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

Definitely get a home charger, trying to put the guts of 60 Kw into a battery using a granny cable would drive you stone crazy 🤬

If you're getting all the electrical work done anyway .. get the wiring put in for a charger and brought to a location you like

A Zappi (the more popular one for Solar integration, smart too) retails for about a grand new including VAT, (edit - add URL: https://myenergi.ie/product/zappi/# ) your sparks can likely pick it up a little cheaper at trade price and mount it.

Apply for the grant first (only takes a few minutes online, usually an hour or three for the approval to land, and you have 6 months to be complete, and apply for the payment)

Simple really - and absolutely a good futureproofing option.

Emailed SEAI asking about the September cutoff dates for Smart/standard chargers. Below is the response. Looks like date has changed to Jan 1st. to give time to register smart products and sell off existing stock

SEAI will be introducing the use of a Smart Charger product list to its EV Home Charger grant scheme from the upcoming 1st September onwards.

To smooth this change over, we have decided to introduce a transition phase for the implementation of the Smart Charger product list. From 1st September to 31st December inclusive, applicants applying online will be able to choose a registered Smart Charger product or choose “other” if their product is not yet registered. This will allow time for product suppliers to continue to register their Smart Charger products but it will also allow suppliers time to sell down any existing stocks of older EV Chargers which meet current product standards but will fail to meet the new Smart Charger product criteria as outlined on the Triple E register for grant eligible charger products.

Then from 1st January 2023, the “other” category will be removed and from that date forward, only Triple E registered (ie those under category “SEAI Grants Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment”) Smart Charger products will be available for selection by consumers at application stage and eligible for grant support under the EV Home Charger grant scheme.

Is it possible to just buy that charger on Amazon and get them to install it?

How would the grant work if I'm only paying for an install or can I still get the full 600

I'm no expert - but as long as you include the receipts for the install and the charger (and the combined values are over €600) you get the full amount .. if the total is under the threshold, you only get back what you spent.

If you're a sparks, IIRC, you can't claim your labour - only the cost of the charger (but given a Zappi is a clear grand direct from MyEnergi.ie ..)

Brexit pfft

My install took just over two hours and that's with the house being pre-wired, one of the lads had to leave to get something and the two other lads just stood around talking outside. Made no difference to me as I was just playing PlayStation, just thought it was strange. Also not sure why they needed 3 lads!

I ordered a charger off Tesla. Is it best to use one of their recommended sparks off the Tesla website or should I look elsewhere? My next door neighbour said he paid 300 after the grant which sounds cheap compared to what I’m reading on here. Unfortunately he is away so can’t find out who he used.

The houses are only 4 years old so may be an easy install. Did you do it yourself?

Going by old Jim’s post on the last page you can get anything up until Jan and select other if it’s not on the list. Not sure if the load balancing is required in the new rules anyway. But now it is not a problem without.

Looks like it’s limited to 16A.

so, something along the chain is saying “max 16A allowed”.

Check the writing on the cable and make sure it’s rated for 32A.

could be an internal switch or software setting on the charger set to 16A

could be the car limiting it. Did you try another car?

you just have to rule one possibility out at a time.

There's a model that only supports 16A. GLK2T216A230V, so even if the jumpers are set correctly, if that's all it's supports, that's all you'll get. Did he supply the chargers or did you source yourselves?