here at eFIXX we love products that are keeping up to date with the rapidly changing EV market and
we've got one in the form of the EV tower here i said previously the charging unit we're installing
at Line Side Studio wouldn't float in thin air so we've supported our 22 kilowatt three-phase
C-TEK commercial EV charger against this EV tower it's jam-packed full of great features as well as
ones that future-proof your installation moving forward and we're going to take a look at all of
those in this video let's start at the base of our EV tower which is detachable from the post
which is a great advantage to us as electricians because it means we can leave that base on site
with the civil's team so as they're digging out and pouring their concrete they know exactly where
to leave maybe the threaded rod poking through that concrete base in order to secure it or they
could use the thunderbolts provided by EV tower in order that we can fix it we didn't choose that
as a solution here at Line Side Studios we chose to use EV blocks and the EV blocks have a plate
that is removable from the top of that meaning we could take both that and the base plate from the
EV tower to our workshop and drill it out and bolt it into position and then we brought it
back in here and we dropped the remaining part of the tower in however you might be thinking if i'm
on site and there is a ducting or a cable already poking through my pre-poured concrete block how am
i going to make sure i can navigate that through in order to fit my base plate and the answer to
that's around the back nice attention to detail here around the back of the base plate we've got
this slot so in order that where our cable is say coming through in a duct in or just poking
out through our concrete block we can just slide the base plate into position and then we can just
finish it off with these nice caps over the top of those fixings here on the side of the EV Tower is
a plate which is removable when you take off these security screws where you could house such things
as RCD protection we know that RCD protection isn't always built into every EV charger or
maybe an isolating switch and in Ireland it is a requirement to have an isolating switch local to
EV charging point and we know as the regulations keep changing this is something that might happen
here for us as well so working up further at the back of the EV tower we see a solid insert here
that can be removed and a cable can exit at this point and you can insert a grommet to protect that
cable as it comes out also we've got another point here where a cable can come into an EV charger
now you might be thinking well that's odd because we're on the back side of the tower well that's
because you can actually install EV charging points on both sides and we'll explore that
a little bit further as we move into the video the EV tower also allows us to add accessories
and on this side here we've bolted on a bracket that means this lead won't be laying all over
the floor when not in use it's simply curled up and hooked onto here the other side we have an
accessory that will hold the end of our EV charger in place when we're not using it so i mentioned
there that you can install another EV charger on the opposite side of the EV tower now it doesn't
mean you have to match the one you've got on the front so what i've done is i've selected
this plate here that matches my Easee EV charger and it's a simple process in order to install it
two bolts hold the plate into place and already pre-drilled onto that plate are the four fixing
positions that i need for my Easee EV charger wow that is simple so i've installed it the EV tower
currently with one charger on the front but in the future i can add more to it but let's think again
maybe that the ctek EV charger needs to replace him in the future the tower will stay in place
the charger can come off you can replace the plate with the appropriate one for the new charger being
installed and you go again there are loads of different plates that EV tower make to fit the
EV chargers but we know that market is rapidly changing so i will leave a link to their website
in the description below so you can check out the latest plates that they are currently making
with all the great features that EV tower office i now want to protect it from those over excited EV
drivers that spot a charging unit available for a charge and come charging in possibly in reverse
not noticing the wonderful tower and back into it in order to protect it we can use these barriers
i've got in front of me but what's really good is that we can add our own brand into it we've added
CTEK to this one but think about the business you're working in your business branding could
also appear on the barrier if you want to catch up on the full series of how we installed this
three-phase commercial EV charger from C-TEK here at Line Side studios i'll leave that playlist in
the eye above my head as well as a link in the description below but as always we're interested
in your comments your feedback and your stories have you got any great stories about EV cars
that reversed into walls or maybe into posts into charging units please leave them in the comments
below and i'd love to read them all is there anything we've missed out of the playlist that you
think should be featured and we'll go back and put it in also can you tell us how you're installing
in commercial installations your EV chargers are you using the EV Tower are using something
else would be interesting all of those comments and i'll try and get back to as many as i can
you