Charging point
A charging point at home charges the car overnight, or during the day on the electricity from your panels. Our electricians fit smart units compatible with every vehicle, adapt the consumer unit and handle the declaration to the grid operator.
Why a charging point rather than a socket
Charging from an ordinary socket means drawing several kilowatts for eight hours through a circuit designed for a vacuum cleaner. It is slow, and it is the leading cause of overheating in domestic installations. A charging point has its own circuit, its own protection, and it talks to the car to adapt the charge.
Fitted by an electrician, it is also the only compliant and insurable solution, and the only one that lets you charge from your panels rather than from the grid.
A full charge overnight instead of a partial one, even on a large battery.
A steered unit follows the roof's production and charges first on the surplus, the electricity that costs you nothing.
Dedicated circuit and suitable protection: the charging point lives alongside the heat pump and the rest of the board.
Installation to standard and declaration to the grid operator, both handled by us.
Choosing your unit
Three questions settle it: how much power reaches your house, how many kilometres you drive, and whether you have solar panels.
The standard for a house on a single-phase connection. Charges most cars overnight.
For three-phase connections, high-mileage drivers or households with two electric cars.
It reads your panels' output and modulates the charge to use the surplus rather than the grid.
What we do
Our electricians fit the unit, but above all they first check that the installation can take it. That is where the problems come from.
Power available at the meter, condition of the consumer unit, distance to the parking space, type of vehicle and charging habits. We tell you which unit makes sense in your house, and which one would be oversized.
Dedicated circuit from the board, residual current protection suited to charging, clean cable routing, wall or pedestal mounting, earthing checked.
Declaration to the grid operator, commissioning, setting up the solar steering and the app, then support if anything goes wrong.
The trio that pays
An electric car consumes a lot, and that is precisely what makes solar pay: every kilowatt-hour you use at home is worth far more than one exported to the grid. Add a battery and the evening charge still benefits from the midday sun.
Ecolive fits all three and sizes them together, in a single survey and with one contact.
How it works
Power at the meter, consumer unit, position of the charging point, cable distance.
7.4 or 11 kW, steering by solar surplus, access control if several users.
Detailed quote, declaration to the grid operator, check on any local authority grants.
Dedicated circuit, protection, fitting and connection by our electricians, earthing checked.
First charge tested with you, app configured, solar steering set up.
Frequently asked questions
7.4 kW single phase is the standard for a house: it charges most cars overnight. 11 kW three phase if your connection allows it and you drive a lot. We check the power available at your meter before proposing a model.
Yes, with a steered charging point: it modulates the charging power according to the surplus your panels produce, so the car charges on your own electricity rather than the grid's. Paired with a home battery, the evening charge also benefits from the midday sun.
Yes, every charging point must be declared to the distribution grid operator, and the consumer unit must be compliant. Ecolive handles the paperwork and brings the installation up to standard.
Sometimes. A badly connected charging point trips the installation when the heat pump or the oven starts. Our electricians fit a dedicated circuit with its own protection and check that the whole installation can take the load.
Half a day to a day in most cases, depending on the distance between the consumer unit and the charging point, and on any trenching required.
Free quote, no commitment
An Ecolive adviser calls you back to arrange a visit. Survey, sizing and detailed quote are free.
