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

That's a right royal pain in the nuts alright, mine came with both the dial up charger and a proper cable I've a phev too. Did you buy yours from a dealer? I'm sure it would have come with both cables originally.

They are a fine charger, and by far the most discreet on the market, most people don’t even realise its an EV Charger, and it has a great user friendly and reliable app, app support is excellent. The unit is Expensive, but its a long term investment, and great to get a 3 year warranty included.

EV Power Ireland had mine installed last July, 4 weeks from order, the lead times from 2 other quotes was up to 12 weeks, but i had asked Andersen UK directly, about recommended installers in Ireland & EV Power Ireland were top of their list.

Yes EO mini is indeed very discreet, if untethered, but there is no comparison to an EO mini Pro 2 tethered, and an Andersen A2

This “hose reel” setup with EO Mini

Or, Andersen A2, all cables hidden away:

It might not be too bad, if its at the side of a house, out of view, i had to place our charger out front, as two cars are parked side by side, so have the Andersen A2 in the middle, so either EV can be easily charged, and had zero interest in taking cables, in and out of car boots, and back in again afterwards - especially in the cold and wet winters we get here.

Neighbour got a zappi, they are probably the next best in terms of looks, its a good option, but Andersen betters it.

I was the same, could not be looking at a hose reel setup.

€1,945 (less €600 grant) is what i paid for Andersen A2 from EV Power Ireland, in July this year, only needed the 5m tether length, fuse board was at other end of the house, roughly 7 meters away from charge point location.Came with 3 years warranty.

Definitely expensive, but delighted with it overall

Its run back directly to fuse board, thats the extent of my electrical knowledge on this ! and i get up to 7.1 KW into my i3, but oddly, it drops to about 6.7 KW when charging the wife’s E-Niro.

What I meant is, the Andersen A2 app, tells me these numbers are being outputted, when each EV is charging.

Not coincidence, its all the time, the output to the i3 is always higher, could be just down to better German engineering !

On the i3, it varies, (i did say, “up to”)they all vary, but have seen it hit 7.1 KW regularly, allthough, its 6.9 to 7.0 kw most of the time, so could just be a slightly inaccurate output reading.

E-niro never goes above 6.7kw on the Andersen app- output reading.

I’l check the E-niro dash readout of the charge input, during the next charge.

Hi. I've a similar house layout to you and have been put off thinking about going down the EV route because to get to my fuseboard would entail crawling through a roofspace in my garage conversion. Were there any problems linking up to the meter box?

None whatsoever. House is quite old 30 years but the meter had been upgraded to a smart meter recently and the tails had been upgraded during that. Think he mentioned he put a mini tripswitch or something in the meter box also.

Edit as above post. I've the same mini consumer unit in the meter box now also

Anyone get a "free" charger as part of a new car deal - but already have a charger?

I got the SEAI grant previously to install a charger point but have now purchased a new Kia that comes with a "free" charger. AFAIK the car maker pays for the charger and Energia cover any costs in excess of the grant.

Anyone know how this will work? Obviously I won't get the grant again but all wiring etc is in place so it should only take about 30 mins to swap out the CP.

Edit: just did a quick calculation, the "free" charger will cost about €800 in extra electricity costs over 12 months. This is before any complications with the grant etc.

That information on the Seai site I found confusing as well. You don't need anything from the dealership when you go to complete the actual form. Turn around for the letter was like a day, and is only valid for six months. If you're unsure about when you're going to get a car, maybe hold off as some dealerships are quoting 4 to 5 months lead time on new model EVs.