3M EN62196 Type 2 16A single-phase 5m cable

Product features and functions
Beautiful appearance,hand-held design
accords with ergonomic principles Mechanical properties 
Mechanical life: more than 10,000 times 
 Insertion and extraction force:≤100N 
Technical Parameters (Figure 1)     
Material and surface treatment
Shell: Engineering plastic (flame retardant UL94 V-0) 
Connector: copper alloy, silver plated on the surface 
Insulator: engineering plastic (flame retardant UL94 V-0) 
Environmental characteristics
Working temperature:-40°℃-+80℃ 
Humidity: 95% (40°℃)
Degree of protection: IP55 (head seatinsertion) 
Standards compliant 
EN62196-12014.EN62196-22017

Type 2 16A single-phase 5m cable

Single Phases

You will often hear the term 'single phase' or 'three phase' when it comes to wall mounted chargers.

Local electricity can be supplied in 1,2 or 3 lines into a building. If you have a typical residential home you will have one cable coming in from the power pole. This is called 'single phase'.

Commercial applications often require more energy, so these can have up to three cables coming in from the local grid. This is called 'three phase'.

Some EV (AC) chargers can charge faster from three phase supply. However, for most domestic needs this is overkill and it can be very expensive to convert a house to three phase.  

Single phase should be all you need to charge a family EV or two.  

Type 2  (Mennekes) IEC62196

Considered to be the standard model of connector globally for AC home and commercial charging. This socket is lovingly referred to as IEC62196 (rolls off the tongue nicely right!). They are also known as Mennekes sockets. It's common in European EVs and is becoming the standard choice for many manufacturers.

It's a socket that can offer charging up to 22kW per hour (if the cable is a 3 phase version). Mostly they come in single-phase options for domestic use and charge at 7.4kW per hour.

You will find this is the most common public AC socket for plugging into across New Zealand for domestic and light commercial use. NZTA recommended that AC public charging stations provide a Type 2 socket; the driver will be expected to provide their own supply cable that is compatible with their vehicle inlet.

You can purchase cables that interface with these wall chargers for virtually any car. For example, you can buy a Type 1 to Type 2 cable or a Type 2 to Type 2 cable.