Electric Ireland EV Home Chargers. Supplied and installed for €699.

Electric Ireland customer price: €1,299

Non Electric Ireland customer price: €1,399

Prices include Sync EV Home Charger (tethered or socket version) including automatic load management & professional installation.

Yes, once you have switched your energy supply to Electric Ireland you can avail of the Electric Ireland customer discount.

Home Charger installations are typically completed in 2-4 weeks. Timelines can vary for a number of reasons such as if you have not received SEAI Home Charger grant approval, if remedial electrical works are required or if demand across the market is high. The Smartzone team will always work with you to deliver a suitable installation based on your needs

Due to the growth of EV sales, we strongly recommend that you request your home charger installation as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

The Sync EV home charger works with all Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV). The tethered version of home charger comes with Type 2 charging cable permanently attached to charger. All modern EVs use Type 2 connector. We also offer a socket (untethered) version where you use the cable supplied with car to connect the home charger to the vehicle.

Tethered Home Chargers have a Type 2 charging cable permanently attached to the charger. An extra long 7.5m cable is included in this offer as standard. The longer cable allows you to reach awkward charge port locations without having to park in an certain position. Sync EV has been designed so that cable can be wrapped neatly around the charger when not in use.

Socket version do not include a charging cable and have a socket only. You will use the charging cable supplied with your car to plug into the charger.

Both Tethered and Socket versions have same great price of €1,299 for Electric Ireland customers.

All chargers use WiFi connectivity. If the location of the home charger has poor WiFi signal, Smartzone will advise you as to how you can extend signal.

Automatic load balancing is included in all installations at no extra cost.

This feature monitors the total power that your house is using and will automatically reduce the power to the car at any times that your house requires it, for a electric shower, electric oven or pump for example. This means your house will always get priority and your main fuse will always be protected.

Tethered charger: 257cm (H) x 202cm (W) x 139cm (D)

Untethered charger: 297cm (H) x 223cm (W) x 121cm (D)

The Electric Vehicle Home Charger Grant is a government funded support scheme assisting residents and homeowners to install an electric vehicle charge point on their property. The scheme provides a grant up to the value of €600 towards the purchase and installation of a home charger unit. The eligibility criteria for the grant is set out below:

The EV must be parked on an off-street parking location associated with the home and the charger must be connected back to the home of the applicant (please refer to your electrician for the best installation approach).

The Meter Point Reference Number (MPRN), which you can find on your electricity bill, will be used to confirm the location of your home.

The property cannot be associated with a previous EV home charge point grant payment. Additionally, it cannot have availed of the free ESB Ecars home charger pre 2018.

Do not commence any work before the start date on your Letter of Offer otherwise this expenditure will be deemed ineligible and you will not receive grant support for it.

You have 6 months from the date on this Letter of Offer, which will be emailed to you, to complete your installation and return your Payment Request Form to SEAI.

We strongly recommend you apply for the Home Charger Grant as early as possible. You must have received grant approval (Letter of Offer) before starting any installation work on your home.

You can apply for Home Charger grant online and find more information on seai.ie.

On average applications will be processed for payment on the Home Charger Grant Scheme in approximately 6-8 weeks from the date documents are received into SEAI. These timelines are out of the control of Smartzone and may vary based on the number of applications received at a given time. For this reason, we recommend you organise the install of a home charger through Smartzone well in advance of expected delivery of your vehicle.

The Smartzone agent will ask that you complete the checklist and will email you the link to the online checklist. The form includes some straight forward questions about your home and you can easily upload images from your phone to the form to provide the information needed to allow safe installation and ensure the charger can be installed where you want it.

If required, Smartzone can complete a virtual home survey using secure video service on your smartphone.

The home charger will be installed in the most appropriate location on the outside of your home. A cable will run neatly to an isolator switch which is required by Safe Electric regulations. From the isolator switch, the cable will be neatly routed to your electricity consumer unit (commonly known as fuse board) or to your electricity meter. Our partner Smartzone use the surface mounted cabling approach allowing for 10m of cabling and drilling through 2 walls. Cost of additional works where required will be added to price of your home charger installation. No works will be carried out will be carried out without client agreement.

Smartzone will install your home charger in 2-3 hours. More complex installations may take longer but you will be advised of this in advance of installation. The Smartzone installer will complete the install in a safe, professional and tidy manner ensuring the owner or nominated person is brought through the features of fully connected charger and app. Before leaving your property, the technician will provide you with the relevant documents required by SEAI for grant payment.

This depends on your current electricity plan unit rates and the size of the battery. Using the Nissan Leaf (40kWh battery) with a driving range of 270km as an example. If you have a standard 24 hour electricity meter it will cost about €12 to charge from 20-100%. If you have a smart electricity meter, it will cost as little as €5.50 when using the Electric Ireland Night Boost plan. Costs are estimated and based on prices as of 1st October 2022.

This depends on size of the battery in your car and the current level of battery. The Sync EV Home Charger at speeds up to 7.4kW. The below examples assume you are charging your battery from 20% to 100%.

Nissan Leaf (40kWh battery): 4 hours 35 minutes

Kia Niro EV (64kWh battery: 7 hours 20 minutes

Volkswagen ID4 (77kWh battery): 8 hours 50 minutes

Dedicated Home Charger is a faster, smarter and safer way of charging your EV at home. The Sync EV home charger included in this offer will charge up 3 times faster than a standard 3 pin plug. Speed of charging becomes an important consideration when we want to maximise lower electricity rates during certain times overnight. Home Chargers are specifically designed to handle EV charging electrical loads and all installs must meet strict Electrical Regulations as set by Safe Electric.

Your EV onboard computer continuously calculates your driving range based on the below:

• Weather: Range will reduce during colder weather and increase during warmer months

• Driving style: As with other vehicles, the smoother and slower you drive the more efficient the car becomes i.e. increases range.

• Driving speed: Driving at motorway speeds will use more battery than driving same distance at lower speeds.

Preconditioning is a clever feature in many new EVs on sale today. While the EV is plugged to your home (whether it is charging or not), it can warm up the interior of your EV using mains electricity. This then means that once you begin driving your EV, you will not waste battery on heating the car. This is especially useful in colder Winter months.