Thank you Glos, I’m very stuck right now I ordered a Mokka, Bp called me to arrange to fit a charger but the grant rules are so strict and although I have space i can’t have it fitted as my can is too close to a public path. I have MS and fatigue is really bad. Making trips to the chargers is going to be tiring for sure, I kind of answered all my questions right here. Interested to see what other people will say on here. Thank you again
I had the same problem with BP Chargemaster which is why I had my own 32A commando socket fitted, BP Chargemaster claimed it was by a public path although it’s a private car park & I had full permission (in writing) from my housing association to charge to my house numbered & disabled space immediately by my garden. In reality BP Chargemaster don’t want the hassle of Motability customers when they can charge other members of the public extra money for extra things.
So, I have a 32A commando socket running from a seperate fuse box inside the house, all installed by my pet electrician friend to current standards & then some (10mm armoured cables, 32A RCD type B, earthing rod, cable clipped to wall more than the regulations say, etc), and then use an OHME smart cable charger (I got mine through Octopus Energy’s discounted route). Yes I paid for it all, and yes I extended the OHME smart charger cable from 5 to 10 metres (well my tame electrician did), but I now have a far better solution than the BP Chargemaster box that I would have to pay extra for some “smarts” (so I can do timed charges or in the case of OHME I can charge when electricity is below a certain rate).
You can also get yourself a “granny charger” & simply plug it into the house & charge the car that way, alas with the Mokka I think being PSA you don’t get that charger for free, but ebay is fine, mine is a 16A charger that can be set-up to use 6-8-10-13-16A I think, I use 8A so the plug/socket doesn’t get hot. I did have my electrician extend it all to 20 metres using 2.5mm armoured cable & a top of the range 13A plug to replace the Shuko plug which I can always put back on if I want to use it in europe. I needed about 10 metres to get from the inside socket to the car without an extension, but 20 metres means I can use it if I go to my parents house.