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Legal self-install of EVSE may come to an end, in the USA
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Many EVSE manufactures certify plug-in EVSEs with UL as portable. We classify all OpenEVSE models as portable, our enclosures have center holes that allow tool-less quick removal.
The proposed regulation extends to installing receptacles for the purpose of EV charging. It's paired with a regulation that receptacles for EV charging must be EV listed. So you can hang a listed EVSE on the wall, but you can't install the receptacle.
The irony is hardwiring an EVSE is safer....
Under the proposed rules, all receptacles for EV charging must be EV listed (after the Leviton 14-50 disasters and fires). And those must be installed only by qualified individuals.
No more self-install permits for receptacles or hardwired EVSE is the goal.
I disagree with the goal!
Bryce Nesbitt
In many areas it's possible to get a permit for hardwiring an EVSE, or for installing a receptacle to plug in EVSE. That era will close soon. The 2nd Draft of the National Electrical Code for the USA will read one of the following:
NEC 624.4 Qualified Persons
Permanently installed electric vehicle power transfer system equipment shall be installed by qualified persons.
See NECA 413-2024, Standard for Installing and Maintaining Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) or other ANSI approved installation standards.
NEC 625.9 Qualified Persons (1871-NFPA 70-2024)
(A) Installation Electric Vehicle Power Transfer Equipment shall be installed by qualified persons
Exception: Shall not apply to the use of portable electric vehicle chargers
Informational Note: See NECA 413-2024, Standard for Installing and Maintaining Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) or other ANSI approved installation standards.
The definition is
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This may not end self-install of EVSE, but it will end the ability to get a permit to do it.