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Who’s bringing the horse - no - EV to France?
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I've been looking at the Freshmile map and there seems to be a good range across France (and Europe generally) of chargers that will do their 30c + 30c rate, even on chargers up to 475kW. Except Ionity of course. Random one below near Lyon.
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On my trip to france I had hi vis vests in the door pockets triangle set and tyre plug kit in the frunk (same as in Ireland), no breathalyser (see infro from RAC below). I did bring the granny charger with me as I charged the car couple of times at the the house. In the end it was easier tp charge at the local lidl via chargemap or tesla charges.
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I brought my granny charger with me, and bought the Schuko adaptor for it when I did my road trip to Lithuania and never used it once…. Waste of space with the benefit of hindsight!! But would I bring it again if doing the same trip? Probably…. It’s a nice last resort option that you hopefully will never need…
from Cherbourg to Kiel and back I only DC charged (superchargers), and in Lithuania I used a mix of Ionity (1st & last days en route to port), and free local DC chargers and paid for AC chargers at the local shopping centre… (the free chargers were always fun so the early bird caught the worm etc….…)
This was about 6am one morning!!
You’re in an ID.4 right?
Just take on a big charge (90+%) at your last fast charging stop before getting to the camp site, and then just take on any opportunistic local charges you can get every few days…. But if you land at a campsite with 80+% that’s going to be good for the guts of 300km right?
Chances are there’s loads of local charging options close by anyway…
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Just one point on use of 'Granny cables', and it probably applies anywhere, but just bear in mind that if you're on the continent, older wiring often has almost the same sockets as modern wiring, but it can be limited to <10amps and may not be earthed. You'll typically only ever encounter this in old buildings, but you can still run into it in ancient Gîtes and so on.
I'm just aware of one family who managed to blow the fuses in an old house and had all sorts of chaos trying to find replacements on a Sunday…
The vast majority of wiring is modern, but some older houses can be ticking away with 1940s wiring and fuses rather than breakers.
Modern continental plugs/sockets are this the types below (except Denmark, Italy and Switzerland). There are two variants - one is French/Belgian origin and also used in Poland and a few places and the other, far more common version in most countries, is German (Siemens origin) known as 'Schuko'
Both are rated at 16amps.
Modern French sockets will handle up to 16 amps without any issues. They're more capable of EV charging than Irish 3-pin plugs.
There's also a more recent French design that has a flat face, which pushes back in as you insert the plug. These are exactly the same, just it's a more decorative design / doesn't gather dust etc.
However, if you encounter older type sockets, which are usually flat and have no earth pin / earth clips, these are typically not suitable for 'Granny Charger' use and can just trip out / blow fuses or even overheat quite easily. They're typically indicative of pre 1960s wiring. Much like old Irish wiring, they're often also only protected by a fuse and won't necessarily have had RCDs retrofitted.
Modern plugs will often fit these old sockets, but they're not safe to use with high sustained loads, and they're usually not earthed
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