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Home EV Charger Installation in Swansea and South Wales

Smart 7 kW home charge points installed, tested and certified by directly-employed NICEIC electricians - including solar-divert setups that charge your car on your own generation.

Charging at home is where almost all EV running-cost saving comes from: an off-peak overnight tariff is a fraction of public rapid-charger pricing. Getting there needs a dedicated circuit, the right protection for your earthing arrangement, and a smart charge point that schedules itself. FLD has been wiring homes across Swansea since 1991, and we install EV charge points as an electrical job done properly - not as a bolt-on.

What we install

  • 7 kW single-phase smart charge points - tethered (captive cable) or untethered (socket), OCPP-capable
  • Solar-divert charging - a myenergi Zappi or equivalent monitors surplus generation and sends it to the car instead of exporting it
  • Dedicated circuit, protection and isolation to BS 7671 Section 722, including open-PEN protection appropriate to your earthing arrangement
  • Consumer unit work where the existing board has no spare capacity
  • Three-phase and 22 kW units where the property has a three-phase supply

Why the earthing arrangement decides your quote

Most homes here are supplied on a TN-C-S (PME) earthing arrangement. If the incoming neutral fails, metalwork outside the house - including a car on charge - can rise to a dangerous voltage, so BS 7671 Section 722 requires that risk to be managed. Either the charge point provides integrated open-PEN detection, or we install a separate earth electrode. This is the single most common reason an online "fitted from £X" price grows on the day. We establish which applies during the survey, then fix the price.

Charging on your own solar

This is where FLD differs from a charge-point-only installer: we install the solar, the battery and the charger under one NICEIC Approved Contractor registration. A solar-divert charger watches your generation and diverts surplus to the car rather than exporting it at a few pence per kWh - so the electricity you would have sold cheaply becomes fuel instead. If you already have panels, we can retrofit a divert-capable charger to an existing array; if you are considering both, they are far easier to specify together.

See our domestic solar panel installation page for array sizing, pricing and Smart Export Guarantee detail.

Smart charging is now the law

Under the Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021, every new home charge point sold in Great Britain must be smart-capable and default to charging outside peak hours. That works in your favour - the saving lives in the off-peak schedule - and we set it up with you at handover rather than leaving you with an app and a manual.

Standards we work to

  • BS 7671 18th Edition Amendment 2, Section 722 - electric vehicle charging installations
  • Part P Building Regulations - the installation is notified for you
  • Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021
  • EREC G100 network operator notification for load-managed installations

What it costs

We do not publish a headline "from" price for EV chargers, because the number that matters is your cable run, your consumer unit and your earthing arrangement - and a price quoted before those are seen is a price that changes on the day. The survey is free, takes under half an hour, and produces a fixed quotation covering the charge point, the circuit, any board work and the certification.

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Our process

  1. 1
    Home survey

    We check the three things that actually decide an EV charger install: your earthing arrangement (TN-C-S, TN-S or TT - this sets what open-PEN protection is required), spare capacity at the consumer unit, and the cable route from board to parking space. Most surveys take under half an hour and the quotation is fixed afterwards.

  2. 2
    Fixed-price quotation

    You get one fixed price covering the charge point, cable, containment, any consumer-unit work and the certification - not a headline price with the groundwork added later. We tell you up front if your board needs an upgrade rather than discovering it on the day.

  3. 3
    DNO notification

    Home chargers are notified to the network operator (National Grid Electricity Distribution or SP Manweb depending on your postcode). Load-managed installations are notified under EREC G100. We handle the paperwork.

  4. 4
    Install & commission

    A directly-employed FLD electrician installs the unit, dedicated circuit and protective devices, then commissions the charge point and connects it to its app. Installations are carried out under our NICEIC Approved Contractor registration.

  5. 5
    Test, certify & notify

    The circuit is tested to BS 7671 Section 722, you receive an Electrical Installation Certificate, and the work is notified under Part P Building Regulations. We walk you through scheduling off-peak charging before we leave.

Standards we work to

  • BS 7671 Section 722
  • Part P
  • EREC G100
  • Smart Charge Points Regulations 2021

Equipment and components

  • myenergi Zappi (or equivalent solar-divert)
  • 7 kW single-phase AC charge points
  • OCPP-capable smart units
Coverage

Home EV Charger Installation in Swansea and South Wales available in

Swansea Sketty Mumbles Morriston Gorseinon Neath All 30 locations
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Three things, and none of them are the charge point itself. First, the cable run from your consumer unit to the parking space - a 5 m run in the same garage is a very different job to a 25 m run under a driveway. Second, spare capacity at the consumer unit: if there is no free way and no room for one, the board needs work before a dedicated circuit can be added. Third, your earthing arrangement, which decides whether open-PEN protection is handled inside the charge point or needs an earth rod. We survey all three before quoting, so the price you are given is the price you pay.
A straightforward 7 kW installation is normally a single day, and often half a day where the parking space is close to the consumer unit. Longer cable routes, trenching under a driveway, or a consumer unit upgrade can extend it to two days. We confirm the expected duration at survey rather than on arrival.
Most UK homes are supplied on a TN-C-S ("PME") earthing arrangement. If the supply neutral fails, exposed metalwork outdoors - including a car on charge - can rise to a dangerous voltage. BS 7671 Section 722 requires this risk to be managed, either by a charge point with integrated open-PEN detection or by providing a separate earth electrode. It is the single most common reason a cheap online quote turns into a bigger bill on the day; we establish which applies at survey.
A solar-divert EV charger -- such as the myenergi Zappi or equivalent -- monitors surplus solar generation and diverts it to the EV before it exports to grid. This means your EV charges at the effective cost of solar generation rather than at the grid import rate. On a 4 kWp system with a typical weekday-absent household generating 10 to 15 kWh of surplus on good days, you can charge 40 to 80 km of EV range purely from solar during a good-weather day. FLD installs solar-divert EV chargers as part of domestic solar packages.
Yes. Under the Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021, every new home and workplace charge point sold in Great Britain must have smart functionality and default to charging outside peak hours. In practice this is a benefit rather than a constraint - scheduling your charging onto an off-peak EV tariff is where most of the running-cost saving comes from, and we set the schedule up with you at handover.
Not for owner-occupiers with off-street parking - that scheme closed in March 2022. The EV chargepoint grant now targets people who rent, own a flat, or have no off-street parking, and it must be claimed through an installer authorised under the scheme. Ask us about current eligibility for your situation before you assume you do or do not qualify.
Yes - NICEIC Approved, MCS Certified, SSIP accredited and ConstructionLine accredited, with 35 years' experience (established 1991).
Yes - free, no-obligation site assessments and fixed-price quotations with no hidden costs.

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