Electric Vehicle Charger Installation
Over the last decade or so electric vehicle charging, also known as EV Charging, has seen consistent growth across the UK. With more and more electric vehicles entering the market and the cost of an average electric vehicle coming down the transition over to a fully electric transport network is continuing to march forward.
The EV charging network has had fantastic adoption over the last few years with charging stations popping up in all major shopping centres, car parks and motorway services. With such an accessible network of chargers across the UK, long distance travel is no longer hindered by the range of your vehicles battery pack and the barriers to entry are continuing to diminish. To see a map of the full charging network across the UK visit https://www.zap-map.com/live/
With the UK EV charging network gaining maturity the next area looking for mass development is Home Electric vehicle charging. At Innova we offer a full range of chargers tailored to our individual client’s needs.
All of our car charger installations benefit from:
A choice of type 1 or Type 2
Tethered or untethered
Mode 3
7 kW fast charge
3 Years parts and labour warranty
Type 1 vs Type 2
This refers to the type of cable the car requires to charge.
A type 1 charger has a charging plug with 5 pins. Typically these are American electric cars, excluding Tesla
A type 2 charger has a charging plug with 7 pins. These are typically European and Asian electric vehicles including Tesla. This is the most common type of charger.
Tethered or Untethered.
A tethered car charger simply means that the charging base contains the charging cable. This is usually 5m long and mostly resembles a traditional petrol station.
An untethered car charger would have a base station hard wired into your household electrical supply but does not have a car charging cable. To charge using this type of base station you would need to use the cable which was supplied with your car. This method can sometimes be slightly cheaper to install but is not as easy to use as you will need to get your charge cable out of the car boot each time you wish to charge.
Mode 3 charging
Mode 1 charging of your car is by use of a standard electrical power socket and a 3 pin plug. This is the slowest charging type
Mode 2 is charging your car from a mobile car charger. These offer some speed and safety advantages over Mode 1 but are not commonly used within the UK
Mode 3 uses a car charger that is hardwired to your household power supply. These cannot be installed without a professional electrician but are the safest and fastest option for a household EV charger.
Mode 4 chargers are the large charging stations seen in car parks and service stations. These charge the car directly with high voltage DC and offer exceptional speed but are not available domestically.
7 kW fast charge.
Car chargers are available with a vast variation of charging speeds.
Mode 1 typically charge at a rate of around 1.4kW
Mode 2 typically charge at a rate of around 2.4kW
Mode 3, Are the domestic fast charge and charge at a rate of 7.4kW
Mode 4, can charge at up to 350kW but are only available commercially
**Using a mode 3 charger which has been hardwired to supply 7.4kW it would take approximately 10 hours to fully charge a 74kW car battery- such as the Tesla Model S 75**3 year Parts and Labour warranty.
As part of Innova’s ethos of unrivalled customer service and quality, we offer a no quibble old for new warranty on all car chargers