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

Grant forms were delivered to SEAI on the 11th of March

They only received them in their office on the 30th of March, big delay with their mailroom I was told and it will take a further 6-8 weeks if everything goes smoothly and ill get paid

So looking at May

**** ridiculous but typical Ireland and state bodies.

Alright money bags!!! 😀

Maybe some people need the money to pay for something else, little bit of inflation going on at the moment.

Thanks for the info was going to contact them to get an idea of how long it would be. Sent the application and paperwork 2 weeks ago.

It was quick for solar panels (couple of weeks) but that was last year.

I got an untethered charger for one simple reason: my driveway is short and has no gate. I don't want to draw attention to the charge point, especially as we're the only ones on the street who have one. Not that I'm worried about others charging: the EO is set to only let the juice flow during night hours. Just don't want a big cable tempting someone to steal it for the copper.

I sent them an email about this because the time zones in the app are a mess. They advised me to set it to GMT Standard Time which they said automatically adjusts for daylight savings time. Seems to be working: charger starts charging at midnight.

Nope we're not all money bags like you

I got bills to pay and with the state of costs across the board, every penny counts more than ever

Did a bit of surfing back there, have to say that looks fantastic its pricey but if you can afford it why not ( I couldn't justify it).

But I would see it similar to say to outside lighting you can stick on an ugly flood light or say install fancy integrated visually pleasing lights. They both do the job but very different cost so each to their own.

Mine was an ends to a means, will do some refurbs/building hopefully in a few years (older house). So wasn't too precious about it.

Isolator switch and cabling my biggest issue. Mine was half the price but fairly evident why😉

In fairness the grant is an entitlement, and probably responsible for keeping installs artificially high

That's a fair point, Its clearly a sub directly to the installer. All the same it seems there's still not enough money in it given the reduction in vendors.

Are the Anderson and Hypervolt chargers available to buy here?

I bought Andersen recently directly from them. They did not charge vat.

It was added later by the customs I think - in total around 300 euro.

Energia will do a EO Mini Pro for 1450 - https://smarthomestore.energia.ie/energia-branded-eo-mini-pro-2-tethered-install. A zappi I think it generally considered a better charger so you're coming in 100 euro less. Either way, it's all in and around the same ball park. Folks talking about getting anything installed for less than a grand are most likely out of touch with where the market is at.

Recently got a tethered Zappi installed for €1465 including vat. The installation involved an approx 25m cable run through the attic and a MyEnergi hub. Installation was by a well known installer from Waterford. I have no affiliation with the company just a very satisfied customer.

Yes, I think I know who you are talking about! Him and another had matching quotes, most others slightly more.

I filled out about 3 online quotes one evening and they were first back to me following morning, very efficient with couple of queries also. I will just check who can install soonest.