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Charge your car on your own solar

EV Chargers

A home charge point is the cheapest place to charge an electric car, and cheaper still when the electricity comes off your own roof. We install solar-aware chargers that watch your generation and your household use, and put the surplus into the car rather than exporting it.

Charge your car on your own solar

Exporting surplus solar earns you 12–15p a unit under a Smart Export Guarantee tariff. Putting that same unit into your car costs you nothing and displaces electricity you would otherwise buy at around 28p. A solar-aware charger is simply the difference between those two numbers, applied every sunny afternoon.

Every charger we fit reads a clip-on sensor at your incoming supply, so it knows what the panels are making and what the house is already using. Set it to charge only on genuine surplus and it will pause when the kettle goes on and pick up again afterwards, without you touching anything.

Why it is worth a proper charge point

  • Far faster than a three-pin plug, which is a trickle charge and was never intended for daily use
  • Charges from surplus solar instead of exporting it at a fraction of its value
  • Schedules itself into your cheap overnight window when the sun is not obliging
  • Load balancing watches your main fuse, so the charger backs off rather than tripping the house
  • Fitted, tested and certified by the same MCS-registered team that fits the panels

The chargers we fit

Which one suits you depends on your car, your supply and whether you already have solar or a battery. We will tell you plainly at survey; there is no single right answer.

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    ChargerPowerBest for
    myenergi zappi7 kW single-phase / 22 kW three-phaseThe original solar-aware charger. FAST, ECO and ECO+ modes; ECO+ charges only on genuine surplus. Tethered or untethered, black or white.
    myenergi zappi GLO7 kW single-phaseThe compact, screenless zappi. Everything is set in the myenergi app, so it stays discreet on a front elevation.
    EcoFlow PowerPulse 27 kW single-phase / 11–22 kW three-phasePart of the same system as an EcoFlow inverter and battery, so solar, storage and the car are managed together.
    Fox ESS L Series7.3 kW single-phase / 11 kW three-phaseA simpler, smaller unit with solar linkage and scheduled charging. IP55 and IK08 rated, with back or bottom cable entry.
    Fox ESS A Series7.3 kW single-phase / 11–22 kW three-phaseThe fuller-featured Fox. OCPP compliant, 4G as well as Wi-Fi, and V2G hardware-ready to ISO 15118.
    Sigen EVDC Charging Module25 kW bi-directional DCStacks onto a SigenStor tower and charges the car with DC directly. Also supports vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid.

    DC charging, if you want the fastest option

    Most home chargers are AC: they hand power to the charger built into your car, and that onboard charger sets the speed. The Sigen EVDC skips it and charges the battery with direct current instead, at up to 25 kW.

    Sigenergy put an hour of charging at roughly 130 km of range against about 40 km from a standard AC charger, using the P3 Charging Index 2022 consumption figures for a compact EV. It is bi-directional too, so the car can feed the house during a power cut, or export to the grid at peak.

    What we check before quoting

    • Your incoming supply and main fuse rating, and whether load balancing is needed
    • Earthing arrangement and PEN fault protection
    • Cable route from the consumer unit to where you park
    • Whether you have, or are planning, solar and battery storage to charge from
    • Single-phase or three-phase supply, which decides the top speed available to you

    Full specifications and manufacturer datasheets for every charger above are on our products page.

    We fit chargers alongside a new solar and battery installation, or on their own for a home that already has panels. Either way the survey is free and there is no obligation.

    How it works

    From enquiry to switch-on

    01
    Free consultation
    02
    Survey & design
    03
    Expert installation
    04
    Aftercare
    Good to know

    EV Chargers, common questions

    Are you fully certified?

    Yes. We are MCS certified (registration NAP-67355/22/1), TrustMark registered and members of HIES, so every installation meets the highest industry standards and is fully protected.

    Do you cover my area?

    We install across Staffordshire and the wider Midlands from our base at Summit Business Park in Burslem. If you’re just outside our usual area, get in touch and we’ll let you know.

    Interested in EV chargers?

    Book a free, no-obligation survey and we’ll design the right system for your property and budget.