In message , at 10:08:02 on Wed, 14 Apr
2021, MB remarked:
On 11/04/2021 11:44, Roland Perry wrote:

Rather than laying a whole new cable, can't the existing cable supplying
every house be used?

That's even deeper, and is typically about as thick as your arm and
a real pig to make connections to.

Surely a cable to a house is not that thick? The house supply is about
half an inch diameter.

That's just the 60/100A spur (and the spur to a streetlight-charger
would depend on the number of amps required).

The thick cable is what runs along the street and each spur has to be
connected to.
--
Roland Perry