Recent content by SmartOJW96

That's all good to hear. Regarding over staying welcome at the charger. I would not use for a full charge, but for top ups. When I said local, maybe I should explain what I think of as local. The car has an estimated winter range of 50 to 60 miles. If I drive from home at full charge to a...

To clarify. I have got the plug in car grant (£4500 off). But I am not sure of eligibility of the homecharge grant. I think I confused the two above in previous replies. This is because the fortwo appears to be not eligible but tgr forfour model is. Even though they are essentially the same...

Yes, that is exactly what has confused me. I think I will contact the charge point supplier and ask them what they think, and go from there. If need be I will find a cheaper 7kw charger (Rolec perhaps) and get an electrician to just install that for me. At the end of the day all i really want /...

I have looked at the other chargers, but have been told in the past that charge masters are one of the most reliable ones. I cant see that Smart or the dealer is at fault, (if anything i think the OLEV site is wrong), as all the Smart docs refer to the government grant as do their website, and...

The model of car that I have just ordered will start production tomorrow, however the new electric fortwo was released (I think) at the end of last year. I am not sure how much assistance the dealer will be able to offer, as the charger musty be organised by myself, and the dealer has no real...

[Sorry in advance if not posted in the right place] I've just placed an order on the new 22kw version of the Smart Fortwo EQ which i am very much looking forward to picking up in a few months. I just started to look online at getting a charge point for home installed, when i came across the...

Thanks for the quick reply I thought that might be an answer. I did think this myself, but wanted another opinion really. I suppose it also assures i get warranty on all work too.

Thanks. In respnse to both your replies. I think I may just get a charger. But we will see. Yes. Ideas thinking if getting the winter package. Heating wheel and seats. It's only £250 more so really not to much extra if it saves me charge.

Hi. That's a great way of storing the cable. I will be getting a tethered chargemaster unit installed. The only place to put it is on the garage wall opposite the back door (narrow ish passage) so using this setup would reduce how much the charger takes up in terms of depth. Where did you get...

Yeah, I was just thinking that myself. I think, on the balance, just spending on the charger upfront will, in the long term work out being better, guaranteeing I get the money off, and have a future proofed setup. For just my car it is a bit overkill, though I can see my housemate getting an EV...

Thanks for getting back to me on that. It' nice hearing from a fellow owner of my soon to be car. And good to hear positive things. I see the point with pcp deal. Something to consider I suppose. At current. My plan is to buy outright at purchase and get my own choice of colours (grey...

In that case. I think I will just hold off. I will get a site survey done by charge master when it gets closer to me ordering the car. Then they can advise me fircexaclty what they want for the Install. (Probably a cable run as new circuit as I stated). Then I will have a proper charger thats...

Well. Yes main CU has RCD protection. So that's covered. I assume you mean. Install a new cable from the main CU (in centre of house) to a single socket in the garage dedicated to the EV. This run would include 20m of SWA cable in the garden to the garage. Doing this would also mean if I want...