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

He has some fcukin neck to go disconnecting anything in your house. I'd have told him in no uncertain terms where to go, cheeky bastard🤬. What type of chargepoint have you got? It obviously has load balancing as you've seen it working as demand gets higher. Can you reconnect it yourself? That's what I'd be doing.

Folks, have been reading back through a few pages of this thread but couldn't see anything really relevant. What is the current average cost of a home charger installation? I got one price from a well recommended installer so far and waiting on a few other installers to get back to me.

The price I got is €1330 +VAT before the grant for a Zappi with a 6.5 meter cable tethered. It will be run from the meter box on the side of the house as the C/U is located at the rear opposite end of the house to the driveway. That price includes a surge protector but no priority switch added as there is only one electric shower in the house. Is that an average price?

It’s probably quite close to an average price now given the way EV charger installation rates have risen in recent years. Obviously the grant means they have to declare all the work and they’re more than making up for it. If you can find a regular electrician willing to install it and charge you based on time and materials, it would surely be way cheaper.

Thanks, unfortunately trying to get a spark or any tradesman to do any job in my area these days is a challenge in itself. Most either have plenty of work already or want a week's wage from even the most basic of work. Supply and fitting one stop shop suits me but just want to make sure I'm not paying over the average for the convenience. I haven't even decided on my next car yet but given the choices out there it probably will have a plug of some sort.

I didn't think to ask at the time, he came into the house to install the meter so that would suggest by your logic that he was an ESB employee.

In any case the installers are coming out to fix it tomorrow so I won't go mentioning their names

Hi,Just noticed my EV is pulling 7kw when my 9kw electric shower is on. Main fuse 63 amp. EO mini with load management. This doesnt seem right.

I thought the electric shower pulled 9Kw regardless of the water temperature selected on the dial, more or less water passed through the heating elements.

Depends on the model, but in general if the shower has low-med-high buttons/dial then it will have multiple heating elements, so the 9kW is a maximum rating, not necessarily constant.

For 63A, 220V-240V is between 14-15 kW, so plenty of scope for the car to continue charging at 7kW if the shower isn't pulling it's max.

The T90SR I have pulls 9kw irrespective of where the mixer is turned to, this is according to my owl monitor which is surprisingly accurate, nobody uses it in position I it's too 🥶

That can’t be right. The heating element is the largest draw. And the pump in it isn’t rated for 9kw I doubt it is even 1.5kw

Karcher power hoses are just above that

Pictures of the job which took 2 hours and 20 minutes including the online submission which he did while he there. You can't see the input cable because its drilled from the rear of the isolator. It doesn't like just "thrown on the wall" or substandard job to me.

I'll put a shed hook above the charger to hang the cable as the cable is too long (7m) to wrap around the charger. That will cost perhaps €5 when wallbox cable holder is €45!

What's it like on the other side?

Very similar to what was done with mine, my installer wouldn't entertain attic, ladders, anything like that, I wasn't that bothered tbh it just needed to be done.