NewMotion dispel consumer worries over Electric Vehicle chargers as potential fire hazards.

As charging an electric car is still quite new to some people, it is logical that they wonder about the influence charging will have on their household electricity connection. There have been rumours that charging your EV whilst using an electric stove will actually result in a house getting burned down. Even boiling the kettle will already trip the house’s main fuse (The Telegraph, 2017). But will this actually happen?

They are not completely wrong. Of course charging a car, especially a full EV, will take more energy from the main fuse, but this does not inevitably mean that it will burn down a house. If you decide to charge your EV via an ordinary household socket, and connect an EV with a battery capacity of 30 kWh, it might happen that it will blow a fuse, as the main fuse cannot simply handle this amount of energy demand.

Luckily, there are specific chargers designed for electric vehicles, which ensure speed and safety. With a dedicated home charge point individuals can safely charge an EV up to 8 times faster than with a regular household socket.

Tip: once you have decided to install a home charge point, check if the charge point provider and installer have all the necessary safety certificates.

If there is still uncertainty whether a main fuse can handle charging an EV next to providing energy to other appliances, some charge points provide a service called Dynamic Load Balancing. This service will enable your smart charge point to distribute the available power in the best way possible. This means that your charge point will demand less power from your main fuse once you turn on another appliance in your household.



By making use of Dynamic Load Balancing in combination with your NewMotion home charge point, you can plug in your EV every day, completely worry free!