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

im using the we connect app which shows the kw power via the charge and the time left.. at my house its 7kw from the eli charger and 6kw from my parents eo.. which is more than enough for the few times a year we visit.. still twice as fast as granny charging

CCS is for on the road DC charging. You don't use that at home.

Your home charge point is AC and will work on all new EV's (i.e. any EV with a Type 2 socket).

There isn't an older style type 2.

There is type2 and type 1

type 1 is the old Leaf.

type 2 is in every new EV and is in the newer leaf since 2018 so pretty much every EV now.

So, if you buy a Type 2 charge point it will work on every EV except those EV's that have a type 1 socket which is really just the first gen Leaf. Everything else will work with it.

More info here but basically CCS is a standard for both AC and DC charging via the one socket on the vehicle (hence Combined Charging System) and the current CCS connectors on DC chargers conforms to the Type 2 connector, as do Type 2 home charge points (and public AC ones), albeit the latter obviously don't use the DC pins provided for in the standard. Hence there is no "older-style" Type 2, rather Type 2 and the DC CCS connectors here are part of the same standard, and thus the same "age".

Thanks - that was the reply I was after cython cheers.

Hi, just out of curiosity how much did ESBN charge you to upgrade their tails?

Thanks for the information. One of my colleagues was offered a charger by a relative and is asking me about costs but from the photo they showed me it looks like both incoming ESBN tails and consumer unit side tails will need to be upgraded and I reckoned it would cost a good bit more than the €600 grant, even with the 'free' charger.

I'll tell them to get a quote anyway as no harm in asking. 👍️

Hi all,

I've been reading back through this thread trying to get information, but there is a lot of discussion and information is well spread out so I though I'd ask the question here, hope that's OK.

I'm thinking about getting an EV (currently looking at the Kona 64kWh) and as a result I need to start thinking about charging.

I'm living in the midlands in a rural area (no houses within 100s of meters) and have electricity running across to my garage from my main house. The garage has its own fuse box also so I'd be thinking of putting the charger on the outside of the garage.

I would not plan on moving the charge point in the future, so a fixed point would be fine.

I've literally just starting to look and here is the first place I came .

So my questions:

• Any recommendations for installers ?
• Are there different types of chargers etc ? I don't want anything fancy TBH - just something to deliver enought electricity to the car safely and as quickly as possible ?
• What ballpark price am I looking at ?

Thanks !!

The current taxation system with fuel duty is already unfair to rural and commuter dwellers (and I fall into both categories). Odometer is the next nearest equivalent since you can't directly tax electricity used to charge EV's.

ULEZ charges are useful to tackle city usage and I suspect only a matter of time before we see it introduced here in Ireland.

couple of things to get checked - how old is your wiring? If older than 15/20 years you may need heavier wires running from your meter to your fuse board -

costs can vary a lot based on what you need done to existing wiring. I can give you my two examples. At my semi d in dublin 40 years old - I had to get wires upgraded from meter to fuse board, new earth wires ran in - new earth rod.. ev installer charged me 1250 for this work as well as installing my ev charger which i supplied ... charger cost me 750 from vw.. so 2k total minus 600 euro grant which im waiting for seai to send me in next few weeks to my bank account.. its nothing fancy but connects to the internet for updates and has basic app integration with the vw car app.. at my parents house... rural northwest.. i picked up a secondhand eo min pro charger on adverts for 300 euro. Basically a socket only.. they had a local electrician fit it for 160.. they didnt claim the grant.. so cost 460 in total.. there's a certain grant inflation to prices... the chargers put out a fair but of power at 7kw so its worth having your wiring right for it..

i used ev power ireland to do our install - they are in ashbourne i think and were fine.. i had two other local electrician's look at the job - one said they didnt want the hassle of running in the new heavier wires and the other just never got back to me with a price..

Hi All,

I received a letter from the ESB stating that my house will be upgraded to a smart meter in the coming weeks. Next year i would like to connect a car charger to the meter as i hope to get an electric car next year. Can i get a connection for a charger installed at the same time as installing the new meter? This will allow me to get a charger installed possibly next year .

EV Ready for installation in Dublin.

So far they're the only place to give me a discounted price so far, only other two quotes I've got are standard prices but there will obviously be less labor with pre-wired. They were also the only place to get back to me within 24 hours.

You need to distinguish between a load balancing option or a simple priority switch option which the 200 extra looks like.

Priority switch, if car is charging, will prevent shower from running, or vice versa, depending on the setting.

Load balancing, which is done in the charger will reduce power to charger if shower comes on.

The ABL does not have that as you need a CT on the mains, back to the EV charger, to track the overall load and keep it below the house fuse limit.