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UK Charge Point Installer Recommendations
- Thread starter Gamemeister
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Lea Arnold (Colchester) fitted my Hypervolt, he was their recommended installer for my postcode.
Mine was non-standard as it was going to an detached garage and part of it was run internally within the garage. Cable run was around 17-18m or so.
He split the meter tails and installed an additional ip rated mini consumer unit externally just below my meter cupboard. He didn’t need to touch the main consumer unit for the house.
I'm trying to get quotes . . . the last communication I had with an electrician was 22nd December; they are all on holiday until 4th Jan. Looks like that they have well made up all the money they lost over the lockdown months. I presume they spent some of the holiday time thinking of ways they could pay back some of the furlough money!
HenryT
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Staypuffman
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I was as surprised as you, but he said it was fairly standard to do that now. He used some kind of clamp contact to tap off the meter tails which must make an electrical connection without the person doing it making contact themselves. All very neat.
Both my friend and I used API Electrical with no issues and they have a good choice of chargers. They are in Greater Manchester but also cover Lancashire.
for anyone looking for one in oxford, I am using Mr charger and being installed next week. Went for the wall box pulsar as the tesla doesn't get the grant
Thanks
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HenryT
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I believe so. I read that if you don't have appropriate certificate then difficulties can arise if/when you sell your house.
Had to remind my installer too but they provided the certificate pretty quickly.
If anyone's looking for a chargepoint installer anywhere nearish Manchester I can recommend API Electrical https://www.apielectrical.co.uk/electric-vehicles/areas-we-service/ They seem to have quite a large service radius.
They were professional, responsive, helpful with all my questions and spec changes and did a good job (our electrician was Edgar). FWIW I have no connection to them other than being a satisfied customer. I found them by requesting installer quotes on the Zappi web site.
I think they were a little cheaper than another company in Birmingham that quoted though hard to compare exactly as I changed my mind about installation specs. Installation was £1100 including grant for Zappi v2 socketed which included hub, CT clamps, extra consumer unit, chargepoint surge protection, a long cabling run and extra weatherproof external 13A sockets installed next to the chargepoint. The extra sockets were wired with the same spec of chargepoint cable for future proofing such as converting to a second chargepoint.
They were professional, responsive, helpful with all my questions and spec changes and did a good job (our electrician was Edgar). FWIW I have no connection to them other than being a satisfied customer. I found them by requesting installer quotes on the Zappi web site.
I think they were a little cheaper than another company in Birmingham that quoted though hard to compare exactly as I changed my mind about installation specs. Installation was £1100 including grant for Zappi v2 socketed which included hub, CT clamps, extra consumer unit, chargepoint surge protection, a long cabling run and extra weatherproof external 13A sockets installed next to the chargepoint. The extra sockets were wired with the same spec of chargepoint cable for future proofing such as converting to a second chargepoint.
South Ayrshire, can recommend the EV guys, polite and tidy installers, fair bit of under floor messing about required to get to my garage from the fuse box, and tidied up some gash wiring from before we moved in (11 years ago). I had a zappi installed, having initially wanted the Hypervolt, based purely on looks, but the recent compatibility issues put me off, and also a few issues with it finding Virgin BBand hubs, so i changed to the less attractive looking zappi which I’ve managed to get fitted in the garage. It has an app which monitors the electric use for the whole house. So far happy with Zappi. And the installers.
You would recommend Honest John Electrics,, but would you report Rip Off John Electrics? We live in a society where the vast majority politely ignores and walks away from Rip Off John and generally settles for OK John Electrics. If you got a quote that was £600 more than the lowest quote and they were on the EV companies 'approved' list would would you not complain/report them?
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