EV Charger Installation in Nottingham, fitted in a day, certified to BS 7671.

Service overview

What "EV Charger Installation" actually means in Nottingham.

An EV charger install at home in Nottingham is a dedicated 32A circuit from your consumer unit to a wall-mounted 7kW (single-phase) charger, with the right earthing arrangement, the right cable size, and DNO notification through the ENA portal. It is not a glorified outdoor socket — done properly it is a small electrical project with paperwork.

Most clients are first-time EV owners on a typical 3-bed semi who want a unit on the driveway or front of garage. We also fit untethered chargers for households running two EVs (so the cable doesn't dangle when the car isn't there), and workplace installs of 2–8 chargers for SMEs across the East Midlands.

Every install is certified to BS 7671 with PEN fault detection where required, paired to your chosen smart tariff at handover, and notified to the DNO before energisation — all included in the fixed written price you receive at quote stage.

The honest bit

Why ‘any electrician’ is not the right EV install

EV chargers fail at the same three points: wrong earthing, undersized cable, and no DNO notification. Each one creates a real problem.

Wrong earthing on a TN-C-S supply (the most common in Nottingham) means an open-PEN fault could energise the chassis of your car. Modern chargers handle this internally with PEN fault detection — older chargers and certainly DIY installs don't. Undersized cable means voltage drop under load, slower charging, and a cable that warms in service. No DNO notification means the network operator doesn't know your demand — and if your street is already loaded, you may end up charging at less than 4kW without realising why.

Done correctly the first time, a charger is a 10-year piece of infrastructure. Done badly, it is a fire risk, a warranty void, and a job that has to be redone before your next EICR.

How we deliver it

Our ev charger installation process, step by step.

1. 1. Site survey (free)

   We confirm supply type, fuseboard capacity, and route from board to charger position. You get a fixed quote within 24 hours.

2. 2. DNO notification

   We notify your DNO (National Grid Electricity Distribution) through the ENA portal. Required by law for every charger over 3.6kW.

3. 3. Install — 3–5 hours

   Dedicated 32A RCBO at the consumer unit, properly sized cable, neatly clipped or buried run to the charger location, weatherproof terminations.

4. 4. Commission & sync

   Charger paired to the manufacturer app, smart tariff configured if requested (Octopus Intelligent, Ohme, etc.), test charge run.

5. 5. Certify & register

   EIC issued and manufacturer warranty registered in your name. Done.

Why it matters

What you actually get.

Untethered Type 2 charger fitted to a homeowner who runs two EVs from a single driveway in West Bridgford.

Technical depth

7kW vs 22kW, tethered vs untethered, and what your supply will actually take

Almost every Nottingham home is on a single-phase supply. That caps you at 7.4kW (32A at 230V). Anything claiming 22kW at home is either three-phase (rare in domestic) or marketing copy. A 7kW unit charges a typical 60kWh EV from 20% to 80% in around 6 hours — easily an overnight charge on a smart tariff.

Tethered units have the cable permanently attached. They are the right choice for a household with one EV, because the cable is always there and the unit looks tidier. Untethered units have a Type 2 socket and you bring your own cable — the right choice if you have two cars, because two drivers can charge in turn, and the right choice if you want to swap to a longer cable later without changing the unit.

Brands we fit most often: Hypervolt Home 3, Ohme ePod and Home Pro, Andersen A2 (for clients who want the design-led look) and the Zappi for solar diversion setups. Each has a different smart tariff stance — Ohme is tariff-agnostic and works with everything, Hypervolt is solid on Octopus, Andersen is design-driven, and Zappi is the right call if you have a 4kW+ solar PV system on the same property.

Scope	Typical price (incl. VAT)	Notes
Tethered 7kW, short cable run (under 5m)	£849 – £999	Garage wall, driveway, charger on the same wall as the consumer unit.
Untethered 7kW, standard run (5–15m)	£999 – £1,250	Most common spec, works for 2-EV households.
Buried armoured cable run (over 15m or under driveway)	£1,300 – £1,800	Across-driveway installs requiring SWA in conduit underground.
Workplace 4-charger setup (load balanced)	£3,800 – £6,500	Three-phase preferred, load-balanced across all sockets.

What changes the price

• Cable run length and route (clipped, buried, or in conduit)
• Whether DNO supply upgrade is needed (rare in Nottingham, but possible on older streets)
• Tethered vs untethered hardware
• Smart tariff integration (typically free, but bespoke setups extra)

The person responsible

Joshua Richardson & Benjamin Clurow

Co-Directors

NICEIC Approved Contractor, NICEIC Part-P Domestic Installer

Joshua Richardson and Benjamin Clurow co-founded JBRC Ltd and are the two named directors at Companies House (#17015285). They jointly run the business — both surveying, pricing and signing off EV charger installs across Nottingham, so every customer is dealing directly with a director from quote through to certification.

Recent jobs

Real ev charger installation work, recently signed off.

Hypervolt 7kW tethered, 1930s semi, Wollaton.

Fitted in 3.5 hours including DNO notification. Family on Octopus Intelligent same evening.

Wollaton, Nottingham

Andersen A2 untethered + Zappi diverter, solar-PV home in Bingham.

Solar diversion configured to charge from PV surplus in summer — net £0 charging on sunny days.

Bingham, Nottinghamshire

4-bay workplace install, SME unit in Mansfield with WCS grant.

3-phase load-balanced, 4×7kW, all under £5k after grant. Live for staff inside 3 weeks of enquiry.

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire