The Types Of Charging Pile

- Nov 15, 2016-

With the development of electric vehicles , the charging piles have also been emerging. In our daily life, what type of charging pile you know? Here I’d like to introduce the types of charging pile.

1.       The classification of install conditions: vertical charging pile and wall charging pile

Vertical charging pile is suitable for outdoor parking spaces or residential parking spaces; and wall-mounted charging pile must rely on the wall fixed, suitable for indoor and underground parking spaces.

2.       The classification of service object: public charging pile, special charging pile and self-use recharge pile

The public charging piles are provided by public agencies such as government agencies for any electric vehicle owners, such as public car parks.

Special charging piles are mostly built for businesses, and serve customers and insiders, such as mall parking lots.

Self-use charging pile for the private charging pile, installed in the private sector, not open to the outside world.

3.       The classification of protection level of installation site: Indoor charging piles and outdoor charging piles

The level of protection of the indoor charging pile needs to be at least IP32, The outdoor charging pile need to face harsh weather conditions, the need for better insulation and lightning conditions, the protection level at least to achieve IP54 which can protect personal safety, body safety and safety of charging equipment.

4.       The classification of the number of charging interfaces: a pile of a charge and a pile of more than one charge

Currently on the market to charge a pile of a charge-based, large-scale parking lot in the bus park, the need for multi-charging pile, synchronous support multiple electric vehicle charging, not only to speed up the charging efficiency, but also save labor.

5.       The classification of charging type: AC charging pile and DC charging pile

Generally AC charging pile is small current, small pile, flexible installation, fully charged in 6-8 hours, used for small passenger electric cars, in public parking lots, large shopping centers and community garage, and home Charging pile is also mostly AC charging pile. However, the DC charging pile is generally high current, a short period of time to charge a larger, larger pile, take up a large area. DC charging pile is suitable for electric buses, CMB, hybrid buses, electric cars, taxis, construction vehicles.