Home charge points (purchase/problems/questions) (See mod note post#1)

Whilst there is decent money to made installing these Chargers, i don't think it's anything more than that.

You've the cost of the units themselves then the additional stuff such as cabling, switches, RCD/MCB boxes, tools, vans, driving, etc, etc.

Running a company ain't cheap either so you can't look at these costs vs sole traders.

I don't begrudge it tbh.

Wrong thread..

I've always had this theory that if you get a shockingly high quote it's because the guy doesn't really want the job

I've been quoted nearly €2k for installation only, pretty sure the guy just looked at the job and decided it was too much hassle

I feel like some of the justification for the high price has gone out the window now that installations can be done from the meter box. Fair enough there's travel and equipment costs, but can't see that job needing more than a half days work

No problem. The grant doesnt really care about who/what/where the charge point comes from. They want to see a picture of your car, your installed charge point and a cert from your electrician to prove it was all done on your MPRN.

Your electrician should have no issue with you sourcing the charge point yourself and they install it.

Just very slow. Will take days to charge the car.

incorrect.

If your car has a 77kWh battery, then at 7kw/h it will take approx 11 hours to completely charge the car. Normally you would only charge from 20% to 80% level, i.e. 60% of your 77kWh so max it would take would be 60% of 77 = 6.6 hours.

What’s the usual price for a zappi installation? Got quoted €1200 all in. I’ll get €600 back after. And what’s the best approach tethered it untethered? I’m thinking tethered as it would be handy to just stick it in the car but untethered would look neater. What’s your opinions?

So I've read back through a lot of this thread and I'm thinking of asking electrician to install an Andersen A2. The car dealership is offering some deal with Energia to get a free charger installed but our guy was the electrician who wired up the house originally and he does a nice clean Job. I see a few houses in the neighborhood have big manky isolation switches and appear to be wired back into the fuse board as opposed to the meter. What exactly is needed in terms of certs and what not from the lecky.

Also, in terms of the SEAL grant, can I get the charger installed in advance of the car being delivered. They're talking March for delivery of the car but the charger itself has a long lead time.

Apols if this has been answered already, or if it’s a stupid question, but what are the disadvantages of getting the smart meters installed? I got my EV charger installed two weeks ago and I’m due to get my meter upgraded to a smart meter (even though the house is five years old) in a few weeks. Won’t I simply keep my existing energy plan with the upgraded meter? I’ve seen people on here saying to steer well clear of the smart meters if you have an EV charger at home? Thanks

Thanks Roger. I just thought it can help you understand energy usage and saves manual reads? Outside of that, what smarts does it have? I assume I can keep my existing plan i.e. I won’t be forced to change providers or plans?

How do I do a usage map?

The max voltage? What was it set to? Do you mean Amps? Perhaps they didn’t answer your question as it was silly

What speed does it charge at? What type car is it?

I'm also trying to decide what package is the best for charging an EV. I noticed that a lot of companies are advertising 100% green electricity, but what does this really mean? As I understand it, on the retail side of the energy market, there is no way to determine where your electricity comes from regardless of how your provider generates electricity, it's not like homes on 100% green electricity packages have power outages when it isn't windy, it all seems a little muddled in terms of marketing.