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POD Point Home family
Electric Vehicle Charger
INSTALLATION GUIDE Including ZE Ready Requirements
This guide is intended for use by competent electrical installer with the necessary
competence and experience to carry out the installation in accordance with the
regulations and legislation applicable.
POD Point Home Installation Guide
Pod Point February 2014
PP-D-130012-8-PP
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- Page 1 This guide is intended for use by competent electrical installer with the necessary competence and experience to carry out the installation in accordance with the regulations and legislation applicable. POD Point Home Installation Guide Pod Point February 2014 PP-D-130012-8-PP Page 1 of 17...
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Page 2: Important Safety Information
Introduction This guide is designed to explain the basic requirements and options to be considered for the installation of a POD Point Home for a Mode 3 Electric Vehicle. A POD Point Home is a domestic electric vehicle charging connection designed for installation in residential locations. - Page 3 WARRANTY : All POD Point hardware should give a long in-service life, wherever installed. Any hardware failure should be promptly reported to us, ideally by e- mail to warranty@pod-point.com, quoting the serial number and date of purchase of the product, and giving a brief description of the failure. Our engineering team will then investigate, and may ask you to provide evidence of installation in accordance with our protocols and local regulations and to ship the product to our nearest after-sales-service supplier for detailed inspection.
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Page 4: Technical Details
During manufacture each POD Point has been functionality tested for safety using BS EN 61010 & BS EN 61557 approved equipment. All variants of POD Point POD Point Home have been tested and CE marked to the following standards necessary for sale of electrical goods in the European Union. - Page 5 No connection must be made between a TT and PME earth. “ The POD Point Home is designed to deliver a 3.6kW or 7.0kW for the purpose of charging a Mode 3 electric vehicle. Loads of this magnitude requires a dedicated circuit to supply them. A dedicated circuit is a circuit where the only load connected is the POD Point Home.
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Page 6: Circuit Specifications
The circuit specification will be different depending on if you have a 3.6kW or 7.0kW POD Point Home unit. If you are unsure, check the unit part number and reference the datasheet on page 2. Do not proceed with installation unless you are sure. - Page 7 The size and type of cable supplying the home charge unit The POD Point has a declared continuous load current of either 16 or 30 amps (check part number of unit and cross reference with the datasheet if you are unsure). The manufacturers of the POD Point Home unit have also advised that the load will increase by up to 10% during peak charging.
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Page 8: Other Considerations
Home would be connected to an existing TT system it is imperative that this risk assessment is conducted. If a TT earth system is required for the POD Point Home it shall be independent from the distributors earth system with no direct interconnection (the incoming supply SWA protective cover (earth) should not be connected to housing or earth electrode). - Page 9 Electric Vehicles do not have a standard position on the vehicle for the charging inlet. For this reason in is not possible to suggest a ‘one position fits all’ location within a garage or on a wall for a POD Point Home. The installer should consult the EV owner to establish their preferred installation location.
- Page 10 A copper rod type earth electrode shall be installed in a location in close proximity to the POD Point Home. • The POD Point Home unit shall be mounted on a suitable structure or floor mounted on a post structure at a •...
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Page 11: Installation Procedure
POD Point Home. The installer should identify the construction of the wall, and identify the correct and appropriate fixings to use. The Installer has a duty of care to ensure that the POD Point Home unit is securely attached to the wall or structure where •... - Page 12 Fitting the Rear of the Pod Point POD Point Home, POD Point Home Unit Using the Quick start template or the rear of the POD Point Home unit itself, mark out the holes for the fixing the rear unit •...
- Page 13 Wiring up the Pod Point Home, POD Point Home Unit Connection With the rear unit securely fitted to the wall, the electrical supply connection can be made. • • As the installation route of the wiring will vary with each installation, the rear unit has been designed to accept supply conduit entry on either the left, right sides or via rear entry.
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Page 14: Installing A Sim Card
On power up of the Solo2 the LED’s on the front should illuminate in white (red, green and blue on), when the Communications module has initialised the LED’s should change to magenta. When the Solo2 has registered with the Pod Point server the LED’s should then go blue with a short magenta flash. -
Page 15: Commissioning & Test
• The POD Point POD Point Home shall be supplied via a dedicated circuit from the distribution board in accordance with the load characteristics of the device. Refer to page 14 for the commissioning process.. -
Page 16: Certification Requirements
The certification shall be authenticated (signed or by other means) by the competent installer. POD Point Home Installation Guide Pod Point February 2014 PP-D-130012-8-PP... - Page 17 An M5 threaded hole is found at the base of the Freestanding Mount to allow for an earth stud to be connected to the steel post. Note: When fitting the rear of the POD Point POD Point Home Charging unit to the Freestanding Mount, an entry hole must be drilled with a suitable gland inserted to allow access for the electricity supply just below the centre of the unit as shown below.
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