type AC RCD's? I'm guessing that's the case, and if so, it's always worth checking to see if it is a transformerless inverter, cause my Victron specifically states because of the isolation provided by the transformer, there is no DC on the AC side of the inverter. Thanks for the videos :).

@sotaelectrical 2 ай бұрын

Hi mate, so what I meant was AC coupled battery systems where there is a new circuit fed from the consumer unit straight to the inverter

@sarahjrandomnumbers 2 ай бұрын

@@sotaelectrical Ah right, thanks for the clarification :).

@don1estelle 7 ай бұрын

the advantage of using two pairs of the ethernet cable is if the client changes their internet supplier all they have to do is plug the ethernet into the new router no wifi to worry about.

@njwareing6408 Ай бұрын

Great Video, Does the zappi have automatic disconnected on overvoltage and undervoltage?

@sotaelectrical Ай бұрын

Yes it does,

@PaulDino02 Ай бұрын

Hi mate, great content as usual. Could I ask what you meant about battery storage hookup to Zappi? I understand about the AC/DC thing. If you were running from your battery backup, only solar would charge EV in the event of a power outage wouldn’t it? I’ve heard in the event of power outages even the solar drops out, so you only run purely on batts? Not sure if I’m explaining myself that well?! Any thoughts. (Having solar fitted and thinking of Tesla batts). Thanks. Paul.

@sotaelectrical Ай бұрын

Hi mate what I mean is basically on the app you can see where the solar is going to, the car, grid or battery, I wouldn’t charge a car off the battery it would just dump it in no time, ye you are correct, if you have a power cut then the battery will operate essential circuits only if you have this incorporated in your installation, otherwise nothing works basically, hope that made sense!

@walseee 7 ай бұрын

Hey, what bits do you use in ur impact? Love the videos ❤

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!! I can’t remember if I’m honest I’ve had them years! If you search in Amazon for long orange impact driver bits they come up 👍

@njwareing6408 Ай бұрын

I didn't realise that not all RCBOs are not double-pole 👍👍👍👍

@sotaelectrical Ай бұрын

Every days a school day buddy!! Pleased you got something out of the video 👍👍

@Bazza-tn5ck 7 ай бұрын

Not submarine, sun-main!! Well I hope so at least 😂😂

@don1estelle 7 ай бұрын

Where did you get the name for your company? are you into climbing mountains or are you an ameter radio operator or both?

@Bazza-tn5ck 7 ай бұрын

Hi pal, just a quick question I had a client contact today asking about an existing submarine main supply to there garage. They have had an EV company round to survey for EV charger. They have been told that they do not need RCD protection? And also that the sun main is fine for 100amps 😂 unlikely. Now whenever I instal and EV charger I always supply via double pole type A rcbo regardless of the charger having and internal RCD. What is your opinion regs wise on omitting separate rcd and only relying on the RCD in EV charger. Thanks for the vids and info 👍👍

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

Hi mate, unless they have a three phase supply to the property it is extremely unlikely that they have a 100A capacity to the garage, they probably saw a 100A main switch in the consumer unit and assumed they have a 100A supply 🤣 I also never rely on the integral RCD and with the EV chargers the exception being the project EV, there is no way for the customer to test the RCD quarterly as they can with an RCBO. If that was my job I would recommend the zappi, you can install a CT on the meter tails with a Harvi if you can’t hardwire it for your load management and a secondary CT in the garage consumer unit set to ‘monitor’ and limit it accordingly

@Bazza-tn5ck 7 ай бұрын

@@sotaelectrical exactly my option also, especially the RCD for testing. I’m going for a look myself tomorrow and advise client accordingly.

@sotaelectrical 7 ай бұрын

@@Bazza-tn5ck hope it all goes well buddy! Have a great weekend!!

@Kieran-jq5kk 6 ай бұрын

Probably a daft question mate, but does the CT go on the line conductor?

@sotaelectrical 6 ай бұрын

No question is a daft one, yes it does.

@newlinerealboi3434 7 ай бұрын

Wicked

@bobjonan5045 4 ай бұрын

Hi mate, so if the main fuse is 60amp what would you adjust it to?

@sotaelectrical 4 ай бұрын

I would go 55A mate

@bobjonan5045 3 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, great videos 👍

@sotaelectrical 3 ай бұрын

@@bobjonan5045 thank you

@3pointedshr 6 ай бұрын

As charger is indoors, can you not just supply it in suitably sized twin and earth? Much cheaper.

@sotaelectrical 6 ай бұрын

Yeah you can but I do these day in and day out so I have off cuts of EV ultra in the van so I just used that

@3pointedshr 6 ай бұрын

@@sotaelectrical Makes sense. 👍

@3pointedshr 6 ай бұрын

Another thought: if the charger supply cable is clipped to the wall (i.e. not buried in walls) does it even need to be on an RCD? The charger has in-built RCD so is there a need to have RCD for the supply cable?

@sotaelectrical 6 ай бұрын

@@3pointedshr yes, if you read the installer instructions for the Zappi it clearly states that the RCD does not comply with the regs and a Type A RCD must be installed upstream

@3pointedshr 6 ай бұрын

@@sotaelectrical I see. Is the upstream RCD required on all chargers then or just Zappi?