Hey everyone,
Just put in an order for my M3-LR lease and, touch wood, it should arrive before Christmas. I'm currently in rented accomodation and will be until March when (again, touch wood) we should be buying our first home.
With that in mind, my first question:
I'm only here for a few months so I'm reluctant to pay for an EV charger to be installed. My plan instead was to buy an extension lead and charge using a 3 pin socket via my letter box (I have off road parking). In the short term I doubt I will be driving more then 50 miles on the odd day here or there (the joys of remote working) unless I'm going on a very long motorway journey in which I'll use the supercharger network.
Does that sound sensible or am I overestimating ability to charge with a 3 pin plug?
Second question: new house we're moving to is freehold with some leasehold car parking spaces (see the MS paint masterpiece below). The developer tells me there is some ducting in place to run a cable for an EV charger (see red line; note my scaling is bad, ducting is about 30 m).
There is no post or wall etc to install the charging unit on at the parking space and, with it being a leasehold, I doubt I'll be able to install one.
Does anyone have any input on the optimum way to get an EV charger installed in this situation? Should a charging box, with an extra long cable/connector, be installed near the meters just leaving a loose connector near the car? Or are there charging units that can be just put on the floor (everyone I've seen has been installed to a wall or post?
Finally, the car parking spaces here are pretty open to passers by. I was a bit concerned anyone could decide to borrow my charger when I'm not about. Is that something I should be concerned about or is that not really something that happens?
Thanks everyone!
Just put in an order for my M3-LR lease and, touch wood, it should arrive before Christmas. I'm currently in rented accomodation and will be until March when (again, touch wood) we should be buying our first home.
With that in mind, my first question:
I'm only here for a few months so I'm reluctant to pay for an EV charger to be installed. My plan instead was to buy an extension lead and charge using a 3 pin socket via my letter box (I have off road parking). In the short term I doubt I will be driving more then 50 miles on the odd day here or there (the joys of remote working) unless I'm going on a very long motorway journey in which I'll use the supercharger network.
Does that sound sensible or am I overestimating ability to charge with a 3 pin plug?
Second question: new house we're moving to is freehold with some leasehold car parking spaces (see the MS paint masterpiece below). The developer tells me there is some ducting in place to run a cable for an EV charger (see red line; note my scaling is bad, ducting is about 30 m).
There is no post or wall etc to install the charging unit on at the parking space and, with it being a leasehold, I doubt I'll be able to install one.
Does anyone have any input on the optimum way to get an EV charger installed in this situation? Should a charging box, with an extra long cable/connector, be installed near the meters just leaving a loose connector near the car? Or are there charging units that can be just put on the floor (everyone I've seen has been installed to a wall or post?
Finally, the car parking spaces here are pretty open to passers by. I was a bit concerned anyone could decide to borrow my charger when I'm not about. Is that something I should be concerned about or is that not really something that happens?
Thanks everyone!