Use solely accepted suppliers for chargers, guarantee they adjust to security requirements, Bomba tells EV house owners

The hearth and rescue division (Bomba) has reminded electrical car (EV) customers to make sure that the home EV chargers they set up of their properties are sourced from accepted suppliers and adjust to established security requirements, The Star experiences.

The division’s director-general Datuk Seri Nor Hisham Mohammad mentioned that charging gear ought to come from suppliers recognised by the power fee (ST) and meet particular requirements to make sure security. He mentioned the set up of chargers should adjust to MS IEC 61851 and MS IEC 62196 requirements, and adherence to those requirements, as regulated by the fee, are met.

The reminder follows a recennt incident through which two EVs parked side-by-side in a automotive porch in Petaling Jaya caught hearth and have been gutted, damaging about 10% of the home consequently. The hearth was efficiently extinguished with water, and no accidents have been reported.

Nor Hisham mentioned that based mostly on preliminary findings, the autos weren’t being charged on the time of the fireplace. He added that regardless of hypothesis blaming the charger or ongoing charging, the fireplace occurred hours after charging had concluded.

As for appropriate pointers, he mentioned that present rules stay centered primarily on public charging, and that any proposals for broader authorized protections for EV chargers past that scope would must be submitted below the Nationwide EV Steering Committee (JKK Pemandu) framework throughout the ministry of funding, commerce and trade (MITI).

In the meantime, Malaysia Electrical Automobile House owners Membership (MyEVOC) president Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi mentioned the affiliation has been actively partaking with the ST and Tenaga Nasional (TNB) in addition to licensed charging set up spe­­cialists to make sure that dwelling charging is protected and accessible.

“Following these engagement periods, each the commis­sion and TNB have issued pointers for dwelling charger installations,” he mentioned, urging EV house owners to interact licensed, skilled installers and observe their suggestions fastidiously. “Firms and people listed as ‘competent individuals’ by the fee can present appropriate suggestions on gear and obtainable energy,” he defined.

He additionally beneficial that EV house owners set up smoke detectors close to their home charging factors and carry out common inspections, noting that wire connections can loosen over time, rising the chance of overheating. He mentioned that correct set up, monitoring and common upkeep of kit was the important thing to stopping accidents.

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