Earth rod for electric charger

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Mikefromcork

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I am looking to get in a home charger for an electric car. I applied for an seai grant and tried 2 companies. Both are large and it was very much a call center operation. Give details on a website, submit videos / pictures.

Both looked for a picture of my earth rod. There is none visible which I told them. My house was rewired 10 years ago and renovated. I supplied the cert the electrician supplied. Both came back and just keep looking for the same, a picture of the earth rod which I don’t have. It’s a call center and emails and I am getting nowhere.

I asked SEAI, they couldn’t advise.

Any advice to get over this hurdle.

Best wishes
Michael
 
I've had chargers fitted to several properties.

Get a qualified electrician to do it; they fit the earth rod as part of the installation

Your call centre is just going through a script & they haven't a breeze.
 
I had the same running battle re earth rod. My house was built after the year 2000 in an urban area. I was hunting for signs of a rod for days. In the end, when electrician arrived to install, he told me the house was earthed through the mains (most post 2000 houses are). So rod was unnecessary. I double checked with another electrician and he showed me the earth in the fuse box.

Seai grant was no problem.

Check with independent electrician.
 
I bought an EV a few weeks ago, and ahead of its delivery was enquiring about getting a charger installed, thinking it would be straightforward. According to the survey conducted on behalf of Electric Ireland, the "tails" (cables between the meter and fuse box) will need to be upgraded to handle the additional load, and an earth rod installed as it's not visible (not sure where it is, assuming there is one). House is 1980's vintage. Getting quotes from a couple of electricians.
 
when we had our charger installed, the guy had a look around and in the fuse box, and unable to find the existing rod, he installed a new one under the charger.
 
Uafásach said:
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It looks like this and will be located in the ground near the meter cabinet
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Yes, this is mine (1995 build house) not far from the meter box on the wall.

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