EV home charger recommendations Glasgow

[RBrown]

Hi

My wife is looking to get a BMW i3. Had test drive today and she loved it!

Looking to get a wall charger fitted. Was wondering if anytime had any fitter recommendations? Does seem to be quite a lot of options out there....

Many thanks in advance.

[bigwheel]

I'm waiting on a BP Pulse, tethered installation. It's a fixed price of £699 which includes the UK OLEV grant of £350. But I have also got the Scottish grant of £300 which is paid to me after installation. (Scottish grant approval MUST be applied for BEFORE installation) That grant reduced to £250 after April 5th.
£699 fixed price is dependant on the distance between fuse box and wall installation being 15 metres or less, there's a pro rata £'s per metre over that.
I was quoted over a £100 more by an independent Glasgow electrician.

[Order66]

NOT Brite Technical Services - rushed my install, didn't set up the charger (basically didn't read the install instructions) - tried to blame the car - left me to contact the manufacturer and figure out what they had done wrong, took 2 further visits for them to get it right. They messed up the paperwork at every turn, quotes wrong, instructions for grants wrong etc. Then discovered they had overcharged by about £200 for equipment they hadn't installed, when challenged they made and excuse that they hadn't charged for a ground spike (which was in the original quote) so didn't refund all I was due - I gave up on the difference of over £100.

[mybrainhurts]

I am shocked...

You have electricity in Scotland now?

[RBrown]

...and flushing toilets as well...and very friendly people!!! 👍

[gdr]

mybrainhurts said:

I am shocked...

You have electricity in Scotland now?

Only just - had to upgrade my 60A fuse to 100A for EV charger, and get meter tails upgraded too. Separate visits from supplier and DNO, only takes a few minutes each but cost another £250 on top of the EV meter installation.

[RBrown]

Quick update to close this thread.

Andersen charger now installed by “EV Guys”. (https://www.evguys.co.uk/).

They did a great job and would highly recommend if anyone is looking at getting an EV charger fitted.

[Macron]

Looks smart, final price was what please?

[RBrown]

After eligible grants, £1k. We needed some work on our electrics which added a bit.

The Andersen is one of the more expensive options, but we were happy paying a wee bit more. It does look a lot neater without trailing cables.

[Macron]

Thanks, let's face it they're not likely to get cheaper, and we'll probably all need one (or more) soon anyway. ..

[gdr]

That Andersen looks good and hides the tethered cable nicely. You could add a section of cable guard to cover the cable up the wall to make installation even neater. I did this for my ICS charger. 40mm size guard fits over the cable clamps.