EV charger installation in Sutton Coldfield. Home chargers fitted on the drive, supply checked first, tested and notified. Four Oaks, Walmley, Mere Green and across the town.
Sutton Coldfield is about as well suited to home charging as anywhere in the West Midlands. Most houses have a driveway, a lot of households run two cars, and plenty of those cars are now electric or about to be. Charging at home overnight is far cheaper and easier than relying on public chargers, and the installation is usually a single day.
The question that matters is not whether a charger will fit on the wall, it is whether the supply to the house will carry it. A typical home charger draws a lot of power for hours at a time. On an older supply with a smaller main fuse, running the charger at the same time as an electric shower, an induction hob and a heat pump or a hot tub can push the house over its limit. We check the main fuse and the incoming supply before quoting, and where needed fit a charger that manages its load around the rest of the house.
The earthing arrangement is checked too, because some supplies need extra protection at the charger. Then the charger is sited where the cable reaches the car comfortably, the cable is run tidily from the board, and the circuit is protected on its own.
Everything is tested and certificated, and the installation is notified as the regulations require. If the main fuse needs upgrading, that is an application to the network operator, which we explain and help you make.
A photo of the fuse board with the cover on, and a line about what you want doing, is enough to give you a sensible idea of the job before anyone visits.
Main fuse and incoming supply assessed before a charger is chosen or quoted.
Chargers that throttle back when the shower or hob is on, so nothing trips.
The right protection for the supply the house actually has.
On the wall or a post, where the cable reaches without trailing across the drive.
A dedicated circuit from the board, not a spur off something else.
Certificate emailed, and the installation notified as required.
Send a photo or a quick video of the room on WhatsApp, or get a free fixed quote — no obligation, and we’ll tell you straight what it needs.
Nearly always. The check is the supply: whether the main fuse can carry a charger alongside the shower and cooking. We look before quoting.
Usually a single day, with the power off for a short part of it.
Tethered is quicker to use every day; untethered looks tidier and suits more than one car. We will talk through which suits your drive.
Load management often solves it. Where it does not, an upgrade is an application to the network operator, which we explain.
Usually, wherever the cable reaches the car comfortably and the run from the board is sensible.
Yes, and the whole of Sutton Coldfield. See the Walmley charger page for the estates there.