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

Nobody can tell you if it's expensive or otherwise without actually seeing what's involved.

I can’t say you’re getting ripped off or not but it’s certainly seems to be at the higher end based purely on your description. As I said every install is different but I would suggest you get one or two more prices if you haven’t already. You’re right to pay a bit more tethered, it’s way more convenient.

€400 for an earth rod and bonding is very reasonable imho

they have to get a cable from your fuseboard to a position outside

Break open your path

Sink a metal bar

Connect it

Cement back over and tidy up

they also have to get an earth from your fuseboard to your hot press and connect all the pipework

if you have gas they also have to connect an earth wire from your fuse board to your gas meter

they’ll then have to test and certify this(along with your charger)

id be surprised if you could get another rec to do it cheaper

anyone have any experience on costs to swop out a charger ! grant received and all wiring is to spec and code buts its a wallbox and lots of issues, if i purchase my own charger thinking hypervolt, whats a sparky gonna charge roughly to swop it out ?

Got the BG Sync Energy installed today from Fokearn.

Now that it’s night, I realise how bright the LED light actually is. Want to reduce the brightness but can’t find the setting in the Sync Energy app - any pointers?

Got the hypervolt 3 installed yesterday, very happy with it and on a superficial level it looks a lot better than my neighbour's zappi imo. Was going to go for SyncEv with Fokearn but went with a slightly more expensive independent electrician and I'm glad I did. He did it properly coming from the fuse board when Fokearn said they'd just come from the meter box. He did have to lift several floor boards and run the cabling in under a suspended floor, took him over 3 hours but the end result is very neat and includes a CT Clamp so I can see the whole house consumption. Well worth the few hundred extra I feel

most chargers now a days will also have cables for a CT for dynamic load balancing

Should the Isolator switch not be higher off the ground ?

anybody have any thoughts on this unit? I need to check it’s on the grant list and it does say another small external box for load balancing . 3 year warranty, solar capable, 5m tethered, app etc. €300 ex vat .

if it’s grant allowable and it’s installed for 300 by a rec that’s net €300 ex vat.

https://solarwholesaler.ie/collections/ev-charger/products/bpe-amstel-smart-charger-7-4kw-t2-5m-lead-with-dynamic-load-balancing

good to know it’s on the grant list thanks. What’s the knack for connecting to the car?

Is there a separate box for load balancing?
Is the integral e off fine by installers or is a second needed?

I have a 6 year old zappi, not a bother with it. I only charge using the cars timers but did try with solar as a test when I got panels in but I get 8c a unit more selling to the grid than my nigh rate so what’s the point. I also feel the constant stop/start charging with solar can’t be good for the charge point or car.

This is for my friend who is on a budget and does not have panels but once I found it then I may well replace my zappi with one when it fails. I don’t really see the point of apps with charge points myself.

That's a space thing in the meter box. And nothing to do with safety at all. The right thing... meaning handy for the esb in future. Other than that it serves no real purpose.

Have a Tesla ordered and looking to sort out the home charging situation, which is proving a bit frustrating (although I definitely should have done more research on this point).

I naively ordered the Tesla wall connector thinking that would be the most obvious fit, but as I've done more research on this it turns out this wall connector doesn't have dynamic power management capabilities. That is of course, unless you order a Tesla approved power meter through a Tesla certified installer (none in Ireland currently). This seems pretty p*ss poor imo, I had thought Tesla are supposed to be at the forefront of the EV movement but their own home chargers seem to be inferior to anything else on the market.

My stupid question is thus - are we okay to go ahead and look at the likes of a Zappi home charger? Would this work with our new Model 3 in terms of (a) actually charging the car and (b) compatibility with the Tesla app?

Thanks, that’s very helpful. Still can’t get over how the Tesla charger lacks such basic / must have features!

I have one of these near my charger holster