EV charger installation in Shoreham-by-Sea

What decides a charger job in Shoreham-by-Sea

Where the car parks, what the supply and the board will take, and who has to be told. These are the local facts behind those three questions in Shoreham-by-Sea.

Inland of the railway, and by the harbour

North of the line a Shoreham charger is the straightforward job: the unit on the side wall by the path or in the garage, a short run to the board, and a day’s work. By the harbour the houses are older, the parking is often on the street, and the enclosure has to be marine-rated if it is outside at all. The survey settles which of those you have before anyone names a price.

The flats are the honest conversation. A charger in a block needs a parking space that is yours, a supply and meter that are yours, and the freeholder or managing agent on side; a purpose-built block with allocated parking sometimes has all three, a converted house rarely does. Battery storage in Shoreham-by-Sea asks the same three questions of a battery.

The supply, the board and the paperwork

A charger, an oven and a shower at once is more than plenty of older supplies enjoy, so on a pre-war house we specify a load-managed charger that eases off rather than trips the main fuse, and we look at the consumer unit before we look at the wall. The circuit is tested and certificated, UK Power Networks is notified, and if the array on the roof is part of the same design the inverter rating decides whether that is a G98 notification or a G99 application — G98 or G99 explained. Solar panels in Shoreham-by-Sea is the roof side; up the A24, EV charger installer in Horsham is the district town’s page.

Two things people in Shoreham-by-Sea ask before they book

“Can the cable run from the board at the front to a space at the back?”

Usually, and that run is most of a terrace job. The survey measures it, says whether it goes inside or outside the house, and prices it; what we will not do is run a cable across a pavement.

“We are leaseholders — is a charger possible?”

Only with a space that is yours, a supply that is yours and the freeholder’s consent. Send us the lease wording on alterations and a photo of the car park and the meter cupboard, and we will say whether a survey is worth your time.

Questions we get asked in Shoreham-by-Sea

Do you install EV chargers in Shoreham-by-Sea?

Yes — ten road miles from our Washington base, fitted and certificated by our own NICEIC-registered electricians and notified to UK Power Networks. A house with its own off-street parking can have one; a flat needs the freeholder and a space that is yours.

Does a charger in one of the Shoreham conservation areas need permission?

A unit on a side or rear wall is an ordinary electrical installation. On a wall visible from the street inside one of the five conservation areas, the Article 4 directions can apply, so we check with Adur District Council before quoting that position.