EV charging
EV Charger Installation in Brier
The unit is simple. Whether a service from the seventies can carry it is the actual question.
Charging added to an older service
Brier's housing stock mostly predates home charging by thirty years, so the first question is never which unit to buy. It is whether the service feeding the house can take another forty to sixty amps of continuous load alongside everything already on it. A load calculation answers that in about twenty minutes. Plenty of houses here turn out to have the room. Some need load management instead, which is far cheaper than an upgrade. A few genuinely need the service addressing first, and it is much better to know that before the car arrives than after. Our work on the circuit carries a two-year workmanship warranty: if our installation is the reason something fails, we return and correct it with no further labour charge.
What is included
A load calculation before any quote
What the service can genuinely support with everything existing counted.
A dedicated 240V circuit
Correctly sized conductors and breaker, on a route planned through crawl space, attic or exterior wall.
Mounting and termination
Fixed at a sensible height to something that will hold it, with the lead reaching the car's port side.
Permit and inspection
Filed, booked and met by us. EV circuits are inspected work in Snohomish County.
Worth asking before you order
The panel is a 100 amp service
Common in Brier. Not a dead end — load management often solves it without an upgrade.
No free double slot
Frequent, and usually cheaper to resolve than people assume.
The garage is at the end of a long drive
Distance drives conductor size and therefore cost more than the unit does.
A heat pump is also on the list
Two big loads in one year is exactly what load management exists for.
How the work runs
Open the panel
Service size, what is on it, what headroom remains.
Run the calculation
A real figure, explained plainly, with the options.
Walk the route
Unit position and cable route agreed with you before anything is cut.
Install and inspect
Circuit in, tested under load, inspector signs it off.
Questions about this work
Do I need a service upgrade?
Often not, even on a 100 amp service. Load management lets a charger share capacity safely and is usually much cheaper. The calculation decides it and costs nothing.
How fast will it charge?
A 40 amp circuit adds roughly 25 to 30 miles of range an hour for most cars, which covers a south-county commute several times over on an overnight charge.
Can you fit a unit I already bought?
Yes, and we will say before fitting it if it is a poor match for your service rather than after.
Find out what your service can take
The calculation and the visit are the same free appointment.