When are you going fully electric?
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Soldato
E-tron is an ugly spud of a car and is much more expensive for a worse spec so no thanks happy with Jaguar as this will be my 5th. The iPace in HSE spec and with the options on it at essentially 40k is hard to pass up to be honest, its less than my current petrol and has a huge spec in comparison.They are getting to almost sensible values
MY21 IPace HSE for ~£40k with the £3.8k deposit contribution, 2 years servicing and warranty doesn't seem too bad
Would still prefer an e-tron 55 personally
Soldato
Other than it being a much better car too of course…
PS he’s bought a used one so delivery times in this context are irrelevant.
That's why we have options, everyone likes something different
Soldato
ExactlyThat's why we have options, everyone likes something different
My wife was worried I'd fall asleep inside the Tesla it was so dull 
I wouldn't bother wasting over a grand having a specialised charger installed, when you can get an "outdoor socket" that'll do 7.2kW for about £45 on screwfix (plus circuit breaker, cable and install.)
These were quotes for a Zappi. I went with screwfix and a self install
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What’s a 3000GT
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An anticlimax...
Useful to know. I don't need to pay for this though, so something that doesn't look like Bob's electric apprentice has used an old shoebox filled with expanding foam and a cable with a fuse attached to it.I wouldn't bother wasting over a grand having a specialised charger installed, when you can get an "outdoor socket" that'll do 7.2kW for about £45 on screwfix (plus circuit breaker, cable and install.)
These were quotes for a Zappi. I went with screwfix and a self install
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I think is a BMW i4 anyway…
Gotta love the commando camping look that still needs a cable and doesn’t meet 19th edition wiring earthing requirements.
Gotta love the commando camping look that still needs a cable and doesn’t meet 19th edition wiring earthing requirements.
I wouldn't bother wasting over a grand having a specialised charger installed, when you can get an "outdoor socket" that'll do 7.2kW for about £45 on screwfix (plus circuit breaker, cable and install.)
These were quotes for a Zappi. I went with screwfix and a self install
And herein lies the current problem in the charge point sector; the government have legislated and regulated, driving up the price of chargers until a typical install is (from most providers) over a grand. Inevitably this then leads to people looking for cheaper (and less safe) alternatives
I've been reading up on the Viridian wallbox kits today. Quite tempted given it's only £299 for the complete kit. Probably £400-£500 all-in for a sparky to fit it (to current electrical safety regs). But I would want a way to disconnect it easily (rented house - I would want to take any wallbox with me).
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I also had an electrician price up just install costs with me supplying all parts.And herein lies the current problem in the charge point sector; the government have legislated and regulated, driving up the price of chargers until a typical install is (from most providers) over a grand. Inevitably this then leads to people looking for cheaper (and less safe) alternatives
I've been reading up on the Viridian wallbox kits today. Quite tempted given it's only £299 for the complete kit. Probably £400-£500 all-in for a sparky to fit it (to current electrical safety regs). But I would want a way to disconnect it easily (rented house - I would want to take any wallbox with me).
Sparks aren't thick. It's basic economics. Lad buys 85k Audi ETron on tick (salary sacrifice) with no deposit, no tax, no insurance and the sparky sees $$$.
A local dodgy sparks will do me a consumer unit for 510 and 180 for car charger. The more commercially astute lads are 650 for a consumer unit and 500 for a car charger.
I never mentioned "car charger" I just asked for connection to IP67 rated isolated outdoor socket.
He didn't even see the car as it was done by email and decent pictures of consumer unit / cupboard / proposed location etc.
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So the labour justifies the idea that you may as-well get a proper EVSE rather than an industrial plug?
Buys, on tick and salary sacrifice in the same sentence? My head just e troned
Buys, on tick and salary sacrifice in the same sentence? My head just e troned
That was the point that @Jonnycoupe was making, a commando socket on its own doesn't meet the regs for car charging. Sure it will charge a car but that doesn't mean its compliant.
By the time you have paid for an interlocking commando socket, an earth rod or PEN fault detection device a type B RCD/RCBO and the a 32A capable EVSE, you've spent almost as much just getting a proper EVSE with full solar divert functionality fitted, even less if you don't solar.
By the time you have paid for an interlocking commando socket, an earth rod or PEN fault detection device a type B RCD/RCBO and the a 32A capable EVSE, you've spent almost as much just getting a proper EVSE with full solar divert functionality fitted, even less if you don't solar.
450 just for an outdoor plug? You're getting mugged more than I am lol.
Lots of words here, not sure what the Q or point is? But yeah 450 to wire an outdoor plug you may as well get a PodPoint 3 from eBay and do it properly.So the labour justifies the idea that you may as-well get a proper EVSE rather than an industrial plug?
Buys, on tick and salary sacrifice in the same sentence? My head just e troned
Why do you think I did it myself
Why do you think I did it myself
Presumably you’re not a qualified electrician?