2 Questions To Ask When Installing An EV Charging Station For Your Home
If you have decided that you want to decrease your carbon footprint as much as possible, you may have decided to purchase an electric vehicle (EV) to replace your gas guzzler. To keep the car fully charged and ready to drive from home, you may be looking into installing a charging station on your property.
However, if you do not know much about these types of stations, you may have a few questions as to how they are installed and what is needed before installation. Below are answers to a couple of questions you may have about installing an EV charging station for your house.
1. What Is the Ideal Placement Location for the Charging Station on Your Home's Property?
One of the first questions that may have entered your mind is where you need to put the charging station. You may wonder if there is an ideal location for its installation besides trying to have the outlet as close to your garage or driveway as possible.
Since the charging station will need to be wired to your home's breaker box, you should ideally try to place it as close to the box as possible if you can create parking near it. If not, the technician installing the charging station may need to extend the wiring to the charging station or wire a separate box closer to the parking area.
2. Will You Need to Rewire a Portion of Your Home's Electrical System to Accommodate the Power Needed for the Charging Station?
Another question you may have about having a charging station installed is whether your home will need to be rewired to accommodate it. Because the station will have its own power demands, it is possible that portions of your home's electrical system may need to be updated.
However, you may also be able to select a charging system with smart technology that monitors your home's electrical system and feeds any surplus to the station, which may require no rewiring of your house. You can speak with the supplier and installer for the system to see what needs to be done for your home's particular case.
Before purchasing and installing a charging station for your EV car, you should look at where the electrical panel is located for your house to see if you can set up a parking area as close to it as possible. While many stations come with smart technology that will monitor your household's electrical usage and divert surplus to the outlet, you want to double-check to make sure that you do not need to have some moderate rewiring completed before installation.
Contact a local service to learn more about residential EV charging stations.
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