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British gas charging station yes or no

Postby glyndwr1998 » Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:18 pm

Hi,

Got a prius with a self installed 4kwh Enginer lithium plug in kit, that is being upgraded shortly to 8kwh pis kit.

Have read that British gas will install a 16A home charging station for free, and for a small charge upgrade that to a 32A station, is there anything wrong with this?

Is this a good deal or is the devil in the small print, and should i beware. The charge station needs a O2 signal and my charging usage will be upliaded and monitored somewhere by someone for 3 years, after that i can do what i like with it.

What are your thoughts on this deal, deal or no deal.

Thanks, Anthony.

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Re: British gas charging station yes or no

Postby skooler » Thu Sep 19, 2013 4:56 am

I've got one, works perfectly and no gotchyas. Although the first thing I did was disable the network connectivity!
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Re: British gas charging station yes or no

Postby mattcarr » Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:32 pm

Also, it is a station with a J1772 connector - is the charger in your car a smart type of charger that will accept this connection?

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Re: British gas charging station yes or no

Postby glyndwr1998 » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:31 pm

Hi skooler, i was thinkoing the very same, although is there anyone monitoring these network connections, and realise that they have been disabled?

skooler wrote:I've got one, works perfectly and no gotchyas. Although the first thing I did was disable the network connectivity!

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Re: British gas charging station yes or no

Postby glyndwr1998 » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:36 pm

Hi mattcarr,

my charger has currently got a 13a standard plug, its only 5a at 240v, although i am in the process of upgrading using 5 48v meanwells in series. Is there a converter cable available?

Additionally, when i can afford it, i do intend to buy a leaf, maybe in another 2 years or sooner when they have dropped in value to around £7K, when they reach this type of level i will definately bu one.

The charger will be really useful then, so i was thinking get it installed now whilst its free and get the benefit of it when i get the car that can utilise it.

Looks like a call to british gas then to organise one.

Many thanks, Anthony.

mattcarr wrote:Also, it is a station with a J1772 connector - is the charger in your car a smart type of charger that will accept this connection?

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Re: British gas charging station yes or no

Postby Kevin Sharpe » Tue Sep 24, 2013 1:00 pm

glyndwr1998 wrote:Hi skooler, i was thinkoing the very same, although is there anyone monitoring these network connections, and realise that they have been disabled?

skooler wrote:I've got one, works perfectly and no gotchyas. Although the first thing I did was disable the network connectivity!
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