The smarter, greener, cheaper way to charge your Electric Vehicle is at home. Charging your car at home has numerous benefits and Synergy are here to fulfil all your car charging needs! Synergy are competent charging station installers that will help you get the best charging experience whilst achieving the most energy efficient performance.
As electric vehicles become the future of personal transport, with minimal maintenance, more affordable running costs, and zero-emissions, its now easier than ever to charge your electric vehicle (EV) at home. Synergy install chargers for electric vehicles in and around Congleton, Cheshire and the North West and cover everything you’ll need right up to installation and getting your EV connected.
Here at Synergy we are approved Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) specialist Electric Vehicle charger installers. Using chargers from industry-leading manufacturers such as Rolec, Zappi and Tesla.
1. Convenience and much safer
As many electric vehicle owners have realised, the best place to charge an electric vehicle is at home. With a charging station in your garage, all you have to do is remember to plug in when you get home. You could wake up to a full battery and drive out without range anxiety.
Since the charger is yours, you have total control over your charging. If there is a problem, you can quickly fix it. It could be frustrating to drive around with a low battery and not locate a free and working public charger. However, since you are the only user of your home charger, you won’t queue behind other cars as the charger is always available to you.
Safety is another reason why you should install your home charger. Public charging stations could be located in deserted places, meaning by parking your car to charge, you expose it and yourself to risks of vandalism, theft, etc. However, at home, you can charge in safety even when it is raining heavily.
There is a financial benefit to installing a home charger, despite the initial investment.
2. At home charging is cheaper and more predictable
Charging your electric vehicle at home is less expensive because you do not have the overhead that public charging stations have.
In most places, off-peak periods like overnight or weekends are the best time to charge your car. This is because electricity is usually cheaper during those periods, allowing you to pay less. However, you can only target off-peak periods when the charger belongs to you and is always at home.
You could even go further by setting up solar panels to make your own electricity. It is cheaper to run solar panels than to charge from the grid. Apart from paying less for electricity that way, you can ensure you are using only clean energy to charge your electric vehicles.
If you care about the environment, you should care about your battery too, which brings us to the next benefit.
3. Helps your battery health
While public chargers may be faster, they do more damage to your battery than home charging. The damage comes from how rapid charging can raise the temperature of your battery. To delay battery degradation as much as possible, use home chargers more. The battery fills up slower but that is hardly an issue since you are already at home.
4. At home chargers have a longer life span.
Since quality home charging stations are durable, you will use them for a long time. They are also compatible with many different car brands, which means you can replace your electric vehicle without changing your home charging station. You could even charge a second electric car by taking turns.
To have a home charge point installed for your Electric Vehicle you need to have the following…
Level 1 chargers are for residential use, these are the chargers that are provided by the manufacturers along with the EV which can be used to charge the EV through standard house power outlets. So they work on Single phase alternating current (AC) supply and can output anywhere between 12A to 16A and they take about 17 hours to charge an EV of 24kWH battery pack.
The Level 2 charger is provided as an update for the level 1 charger, it can either be installed in house on special request, provided the house has split phase power supply or can be used in public/commercial charging stations as well. These chargers can provide up to 80A output current due to its high input voltage and can charge an EV in 8 hours.
The Level 3 charger or Super chargers are meant for public charging stations alone. They require poly phase AC input from the grid and consume more than 240 kW which is almost 10 times more than a level 1 charger. So these chargers require special permission from the grid to operate.
The Level 2 and Level 3 chargers are considered to be more efficient than the Level 1 charger since the AC/DC and DC/DC conversion takes place in the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) itself. Because of the huge size and complexity of a Level 2 and Level 3 chargers they cannot be built inside a EV as it would increase the weight and reduce the efficiency of the EV.
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Charging Station Type |
Charger Level |
AC Supply Voltage and Current |
Charger Power |
Time to charge a 24kWH battery Pack |
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AC charging Station |
Level 1 – Residential |
Single Phase – 120/230V and ~12 to 16A |
~1.44 kW to ~1.92kW |
~ 17 Hours |
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AC charging Station |
Level 2 – Commercial |
Split Phase – 208/240V and ~15 to 80A |
~3.1 kW to ~19.2 kW |
~ 8 Hours |
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DC charging Station |
Level 3 – Supercharger |
Single Phase – 300/600V and ~400A |
~120 kW to ~240 kW |
~ 30 minutes |
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