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

You may have in time for Christmas so 🤣

its not permitted to do this work (or any other electrical work)if the installation is not capable of taking the increased load or the earthing arrangements are not sufficient ,irrespective of applying for a grant or not.

Only a rec is permitted to work on a distribution board and Electrical work in a domestic installation must be certified by a rec if it’s restricted (as this is) or minor works if requested

Oh and one more quick question :) If I have no intentions of having solar installed in the next 2-3 years, would it cost much to have a non solar charge point replaced with the likes of the Zappi or should I just pay the extra upfront if I did decide to have solar installed before 2026?

Hi, yeah I remember someone mentioned a similar one a few pages back.

I actually applied for the grant a couple of hours ago and I already have been approved surprisingly. I was expecting it to take a few days. After doing a little more research, I think the wallbox pulsar plus should be sufficient and it seems it now also has an eco mode to allow for solar integration?

From what I can tell, the ohme pro has a better app and mobile data instead of wifi and I would like a charge point that blends in a little so I don't think the zappi would work due to its large size.

I've gone ahead and put in a query with easygo so I'll wait and see what they think :)

Thanks for the help!

Hi All, head is wrecked here, read back about 12 or so pages, so need some advice, ended up with buying a PHEV as they couldnt source the hybrid version we wanted with no delivery date being offered or even suggested, so PHEV it is, now we would like a charger rather than the granny cable,

Huge range in quotes about online, after having to fork over more money to dealer budget is tight, was hoping for 500/600 after grant, but one quote was 1550, I can buy the charger from that quote for 675, so are they charging that much for labour, not knocking a sparky for his skills etc but as others have said have they jacked it up because of the grant, Any suggestions on better quotes, waiting on quote from Daly Elec. Waterford but am I best just fire away with electric ireland or the like!

Looking for installer to do the whole job, hoping electrics wont need any upgrading, dont really want to be going off buying charger etc , just had a feeling the e1500 + quotes are on the high end ? We're in Clare close to Limerick border

Few quotes I've got and only one has asked about the earth rod, which sods law I cant find, is this going to cause a massive problem at our end?

2001 or so maybe 2000,had a good look yesterday, unless its buried under grass or something

Am I correct in saying that some of the more modern chargers (Wallbox Pulsar Plus, for example) have a separate system meaning that it does not need to have an earthing rod installed?

"Integrated PEN fault protection. No earthing rod needed."

Am a complete noob in this area so asking for advice. Picking up a car next week and had a crowd out yesterday to fit EV charger. Had sent pics of everything beforehand, but upon coming out, they've said my tails need upgrading from 10mm to 16mm from meter to fuse box?

House was built in the 80s, with a modern extension added recently, but assume the tails work is indeed required for the job. Had recent work on house done where an earth rod was installed, and was told yesterday by the sparky that bonding was fine also. New estimate is an additional €2100 on top of initial quote. Is that about right, it's a shock to the system but if I need to swallow that then needs must?

10mm is inadequate alright, so it needs doing.

NOTE: If you are paying for a tails upgrade now I'd just get them to increase it to 25mm which would future proof it if you decided you wanted to increase your MIC to 16kVA(Max import current). The difference in price between 16mm cable and 25mm cable wont be alot and running that cable once now, saves you possibly having to do it again in future. You might never need the higher rated cable but at least its done now when they are pulling the cable anyway. Worth asking the question.

€2100 seems steep though but maybe its an awkward job or something. Multiple quotes is the only way you will tell for sure whether that price is gouging or good value and it could be either! 😉

Thanks @Buffman and @KCross, appreciate you writing back. Will get a few more quotes and see what the story is. Cheers again

Yea and no, I don’t believe regulations have been updated to allow for devices with PEN protection.

Earth Ross are about €20 they shouldn’t add to much to the price. Maybe an hours labour

so when mine was done last May.. the installer notified ESB networks and I got a letter in the next week or so from ESB networks to contact them to arrange appointment. When I phoned ESB networks I had an appointment in about 10 days after - took about 30 minutes for the ESB engineer to switch them across about 20 minutes power outage