User1998 wrote: » Ah I see, now I see the appeal of them. I wasn’t aware that most of the energy from the solar panels goes back to the grid without you getting paid. I got my 32a tethered unit installed for only €200 after grant which included a priority switch, whereas Zappis seem to be around €1000 even after the grant for a supply and install job?
Lumen wrote: » Is there a minimum amount of solar that makes sense for charging an EV? I was thinking of doing a solar car port, but I read that a 10kW system is around 70sqm, so a 7x5 double car port would only be 5kW, and I imagine that's a maximum.
Lumen wrote: » Is there a minimum amount of solar that makes sense for charging an EV?
KCross wrote: » €1000 after grant for a Zappi is insane money. The grant more or less covers the cost of the Zappi itself and then its a case of how much your electrician charges you for the 1-2hrs work.... if thats €1000 Im in the wrong job!
mrbongo wrote: » Installs now require isolation switches which add to the cost.
KCross wrote: » Lots of us have had the installs done with no isolator and a specific thread was opened in the electrical forum only a few weeks ago and the upshot seems to be that an isolator is not required. Some sparks are being ultra cautious or misinterpreting the regs and insisting on it but its not actually required. You seem to have paid about €520 for your labour. Thats a tad high, imo, unless your job was particularly difficult or something. How many hours were they onsite doing the job?
Felexicon wrote: » An hour or 2!! You.must be like Usain Bolt up and down the ladder
Felexicon wrote: » An isolator is required for every install according to RECI inspector I spoke to recently. I would have been of the opinion that they were required for certain installs before but would use my own discretion. This is no longer the case.
eagerv wrote: » I just got the Zappi V2 tethered installed last monday. Very neatly done by Nigel Daly. Easy installation, unit positioned close to fuse board so no isolation switch needed. Price was between last two posts..
KCross wrote: » I can only go by what is being done on the ground. No isolator installed on mine and the new regs just out don’t appear to have changed anything. You’re on this thread so you know there is differing opinions on the topic from sparks who know the regs very well.https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058057675/
KCross wrote: » Depends on the job, of course. 2hrs isn’t out of the ordinary particularly in the likes of a typical 3 bed semi where the consumer unit is inside the gable wall and the charge point mounted just outside it.
unkel wrote: » The install of my EV charge point (by an experienced dedicated EV charge point installer), a pretty standard installation with only a very short run of cable, took about 1.5h Anything longer than that can only be explained by a combination of either the installer not knowing what they are doing or not very experienced / being very slow / the install being more complex
Felexicon wrote: » 1.5 hours is quick but definitely not unheard of. I'd say you should be adding installer taking pride in their work and understanding that this is a unit going in a visible location on someone's house as a reason for adding a bit of time. We can all lash them in and move on to the next one but you'll find work dries up fairly quickly with that approach
unkel wrote: » If you're insinuating it was a hatch job, then you couldn't be more wrong. The job was done to perfection. As I said, by a very experienced EV charge point installer. Working for the company that has done more EV charge point installs than all other EV charge point installers in the country combined
AndyBoBandy wrote: » I was emailing and talking to Nigel Daly Electrical for about a month, with promises of a call back to arrange the install of my own supplied Tesla Wall Connector, and I still haven’t had the call!! Called up and spoke to Nigel himself asking what the craic was, and he apologised and had the office call me within 10 minutes saying I’d be booked in for my install later that day or the next day worst case!!
Hi would you recommend Powerwise electrical ….thinking of using them to install an ev charger and som either minor electrical work ?
Yeah, I didn’t have any issue at all with the work they did…. Almost 3 years later and there’s not been an issue at all with the charger..
Can anyone recommend an installer for Galway area?
Thanks
i was charged 2400 for an install of a zappi tethered charger, needed an earth and upgraded tips (cables coming into the house from the esb) some other stuff, two guys did a long day and came back the next day for about an hour.
Sounds very high compared to others but there did seem to be a fair bit of work required, cables bypassing pipes and charger was a good bit away from esb meter
I think I might need to pay the esb another 200 🤔 when they come as they need to do something before the charger is fully functional
Sounds very high compared to others
It’s the luck of the draw really. You had to get extra work done due to your existing wiring not being up to the job.
Newer houses are less likely to have the issue. It is a potential hidden cost to switching to EV that people don’t realise until the electrician gives them the bad news!
Can you use it at a lower power until the esb come out…I heard it can take 8 weeks for them to call..
