Extra Long Charging Cable

[DSLiverpool]

When fully charged a lot of chargers drop the cable lock so it can be unplugged by anyone, assuming the car is still in place and the driver absent you cannot charge up as a car is in the way.

So a 10m charging cable is the answer - no? charge from the next parking bay!!

I will get onto China straight away - get me a container full.

[Doshy]

DSLiverpool said:

When fully charged a lot of chargers drop the cable lock so it can be unplugged by anyone, assuming the car is still in place and the driver absent you cannot charge up as a car is in the way.

So a 10m charging cable is the answer - no? charge from the next parking bay!!

I will get onto China straight away - get me a container full.

The length of a Tesla + i3 should do the trick.

[LordFlathead]

There are other issues with long cables such as volt drop and trip hazard. Having a longer cable also means a higher likelihood of sustainable damage. I should imagine that insurers already view charging cables as a huge risk.

[debbiexc90]

The other option is to lock your ev cable to your car. There are a couple of ways you can do this and some cars come with a feature to help lock the cable to the car.

[ruggedscotty]

Cable length and parking of vehicles for charging is something that will need to be worked on as more EV's are used. It may be that you have multi bay points, charger displays time remaining you see an available point you then plug your car in and specify the charge point to the charger. The time left to fully charged changes and the next person that comes along can look about for the next point to come available and plug their car in, so it becomes a production line, as EV's become more common wont people not be bothered with a full charge preferring to do say a 20 mile range to get them to the next location.

its all still to fall into place

[Frimley111R]

DSLiverpool said:

When fully charged a lot of chargers drop the cable lock so it can be unplugged by anyone, assuming the car is still in place and the driver absent you cannot charge up as a car is in the way.

So a 10m charging cable is the answer - no? charge from the next parking bay!!

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10m cables can be quite heavy things to lug around and, as said above, there will be a voltage drop (although not too much). You can buy 10m cables right now from many places.

[motco]

debbiexc90 said:

The other option is to lock your ev cable to your car. There are a couple of ways you can do this and some cars come with a feature to help lock the cable to the car.

My Good Lady's Leaf has three options: unlocked, automatic (drops the lock on completion), and locked.

[ruggedscotty]

Voltage drop isn't that much of an issue these days, the clever chargers can compensate for that and ensure that the required voltage is at the battery independent of the current being taken.