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

CathalDublin

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

FFS, I booked about 2 weeks ago and earliest install date I could get is 14/7. They took payment that same day.

Anyone asked for a specific colour box? I asked for white as that's what the side of the house is....

Hopefully there is no delay for existing bookings

Cyrus

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Do you know if he had both black and white in the van like I say I ordered it but who knows whether that makes it to KN.

Well he called when he was en route and I said do you have a black charger point and he had to check so it seemed like I was just lucky

unattendedbag

Looks like EI and KN have bit off more than they can chew. I booked and paid last Friday and was told to expect phonecall at start of week for installation date. I might cancel and arrange it myself.

DrPhilG

Rather than read back over 48 pages, someone give me the lowdown please.

Bought my second hand i3 REx in 2018. Working on a solar installation and they're going to install a Zappi as part of the deal.

I understand that I need to apply for both the charger grant and the solar grant in advance, before work commences.

What is the craic with approval on the charger grant? Is it an automatic thing based on the VIN matching up or do I have to wait for someone to approve it?

CathalDublin

DrPhilG wrote: »

What is the craic with approval on the charger grant? Is it an automatic thing based on the VIN matching up or do I have to wait for someone to approve it?

Fill out this online form, the approval letter will arrive in a couple days
https://www.seai.ie/grants/electric-vehicle-grants/electric-vehicle-home-charger-grant/

tk123

Is there a minimum height that they can put the charger now? I live in a terraced house and was hoping to put the charger under a windowsill but photos I’ve seen have them a bit higher.

Cyrus

tk123 wrote: »

Is there a minimum height that they can put the charger now? I live in a terraced house and was hoping to put the charger under a windowsill but photos I’ve seen have them a bit higher.

Yes I believe it’s 1.5m

Felexicon

tk123 wrote: »

Is there a minimum height that they can put the charger now? I live in a terraced house and was hoping to put the charger under a windowsill but photos I’ve seen have them a bit higher.

No. Once it's high enough that it wont be effected by flooding etc.

Certain installers might work to different rules but under a windowsill would be fine

DrPhilG

CathalDublin wrote: »

Fill out this online form, the approval letter will arrive in a couple days
https://www.seai.ie/grants/electric-vehicle-grants/electric-vehicle-home-charger-grant/

Filled it out on Saturday. Fingers crossed.

Solar approval came through immediately, once the charger grant is approved its full steam ahead.

Valentina516

Hi I'm considering whether to get the EVbox Elvi installed versus the Wallbox Pulsar plus.. Any opinions on either?

Valentina516

Switch to energia... They're cheaper. I recently did.
I called electric Ireland to enquire could i still have a EV charger fitted even though I'm not their customer any longer and they said yes.

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Just on to electric Ireland, I've a 12kva supply, they couldn't give me a figure on how much to upgrade, I'm guessing it could be necessary.
Also paying 16cent a KW on a 24hr rate said they couldn't do any cheaper bar going on night rate which is 18cent/8cent.

Gargled

Got myself the EO mini a few weeks ago with GlenEV. Very impressed with the electrician (Frank) who came out. Did a survey in advance and took extra time to route it through the floorboards to get it over the hall. KN/ Electric Ireland told me there'd be no floorboards lifted and it would just go through the wall so made sense to pay the extra bit to get it properly done. Very happy with how neat the box is

Next thing I need to figure out is a smart meter for day/night!

Cyrus

Gargled wrote: »

Next thing I need to figure out is a smart meter for day/night!

your provider will arrange that for you

did you not have to get the isolator switch installed?

unattendedbag

Gargled wrote: »

Next thing I need to figure out is a smart meter for day/night!

Easy. I just rang electric Ireland and they put the request through to ESB. 2 days later the guy came and changed it in 10 mins.

Gargled

unattendedbag wrote: »

Easy. I just rang electric Ireland and they out the request through to ESB. 2 days later the guy came and changed it in 10 mins.

With Energia, I'll give them a call and see. Thanks!

MJohnston

Gargled wrote: »

With Energia, I'll give them a call and see. Thanks!

You can't get Day/Night with a smart meter (yet). You'll need to get an analogue Day/Night meter.

meercat

Gargled wrote: »

Got myself the EO mini a few weeks ago with GlenEV. Very impressed with the electrician (Frank) who came out. Did a survey in advance and took extra time to route it through the floorboards to get it over the hall. KN/ Electric Ireland told me there'd be no floorboards lifted and it would just go through the wall so made sense to pay the extra bit to get it properly done. Very happy with how neat the box is

Next thing I need to figure out is a smart meter for day/night!

No isolator fitted
Could have fitted the outlet over where he burst the brickwork for a neater job(depending on height 400mm-1200mm)

slave1

Will you silicone that hole before you get water egress (if not already done)

FixdePitchmark

slave1 wrote: »

Will you silicone that hole before you get water egress (if not already done)

I personally would not be happy with job above.

Off centre
Hole in wall not even below box
cable not held to wall
Poor sealing.

All above - so easy and cheap to fix.

Not to mention a very good guy would clean up too.

slave1

I drilled all my holes and laid cable prior to installation, some easy stuff missed there, he should have drilled from the outside in at the mortar point, a slight angle up to protect against water egress, position the charge point higher up to allow tacking of the cable and have someone on the inside holding a large block of wood so that the drill would not burst any plaster, that leaves you with the minimum of "damage"...

Kramer

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I personally would not be happy with job above.

Off centre
Hole in wall not even below box
cable not held to wall
Poor sealing.

All above - so easy and cheap to fix.

Not to mention a very good guy would clean up too.

I have to agree with all of the above - seems a very poor job to me.
I hope it at least was inexpensive :P.

Gargled

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I personally would not be happy with job above.

Off centre
Hole in wall not even below box
cable not held to wall
Poor sealing.

All above - so easy and cheap to fix.

Not to mention a very good guy would clean up too.

Not a lot of bend in that cable, presumed that's why it wasn't tighter. It's coming down the wall behind this and doing a sharp 180 degree turn to get it into the box. Will be sticking silicone into it anyway

Nedved85

MJohnston wrote: »

You can't get Day/Night with a smart meter (yet). You'll need to get an analogue Day/Night meter.

So... The recent smart meter they installed at my house would be replaced by an old day/night meter?

MJohnston

Nedved85 wrote: »

So... The recent smart meter they installed at my house would be replaced by an old day/night meter?

Yeah, and then you'll have to pay money to get the smart meter put back in again when they launch day/night rates next year or whenever. It's a pain in the arse, because the smart meters are perfectly capable of doing day/night rates, but ESB or whoever just can't be arsed doing the back-end changes required yet.

eagerv

Nedved85 wrote: »

So... The recent smart meter they installed at my house would be replaced by an old day/night meter?

Our old analogue meter was replaced with the new digital day/night one(Not smart one).

Heroditas

Nedved85 wrote: »

So... The recent smart meter they installed at my house would be replaced by an old day/night meter?

I don't think so. I think they should be able to alter the new meter and update it with the necessary registers so it operates as a day/night meter.

Nedved85

MJohnston wrote: »

Yeah, and then you'll have to pay money to get the smart meter put back in again when they launch day/night rates next year or whenever. It's a pain in the arse, because the smart meters are perfectly capable of doing day/night rates, but ESB or whoever just can't be arsed doing the back-end changes required yet.

Did you try to do this yourself? Thanks

MJohnston

Nedved85 wrote: »

Did you try to do this yourself? Thanks

Yeah, there's posts about it a few pages back, but here's what ESB Networks said:

From 2021 electricity supply companies will begin to offer new smart products and services which will enable customers to shift some of their consumption to times of the day when electricity is cheaper. Over time the new smart meter will also eliminate the need for estimated bills. However you can request a day/night meter to be installed until then. Your supplier can log an order with us to request this. Hope this helps. Thanks

Nedved85

I think the logical thing to do might be to wait so and see what happens..

FixdePitchmark

ESB do not have EO mini tethered smart.

To be honest dealing with the ESB is a nightmare. They do not know what they have themselves.

The deal seemed too good to be true - proved to be the case.

Anyone else match the ESB price - smart tethered.