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

I live in a town house with a footpath immediately in front and then a drive in port in front of that. I do have a side entrance. Will I ever be able to charge an electric car at home in this situation? I suspect not as it would involve trailing a cable across the footpath.

Similar setup to this type of house...

You could potentially have a pedestal charger at the edge of the footpath. Ive actually seen a few people charge across the path - one actually had their car right up on it so a pedestrian couldnt even walk past and accidentally fall over the charge cable.

Not possible in this case I don't think. Even if the car is parked right up to the kerb there is still room for a pedestrian to walk along the path😕

There must be thousands of town houses in the country like this. I'm astonished there is no obvious solution to this😭

This is the main reason I haven't bought an electric car as it's not viable unless it can be charged at home.

I have a pedestal charger in the parking space across in front of my house. There is a planning exemption for them and a few companies are doing the install but, expect to pay €2000+ (or 9 months worth of diesel!) Here's one (not mine) from instagram:

Well worth giving them a call for better info.

The one in the picture looks like an EO mini which I think supports control via an app, which could presumably be used to secure it. I'd be more concerned about not being able to guarantee access to it to use it myself.

I live in an apartment, and the builder advised me to ask the council for permission. It is a new build. I have assigned car park in front of the apartment. There is a walkway between the stairs of my apartment and the parking space.

How should I apply to the council and what information should be provided? Thanks a mil.

Have an issue with getting the right installer for what I'm looking for.

Live in a new build house and had 2 direct neighbours who have had a zappi and pulsar installed directly outside the meter box. Without running cable to the internal fuseboard in their kitchens.

I've asked for similar from the same 2 installers they used and I've been told they must run a connection to the fuseboard.

Odd

Is this something they have to state in written correspondence but could do different on the day? I'd like to avoid internal cables running through the house.

I've attached a photo of my meter box

Don't think so, they are both very technically minded.

If its prewired as you suggest what would that look like?

That might be the reason they have no noticeable cable running through their house

It could be ran to a small gray square box on that wall or I have seen them left in the same cab as broadband connection point

About the Garo RCBO's.

A friend installed an electric shower a while back(6 months) and after a few weeks, RCBO start tripping without any reason.

Just changed it with a Hager brand and no tripping since then.

Maybe is worth changing it for an extra 28€ the cost of a new one.

@Brego888 AFAIK the rules about that issue where changed multiple times (at least twice?) in the last few years, the last of which reversed the earlier decision to allow the EV charger to have a consumer unit in the meter box. Presumably your neighbors got theirs fitted in the brief period in which it was allowed?

AFAIK it's still permissible to split the tails after the meter and serve the EV charger from a secondary consumer unit fitted outside the meter box.

Edit: AFAIK P17&18 of the attached are the latest version.

https://safeelectric.ie/contractors/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/April2022NewsletterSafeElec-Final.pdf

New to this discussion, so my apologies if the question was already covered previously…

Am planning to install a charger. A few installers recommended Ohme Pro. It appears to be small and has smart functions.

Does anyone have any experience or opinion on it?

Many thanks.