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Is it possible to fit an EV charger in my garage if it's away from the house?


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Blastoise186
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  • Plan Zero Hero
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  • January 25, 2025
mikes01666 wrote:

Just had solar and battery fitted by OVO to our remote garage.

They needed to run a separate feed back to the meter box and isolators/fuse protection.

Remember to ask them to install cat5 cable alongside the electrical wiring which will connect the garage to your house router.

Hard wiring your EV charger, solar and battery to the house router is the most reliable connection and negates weather conditions that 4g will be susceptible to.

Spec. it at the design stage as cat5 cable costs almost nothing.

You could also run CAT6 if you want, for that extra burst of speed - still pretty cheap cables!


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  • Carbon Cutter*****
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  • January 25, 2025

You could, but for almost no benefit. The bandwidth required by a solar inverter, battery and EV is dwarfed by the capacity of Cat 5 (100 Mbps), Cat 5e (1000 Mbps). Cat 6 will accommodate several Gbps.

By all means go for it but it's not needed. The essential factor is to hardwire not rely on WiFi or mobile connection.


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