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- Peter
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I am not 100% certain but I would think the law about the installation still is applicable when you connect the EVSE via a plug. There are requirements on how the earth leakage switches should be rated. But I am sure your electrician or Eneeis can advise you. Porsche also earlier offered some kind of survey etc to give the correct advise. Not sure if tht still is applicable though. Ask your dealer.Presumably the French law about installing EV points does not apply if I'm only having a 3 phase socket on the wall installed and using the PMCC.
No you can not adjust the charging rate in the car, but you can easily do that on the PMCC. There is a menu , where you just adjust the amps that the EVSE should deliver. In my case I can adjust it between 6 amps and up to the max of 32 amps. The unit normally runs at 16 amps per phase. It uses all 3 phases all the time.Can I set the KW for charging in the car? As mentioned I could have a higher KW in summer when we are not using the electric heaters.
With the PMCC you can make it link to your network via Power Line Communication (PLC), but you would need a PLC modem close to your router than as well. But they are easily installed if needed.So my garage is too far away from the house to get wifi; is this a problem?
You can also buy a Home Energy Manager from Porsche and that can then automatically adjust your charging rate, depending on your overall load in your property. That would stop it from tripping any fuse. If you later install Solar Power you can also programme this to use Solar energy for charging. But again that is a 500 Euro option and it is much easier to just limit the power on the PMCC.
I also travel regularly to the UK from the Italian border. Never had any issue to find and plan charging stops along the main motorways. There is more limited availability of chargers in the north west of France than the rest of the country, but still no problems.I think I would spec the 22kw onboard charger. I travel to the UK regularly so will never know what I will find on the journey in France but probablt worse in the UK.
I can recommend that you download the A Better Route Planner (ABRP) app and try the routes you intend to use. It is easy to set departure and destination and plans your charging stops. Not 100% accurate but damn close. And you can adjust a lot of parameters so that it plans good stops.
We have all started with these questions, about charging, some years ago and trust me things have improved massively in the last couple of years. Some of the road trips by @tigerbalm and also @Pozuelo are worth searching for here on the forum, to read.
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