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EV Charger Installation in Richmond

A home charger, on its own circuit, sized to what your panel can actually carry.

Home EV charger circuits, from the load calculation through to the permit.

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What to check, and what to ask

General guidance for homeowners, not specific to your system — worth knowing before you book anyone, including us.

  1. The install starts at the panel, not at the parking spot

    What decides the job is spare capacity in your service and the run from the panel to where the car sits. Two identical chargers in two identical garages are not the same job.

  2. A full panel does not automatically mean a service upgrade

    Load management equipment lets a charger share existing capacity rather than adding to it, and many chargers can also be set to draw less current. Ask whether either was considered before an upgrade is quoted.

  3. A charger circuit is a dedicated circuit

    It gets its own breaker, sized for continuous use, and it does not share with anything else. No extension cords and no power bars, including for the 120V cord that came with the car.

  4. Permit first, and keep the paperwork

    An EV charger circuit is permitted electrical work in BC, done by a licensed contractor. Strata and rebate paperwork both tend to ask for it later, so keep the permit and the invoice together.

Try these first

  1. 1. Read the main breaker rating and photograph the panel

    Read the number on the large breaker at the top, with the cover closed, and photograph the label inside the door. Almost every quote starts from those two things.

  2. 2. Count the empty slots, without opening anything

    Look at the front of the panel and count the blank positions. Full is not a refusal, but it changes the options, and it is better known before someone drives out.

  3. 3. Measure from the panel to where the car parks

    Walk it with a tape and note what the run would cross — a finished wall, a garage ceiling, an outside corner, a driveway. The route is most of the price difference between two quotes.

  4. 4. Find the charger's installation requirements

    The manual or the manufacturer's page states the circuit the unit needs, and whether its current can be set lower. Have that page open when you call.

  5. 5. If you are in a strata, ask them before you book

    Charger installs in shared parking usually need written approval and sometimes a building-wide plan. Starting there saves booking a visit that cannot proceed.

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