Which home charging point?
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If my experience is anything to go by the price doesn’t matter, you can’t get anything installed in the first place.
I’ve contacted 4 different suppliers. One I’ve spoken to, he’s supposed to have been calling me with a date and price since last Thursday.
The others have all been mailed, responded with cheery messages that they’ll be in touch, then nothing.
A shambles.
I’ve contacted 4 different suppliers. One I’ve spoken to, he’s supposed to have been calling me with a date and price since last Thursday.
The others have all been mailed, responded with cheery messages that they’ll be in touch, then nothing.
A shambles.
mathmos said:
Have the cost of these chargers gone up recently? Was just reading the OP and he had the podpoint at £359 after the grant....the podpoint website is now saying the 7Kw charger is £529 with the OLEV grant....seems like a big jump in a short amount of time?
The grant was reduced from £500 to £350 in April.jason61c said:
So is there a ‘clear’ best charger? I’ve a 63amp supply running to my garage, charger would go on the side of there.
Or do they need to be on their own supply from the consumer unit? I’ve a consumer unit in the garage for power in there
If you’ve got enough capacity overall and from that 63A supply/cu you can go from there. May need a dedicated RCBO. Or do they need to be on their own supply from the consumer unit? I’ve a consumer unit in the garage for power in there
Mine is being done this week. I too have a 63A feed from the house to garage, a CU in there which has a spare 32A breaker.
I’ve gone for an Ohme.
So we finally collected our first plug in car yesterday: a Mini Countryman SE. Currently charging via the supplied 3 pin charging cable as I wanted to wait until I was certain that we physically were in possession of the car before committing to the charge point installation.
I’ve been checking all the advice and comments on this thread regarding charge point options. I’ve narrowed it down but have yet to make a final decision. I did start completing the Pod Point form but realised that they wanted the installation booked and paid for without any ability to ask questions. From what I’ve seen it seems all providers that use the olev grant seem to work like this: you don’t know exactly what the position or cost of any extra cabling will be until they are on site and fitting it.
I was wondering if the location of the charge point is needs to be close to a consumer unit or where the main supply enters the property? I have 2 consumer units: one next to the meter where the supply enters and another in a room above our brick car port (it used to be a separate flat).
Ideally I’d like the charge point on the inside wall of the car port ( below the consumer unit in the old flat) as it would be hidden from view. In this case I’d go for a tethered charge point for convenience.
If it has to be near the main consumer unit if would be on a wall on the front of the house, so a coiled cable on a tethered unit would look unsightly.
This is the consumer unit in the old flat. I’m pretty sure the supply for the oven is no longer used (as there isn’t an oven there anymore!)
I’ve been checking all the advice and comments on this thread regarding charge point options. I’ve narrowed it down but have yet to make a final decision. I did start completing the Pod Point form but realised that they wanted the installation booked and paid for without any ability to ask questions. From what I’ve seen it seems all providers that use the olev grant seem to work like this: you don’t know exactly what the position or cost of any extra cabling will be until they are on site and fitting it.
I was wondering if the location of the charge point is needs to be close to a consumer unit or where the main supply enters the property? I have 2 consumer units: one next to the meter where the supply enters and another in a room above our brick car port (it used to be a separate flat).
Ideally I’d like the charge point on the inside wall of the car port ( below the consumer unit in the old flat) as it would be hidden from view. In this case I’d go for a tethered charge point for convenience.
If it has to be near the main consumer unit if would be on a wall on the front of the house, so a coiled cable on a tethered unit would look unsightly.
This is the consumer unit in the old flat. I’m pretty sure the supply for the oven is no longer used (as there isn’t an oven there anymore!)
Mefster said:
So we finally collected our first plug in car yesterday: a Mini Countryman SE. Currently charging via the supplied 3 pin charging cable as I wanted to wait until I was certain that we physically were in possession of the car before committing to the charge point installation.
I’ve been checking all the advice and comments on this thread regarding charge point options. I’ve narrowed it down but have yet to make a final decision. I did start completing the Pod Point form but realised that they wanted the installation booked and paid for without any ability to ask questions. From what I’ve seen it seems all providers that use the olev grant seem to work like this: you don’t know exactly what the position or cost of any extra cabling will be until they are on site and fitting it.
I was wondering if the location of the charge point is needs to be close to a consumer unit or where the main supply enters the property? I have 2 consumer units: one next to the meter where the supply enters and another in a room above our brick car port (it used to be a separate flat).
Ideally I’d like the charge point on the inside wall of the car port ( below the consumer unit in the old flat) as it would be hidden from view. In this case I’d go for a tethered charge point for convenience.
If it has to be near the main consumer unit if would be on a wall on the front of the house, so a coiled cable on a tethered unit would look unsightly.
This is the consumer unit in the old flat. I’m pretty sure the supply for the oven is no longer used (as there isn’t an oven there anymore!)
Mine is a long way from the consumer unit. You just need to talk to the installer about having a nice long cable, and either get them to put it under the floorboards or along the outside of the house.I’ve been checking all the advice and comments on this thread regarding charge point options. I’ve narrowed it down but have yet to make a final decision. I did start completing the Pod Point form but realised that they wanted the installation booked and paid for without any ability to ask questions. From what I’ve seen it seems all providers that use the olev grant seem to work like this: you don’t know exactly what the position or cost of any extra cabling will be until they are on site and fitting it.
I was wondering if the location of the charge point is needs to be close to a consumer unit or where the main supply enters the property? I have 2 consumer units: one next to the meter where the supply enters and another in a room above our brick car port (it used to be a separate flat).
Ideally I’d like the charge point on the inside wall of the car port ( below the consumer unit in the old flat) as it would be hidden from view. In this case I’d go for a tethered charge point for convenience.
If it has to be near the main consumer unit if would be on a wall on the front of the house, so a coiled cable on a tethered unit would look unsightly.
This is the consumer unit in the old flat. I’m pretty sure the supply for the oven is no longer used (as there isn’t an oven there anymore!)
Mefster said:
I did start completing the Pod Point form but realised that they wanted the installation booked and paid for without any ability to ask questions. From what I’ve seen it seems all providers that use the olev grant seem to work like this: you don’t know exactly what the position or cost of any extra cabling will be until they are on site and fitting it.
I was wondering if the location of the charge point is needs to be close to a consumer unit or where the main supply enters the property? I have 2 consumer units: one next to the meter where the supply enters and another in a room above our brick car port (it used to be a separate flat).
Ideally I’d like the charge point on the inside wall of the car port ( below the consumer unit in the old flat) as it would be hidden from view. In this case I’d go for a tethered charge point for convenience.
If it has to be near the main consumer unit if would be on a wall on the front of the house, so a coiled cable on a tethered unit would look unsightly.
You can have your charger almost wherever you like but bear in mind that the further away it is from your consumer unit the longer the cabling, which, once over a std installation spec, will cost more (although usually not too much). A key consideration is where to run the cabling, imagine doing it yourself, where would it run and would you be ok with a thick black cable running there?I was wondering if the location of the charge point is needs to be close to a consumer unit or where the main supply enters the property? I have 2 consumer units: one next to the meter where the supply enters and another in a room above our brick car port (it used to be a separate flat).
Ideally I’d like the charge point on the inside wall of the car port ( below the consumer unit in the old flat) as it would be hidden from view. In this case I’d go for a tethered charge point for convenience.
If it has to be near the main consumer unit if would be on a wall on the front of the house, so a coiled cable on a tethered unit would look unsightly.
If you want it in a carport that's fine but if it needs an earth spike it will need soft ground nearby ideally.
I can't comment on other installers working methods. Almost all will work through OLEV (nightmare!).
REALIST123 said:
If my experience is anything to go by the price doesn’t matter, you can’t get anything installed in the first place.
I’ve contacted 4 different suppliers. One I’ve spoken to, he’s supposed to have been calling me with a date and price since last Thursday.
The others have all been mailed, responded with cheery messages that they’ll be in touch, then nothing.
A shambles.
Home installations can be complex and involve a lot of paperwork and lengthy delays getting paid by OLEV. I suspect many want to do the work but have since found out that it just isn't worth the admin or waiting so long to get paid by OLEV. It's an evolving industry, not like gas boiler installations or similar. I’ve contacted 4 different suppliers. One I’ve spoken to, he’s supposed to have been calling me with a date and price since last Thursday.
The others have all been mailed, responded with cheery messages that they’ll be in touch, then nothing.
A shambles.
Frimley111R said:
Home installations can be complex and involve a lot of paperwork and lengthy delays getting paid by OLEV. I suspect many want to do the work but have since found out that it just isn't worth the admin or waiting so long to get paid by OLEV. It's an evolving industry, not like gas boiler installations or similar.
I was talking to the installer last Friday. He said it takes 3 months right not to get paid the OLEV. However he is still issuing the invoice with the OLEV already taken off and will just wait for the payment from the government!robbieduncan said:
Frimley111R said:
Home installations can be complex and involve a lot of paperwork and lengthy delays getting paid by OLEV. I suspect many want to do the work but have since found out that it just isn't worth the admin or waiting so long to get paid by OLEV. It's an evolving industry, not like gas boiler installations or similar.
I was talking to the installer last Friday. He said it takes 3 months right not to get paid the OLEV. However he is still issuing the invoice with the OLEV already taken off and will just wait for the payment from the government!Frimley111R said:
REALIST123 said:
If my experience is anything to go by the price doesn’t matter, you can’t get anything installed in the first place.
I’ve contacted 4 different suppliers. One I’ve spoken to, he’s supposed to have been calling me with a date and price since last Thursday.
The others have all been mailed, responded with cheery messages that they’ll be in touch, then nothing.
A shambles.
Home installations can be complex and involve a lot of paperwork and lengthy delays getting paid by OLEV. I suspect many want to do the work but have since found out that it just isn't worth the admin or waiting so long to get paid by OLEV. It's an evolving industry, not like gas boiler installations or similar. I’ve contacted 4 different suppliers. One I’ve spoken to, he’s supposed to have been calling me with a date and price since last Thursday.
The others have all been mailed, responded with cheery messages that they’ll be in touch, then nothing.
A shambles.
Still haven’t heard from Podpoint, two weeks on.
The guy who promised to “call me tomorrow” still hasn’t, despite a prompt.
Anyway, their loss, the 5th supplier responded in two hours, last Wednesday, and is fitting tomorrow.
I do agree about the paperwork, it seems needlessly contrived and long winded. Job being justified somewhere.
Thanks for all the advice re: the installation. I think it sounds like placement on the inside wall of the car point should be a viable option (as long as the installer is happy to crawl to drop a cable through the eaves).
If it’s a little less on display I think (after ploughing through countless options) I’m going to plump for an Ohme Intelligent Tethered wall charger. Seems to integrate well with energy suppliers such as octopus and is SIM connected rather than WiFi (poor WiFi in the corner I’m planning on locating the charger.
Just need to try to book an install now!
If it’s a little less on display I think (after ploughing through countless options) I’m going to plump for an Ohme Intelligent Tethered wall charger. Seems to integrate well with energy suppliers such as octopus and is SIM connected rather than WiFi (poor WiFi in the corner I’m planning on locating the charger.
Just need to try to book an install now!
REALIST123 said:
How does that justify not responding to customer enquiries? If they don’t want the business don’t be in the business.
It doesn't, they should just take down their marketing. Many seem to be general electrical companies hoping to add on EV charging but who have found it to be a bit of a nightmare and are just not sharp enough to take themselves out of the sectorGassing Station | EV and Alternative Fuels | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff