Budget Planner
How Much To Install An Electric Vehicle Charger (EV) On My Home?
There are a few options when it comes to choosing a EV charger for your house. Some electrical safety requirements are needed depending on where it will be located at the house. Here are the most common options you have for installing a EV charger hookup for a home.
Starting Point
Questions When Choosing An EV Charger For Your House
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Choose how fast of an EV charger you want to install on your house?
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Choose which EV charger unit you would like to buy.
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What size electrical service do you have on your house?
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What local electrician do I want to use to install EV charger?
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Whenever you work with TradeWork Home Services we try to always treat you fairly. We want homeowners to have access to quality work and great pricing on every home electrical project they have big or small. TradeWork Home Services does super savings the more home electrical projects you bundle together. Check out how we do business.
Home service appointments can be a juggle to manage. When you bulk up a few electrical projects together. You help make our schedule easier. Whenever you do that, we will always make sure to get the savings.
How Much? | BallPark Estimates
Cost Of Installing An Electric Vehicle Charger (EV) On Your Home
With answering all the info listed above we can now answer the elusive question of "how much for electrician to install an EV charger on your home."
Typical Costs Associated with Installing a New Home Hookup for a EV Charger, Depending On Your Needs:
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Cost Of Installing Electric Vehicle Charger Unit: $145 to $385
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EV Electrical Plug Outlet: $145 to $235
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Cost Of Installing Electrical Wiring For EV Charger Hookup | 5 Feet Or Less: $350 to $450
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Cost Of Installing Electrical Wiring For EV Charger Hookup | 10 Feet To 25 Feet: $450 to $685
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Cost Of Installing Electrical Wiring For EV Charger Hookup | 35 Feet To 50 Feet: $650 to $1000
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Cost Of Installing Electrical Wiring For EV Charger Hookup | 75 Feet And Up: $1250 and up
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Cost of Installing GFCI Circuit Breaker: $195 to $250
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Cost of Installing A Whole Home Surge Protector: $395 to $550
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Cost To Add Electrical Conduit Per 10 Feet To Install Location: $180 to $350
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1 | One of the first questions we ask is what does your time schedule look like for your project, and what town are you located in?
We try to ask this towards the beginning of a conversation in order to make sure we have a good appointment window for your schedule and to also verify that we service your home area.
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2 | What home electrical are you looking to have done?
Whenever you ask us to help we need to know whether you need something repaired, replaced, or do you want to install something new.
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3 | How old would you say your home is?
Knowing when your home was built lets us know what to expect when repairing or installing electrical projects in your home.
Modern building code started around the 1980’s. Any home built before 1980 tends to have some interesting wiring techniques, and materials that may need to be replaced.
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4 | We check to see what kind of EV charger you have chosen, and what kind of electric vehicle are you looking to charge?
There are a few EV charger options. Most times it’s best to choose your own EV charger in order to get the one you want.
The majority of the EV chargers sold in the united states are compatible with most electric vehicles. Just check the vehicle and product information given, and it should mention their compatibility.
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5 | Where around the home were you thinking of installing the EV charger hookup?
Try to choose a spot as close to where you would park your electric vehicle as possible. Also keep in mind future obstacles that could get in the way during some bad weather like snow or heavy rains.
The EV charger install becomes more expensive the farther you get from your homes electrical panel.
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6 | You will have to choose how fast you want to charge your new electrical vehicle. You will have the choice between an EV charging rate of 32, 40, or 48 amps?
The larger the number the faster you charge.
The larger the number, the more expensive the install.
Weigh the pros and cons of each, and the decision will become easier to decide.
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7 | In order to safely hookup your EV charger to your home. We first ask if you have an electrical panel with circuit breakers or do you have a fuse box? Also roughly how old do you think the electrical panel is? We ask these questions for 3 major reasons:
Reason 1: Fuse boxes are not allowed to have new wiring added to them according to modern electrical safety code.
Reason 2: Fuse boxes are against modern safety code for a reason, and before we take care of your electrical wants; We need to take care of your home electrical safety first.
Reason 3: Electrical circuit breakers DO NOT LAST FOREVER! Depending on how much use they get used, circuit breakers can last anywhere between 25 to 35 years depending on its usage. There are few electrical emergencies because circuit breakers stop them from ever happening. Circuit breakers lose there reliability past a certain age, and we try to notify you when this starts to happen.
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8 | What is the amperage rating of the main electrical circuit breaker of your home? Also do you have any large electrical equipment in the house? Do you have gas/propane appliances.
The main electrical breaker is usually the biggest looking breaker inside of your electrical panel. It should say either 100, 150, 200, or 400 amp right on the on/off lever.
We need to make sure your existing home electrical can handle the new electrical utility service installing a EV charger. So we ask some details about any other major electrical equipment in the house, and if you have anymore plans to add electrical projects in the future.
Knowing if your major home appliances like a stove, dryer, heating, or cooling. Gives us the info of what size circuit breaker we will need to bring for the install.
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9 | Do you know what brandname electrical panel you have? Do you have any space in your electrical panel to add more circuit breakers.
We need to know what brand circuit breaker to buy in order get the right one for your electrical panel.
We need to know if have to to make more space in the electrical panel in order to add another circuit breaker.
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10 | Where is the main electrical panel located in the house? Is the electrical panel installed in a finished or unfinished area? How high are your ceiling in the room or basement?
Depending where the electrical panel is located in the home, we always want to communicate that drywall repairs are sometimes necessary when mounting electrical panels in finished areas. Though we try are hardest, sometimes drywall cutouts are necessary in order to install a new electrical panel. If this has to happen then the drywall repair is not included, most times a painter can give you a really fair deal on patching the drywall.
If there is access, most times you can install new electrical circuits without needing drywall repair after.
If there is no access then chances are there will be a need to cut ”easy to patch“ access holes in order to install the wiring for the light switch.
We also need to know if the walls are made of drywall, brick, or other building materials.
Typical home ceiling heights are between 8-10 feet. They can go up to 12-18 feet in some homes.
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11 | There are two major things to find out in order to install the new electrical wiring for your home EV charger electrical hookup. Roughly how long of a distance would you say it is from your electrical panel to where you want to have the Ev charger hookup installed, and what would be the easiest path to install the new circuit wiring?
Look for the best path a wire could take to get from the electrical panel to the desired EV charger hookup location. The electrical wire should try to take a path that doesn’t disturb (drywall repair) too much of your home finished areas.
When you are trying to figure out an electrical wiring path from your electrical panel to somewhere in your house. Try to keep in mind how the wire will mount to finished surfaces or if it can be installed behind the drywall easily.
Just take your best guess on how long you think the electrical wire would have to be in order to get from your electrical panel to the desired EV charger electrical hookup.
Note that when mounting on finished surfaces or installing outside, you will need to install the electrical circuit wiring in conduit (pipe) for protection.
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12 | We ask if you have whole home surge protection installed in your electrical panel already?
Newer homes are requiring whole home surge protection to be installed inside the electrical panel to stop surges from utility companies, older electrical equipment, and other natural hazards.
You should put surge protection on your home whenever you have large piece of electrical equipment in your home like an electric vehicle charger, hot tub, or any other large piece of electrical equipment.
Whole home surge protection should also be installed whenever you are getting a home generator, PV solar system, or any other power distribution source installed on your home.
Not installing whole home surge protection whenever it is recommended can at times result in you learning the hard way why it is so important.
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13 | Are the working area(s) clear to work around and navigate?
All we need to do is be able to get to where we need to work as best as possible.
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14 | If possible, can you send us a few photos that will help to get some project details. Please, send photo(s) of:
An overview photo of the main electrical panel area.
A close up photo of the electrical circuit breakers.
A photo of the electrical panel cover information.
An overview photo of the location you would like to install the EV charger.
Once we have the answers to these questions we can usually give you a ballpark estimate for installing an EV charger on your house right over the phone.
When we arrive at your home we can confirm the estimate, answer any other questions you have, and get to work.