Holder for Type 2 EV cable

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All models I have seen so far are female plugs: you plug your cable into the wall as easily as you do into a car. The problem is that it needs to be horizontal, otherwise either it gets too tight and risks damaging the cable or it falls. And that takes up a lot of room. Plus, I prefer to have some of the load on the handle rather than on the plug itself (I know: when plugged into a car, all the load is on the plug). But then the angle is even higher than horizontal, and the plastic of the car plug is less hard. So I wanted something easy to use that puts the load on the handle, allows for quasi-vertical angles of the cable, and closes the connector (it's in my garage, which isn't very tidy. I don't want to discover a small spider making a cocoon inside the connector one day). That model does all that. You don't really have to plug the cable onto the support; you can just lay it down. But yet the support is shaped for the cable, so it fits perfectly, and the top part acts as a tight cap. There are two versions: one made to be screwed directly into the wall, and another for those who, like me, have an EVlink Schneider wallbox (very common with Zoe) and hate drilling more holes than necessary in their walls. The second version comes with a hook adapted to the EVlink. All pieces can be printed without support. For the first version (screwed into the wall), print only supportZoe_V1_direct.stl. For the second version (hooked to the EVlink wallbox), print both supportZoe_V2_withHook_part1 and _part2.stl. (Zoe in the file names is just because I own that car, but there's nothing specific to Zoe in there - only for type 2 cables). SCAD files are provided for those who'd like to customize the design.