# Help ! I need to know what components are inside a charging station

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**Category:** Battery & Chargers\
**Created:** [March 14, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/help-i-need-to-know-what-components-are-inside-a-charging-station/2131 "2012-03-14T04:31:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![jwf90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@jwf90](https://community.electricforum.com/u/jwf90)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/help-i-need-to-know-what-components-are-inside-a-charging-station/2131/1 "2012-03-14T04:31:32Z")

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Hi guys,

I am a student studying Product design at the University of Derby. I am currently in the process of designing a electric charging station for EV’s suitable for outdoor commercial use.

I have looked through a lot of sites on the internet and asked a couple of experts but I can’t seem to find out what components there are in a typical charging station.

I urgently need some answers to this question and any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys for your help and I look forward to hearing from you

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**Author:** ![Shimonariev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Shimonariev](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Shimonariev)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/help-i-need-to-know-what-components-are-inside-a-charging-station/2131/2 "2012-03-24T01:16:18Z")

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EV charging station including

1. Electronical controler that communicate with the car and control the all  
charging process.
2. Relay
3. wires:D
4. Connector (to connect the car)
5. Circuit breaker and Residual-current device (according the law here the station have to include them)

I hope that I help you

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**Author:** ![jwf90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@jwf90](https://community.electricforum.com/u/jwf90)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 10:28am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/help-i-need-to-know-what-components-are-inside-a-charging-station/2131/3 "2012-03-24T10:28:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Shimonariev;11082]EV charging station including

1. Electronical controler that communicate with the car and control the all  
charging process.
2. Relay
3. wires:D
4. Connector (to connect the car)
5. Circuit breaker and Residual-current device (according the law here the station have to include them)

I hope that I help you[/QUOTE]

Thank yo very much !!!😃

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**Author:** ![Lauris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cc9497/32.png) [@Lauris](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Lauris)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 10:50am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/help-i-need-to-know-what-components-are-inside-a-charging-station/2131/4 "2013-02-26T10:50:35Z")

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depending on if that charging station is free or not it should have or don’t some kind of paying service, credit card and/or cash terminal, relay, and it might be without any communication to car controller, because of no standards of what I would know to be unified for all electric cars to control charging, so it might be simple 1 or 3 phase supply station, and all protections would be managed by charger inside of car.