Best home charger for EV

[fellatthefirst]

I have a Tesla being delivered to me in the next couple of weeks and I am looking for some advice on what the best home EV charger is to get. How much they cost to buy and install. Luckily I have a point on the front of my house to wire a charger in so don’t require lots of cable running to my driveway.

[Rich Boy Spanner]

I just got an Ohme charger installed with surge protection. 5m cable and wired from the consumer unit, cabling, 2 circuit breakers and an RCD. £1.080. Only did it because the reduction in BIK pays it off.

[Macron]

you will find the answer in this 67 page thread about exactly the same thing...........................

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[16v stretch]

Macron said:

you will find the answer in this 67 page thread about exactly the same thing...........................

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

You will find many answers in this 67 page thread.

There is no real definitive answer, it really depends on your aesthetic taste, desire for app based control, weather proof ness and if you want tethered or not.

Common answers:
Hypervolt
Zappi
Ohme
Andersen has some question over longevity with the business side of things.

My preference is leaning towards the Indra Smart Pro, as it seems to be offered by a few manufacturers.

Some people are so religiously against smart chargers that they recommend getting a 32a commando fitted and a dumber cable.

[paradigital]

We’ve got an installed Zappi and an Ohme “granny” charger (as well as a dumb chargemaster one, and the two that came with the Passat at the Model 3 Performance), and the Zappi has the better app and control of the two.

The Ohme is a good 2nd charger for us as it allows for us to limit its use to off-peak charging (Octopus), but the Zappi is better integrated and allows us to use our excess solar energy/hybrid battery system to charge during the day as well.

[jason61c]

the Tesla one is the cheapest long one you can get.

[______]

Easee chargers at our houses, really smart bit of kit, tiny, can be set up as public charge point to generate income.

[NDA]

I've charged my Tesla for the past 2 years from a 32amp commando socket. Never had a problem.

[somouk]

NDA said:

I've charged my Tesla for the past 2 years from a 32amp commando socket. Never had a problem.

What lead are you using with that? A proper Commando to Type 2 or the Tesla lead with the interchangeable connectors?

[NDA]

somouk said:

NDA said:

I've charged my Tesla for the past 2 years from a 32amp commando socket. Never had a problem.

What lead are you using with that? A proper Commando to Type 2 or the Tesla lead with the interchangeable connectors?

I am using the Tesla 32 amp tail for the Tesla Connector

https://shop.tesla.com/en_gb/product/blue-adapter-...

Is this what you mean?

[somouk]

Yeah, that’s what I was considering using so glad someone else is doing it!

[NDA]

somouk said:

Yeah, that’s what I was considering using so glad someone else is doing it!

It's worked faultlessly for me - 27,000 miles of charging so far.