Step one: Power supply
Check your supply
A fast charger, a heat pump and an induction cooktop can be more than an older switchboard can carry. A licensed electrician checks the board and the supply before anything goes on the wall.
Your goal
Charge an EV at home
The charger is the easy part. Whether your switchboard and power supply can carry it is the part worth asking about first – then charge the car off your own roof.
This goal usually involves
Check the board before you buy the charger. It decides what you can install.
The pathway
Do it in this order.
You don’t have to tackle everything at once. But sticking to this sequence means each later upgrade can be smaller and cheaper – even if you space them out over years.
Step two: EV charging
Install the charger
A wall charger on its own circuit charges far faster than a powerpoint, and it’s built for a load that runs for hours every night.
Step three: Solar and batteries
Charge it off the roof
Solar panels can fill the car during the day with power you’d otherwise send to the grid. A battery can do the same overnight.
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Serves Braeside and surrounding suburbs | Based in Braeside
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Serves Indigo, Wangaratta and 3 more | Based in Rutherglen
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Serves Werribee and Wyndham Vale and nearby suburbs | Based in Werribee
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Serves Hallam and surrounding suburbs | Based in Hallam
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Serves Truganina and surrounding suburbs | Based in Truganina
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