Charging stations for electric vehicles use high alternating or direct current, which can pose a threat to the user. The aims of this paper were to present the charging station technology, portray the threats and preventive measures associated with electric car charging and study electric safety of a charging station in practice. Prior to research, I set the following hypotheses: private charging stations are more common than public ones; charging points using alternating current are more dangerous than those using direct current; and high-power charging points pose a great risk to the user. I also presumed that, by carrying out maintenance and measurement tasks correctly, we may avoid related threats and that qualified maintenance workers, designers and contractors are required to ensure that. In this paper, I used data obtained from professional literature, standards, scientific articles and the Internet, and I studied the safety of an electric charging station in practice. I determined that charging cars with direct current with a higher power is potentially more dangerous. In the market, private charging stations prevail, and their number is increasing, as opposed to the number of public charging stations. By carrying out maintenance and measurement tasks correctly, we may avoid related threats, which I confirmed in a practical test – the charging station did not react properly to one of the failures I triggered as part of the test.
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