Another North west Electricity engineer has just been out to look at the shared loop electrical system these old houses have & was talking about putting in a new 100 amp feed from the main supply outside our property which would entail digging up large parts of our garden :icon_cry:
He said they wouldn't be able to isolate this old system as it's connected to two other houses.

:icon_rolleyes: Just had another email from the OLEV 7kw charger installation guys saying they needed more photo evidence asking for picture evidence of earth bonding straps on water/gas pipework.
I already told them this 100+ year old house does not have those types of earth bonding clamps, It has other earthing wiring from the old bakerlite fuse board to pipework, I sent them details/pics & new safety certificate from our area network electricity providers stating the household electricity system passed safety/earthing tests.


I can see this being a long drawn affair with headaches:icon_lol:, I'm already two months in & nowt happening. :snowball1:

Well just had an email from the OLEV 7kw charger people & ..........https://media.giphy.com/media/9Tq8GKRP4nwl2/giphy.gif :eek:


They said new regulations require the 7kw charger will have to have it's own independent 100Amp double pole mains isolator switch supply which will have to be carried out by the distribution network operator, This shared loop power supply we have in these old houses is not up to being upgraded so a new supply is needed from the main feed in the street, That's what the electricity engineer said when he came to access the situation.


Do I want my garden/lawns digging up to have a new supply installed ! Not really. :snowball:

It's supposed to be a free upgrade for old housing stock with an antiquated electricity supply, There are literally thousands of this type of housing stock in my neck o the woods. :eek: Going to be a real problem for people in a few years time when they will want a BEV & home charger installed.

Well nowts going smoothly up until now with this 'ere EV revolution malarkey :mad: I don't know whether to bother with a 7Kw charger because of needing a completely new power supply from the street for it and now hassle with banking apps & mobile phones :devil:


You need a contactless bank card to tap on those public fast chargers to start/stop/pay for a charge so the bank duly sent me a new contactless debit card to be authorised by mobile phone.
The banking app says my device isn't compatible :eek::( It's too old to run the banking security app from what I've discovered so I now need a new bleddy mobile phone :devil:

The DNO got in touch with us yesterday to issue us with a new job number regards upgrading the electricity supply :bowdown:


Amidst all the doom & gloom over poor cars last year only two companies managed to increase sales in 2020, MG & Tesla.

Just waiting for my last estimate to come back and then we will be purchasing our charger.

Glad to say I am included in the December figures

What happens if BP Pulse say your property isn't suitable for charger installation?

Our barn conversion has our driveway at the bottom of our 40ft garden. We do have a cable running down our trellis fence to a movement activated light down there, but that's about it. It's in the curtilage of a Grade 2 listed building so there's not a lot that can be done without Planning or Listed Building Consent.

Will it mean that properties without the capability to charge a vehicle become hard to sell and lose value after 2030ish?

It certainly isn't suitable as it stands and they wont touch it in it's present form as the old bakerlite household electrical system is 100+ years old & not up to today's code :eek:


With the mileage we do these days we could happily get by just using the "slow charger/granny charger" that comes with the car but if there's one thing I've learned since reading about BEV's is you need a 'Plan B'



There is an instavolt fast charger not far from me where I could get a charge in 30 minutes or all Tesco's 7kw chargers are on free vend.



There are hundreds & hundreds of this type of old housing stock in my neck o the woods with the same antiquated shared loop electrical system, It is a free upgrade by the DNO to an 80/100Amp supply, I dare say they will have their work cut out for them over the coming years with these types of older properties.

Another thing has just come to light!!! Gas boilers for heating are soon to be banned & if my gas boiler goes belly up in a few years time and we're supposed to use electricity then these old antiquated electrical systems aren't going to be up to the job to run the whole house on electricity. :eek:

Electric cars electric heating, electric buses...... has anyone told National Grid?