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If you can find an installer who can fit you a unit before the 12th then best of luck to you. We were at capacity at the middle of March and we refuse to sub contract as the quality of work and standards can't be monitored. Most of our clients are happy to make a contribution - quite...

OLEV has announced further changes to the home charge grant after the current grant which expire on the 31st March. The grant is reduced from £900 to £700 meaning all customers will have to make a contribution of either £185 for the 16amp unit of £250 for the 32 amp unit. These are our prices...

5m 32 amp type 1 to type 2 cable is what you want but remember it's going to cost you £160ish and will you really need it as the outlander has petrol as a back up? We don't need to charge unlike bev cars. I'd do the sums before you go head first into buying cables and signing up for card schemes...

Sorry day time running lights - help me out if you don't mind. Admittedly I never see the vehicle anymore my bus dev manager has it most of the time.

http://www.mitsubishi-matters.co.uk/2014/10/31/company-specialises-electric-vehicle-charging-opts-mitsubishi-outlander-phev/ For any doubters out there here's the article mitsubishi did on use. Think we have 7500 miles on her now - no idea about average mpg, still no idea how to turn fog lights...

As a guide price Mike we say the unit installed is about £1000 and these are basic units. Your right the numbers don't add up at present. We are doing one tomorrow for a client who is having a basic Rolec 3 pin socket that's over £700 by the time we have installed an earth pit and they only went...

Mike could you drop me a line to [email protected] as I'm keen to understand the price at which the installs become no longer cost effective. I'm also keen to work out the companies point view on data usage from the units. Welcome to my focus group! Cheers

Don't buy a 16amp charging cable go for the 32amp one. Some public charging units will not let you charge using a 16amp cable as they don't like the resistance from a 16amp lead. Most public chargers are 7kw or 32amp and look for a certain resistance from a lead when it's connected. 16amp leads...

Re work place charging We as installers are waiting for olev's next chunk of funding. We have been advised that work place charging will be covered by it. It would help massively as every phev driver who wants one at work gets the price of fitting a unit, does the maths, then doesn't have it...

Thanks for the feedback guys. Re prize draw..... Competition is open for a little longer yet, I will obviously let you know who does win :D Chrisdy - a lot of installers stopped fitting when the grant changed in July as the government wanted more paperwork and some felt it wasn't worth their...

Thanks for the replies gents some good insites not sure who has won the car as yet. Here's my thinking..... There are numerous installers like myself that are dotted around the country most of us are travelling here there and every where to get installs done. The further away the installs are...

Evening all lucky PHEV owners and owners to be. Im working with some other independent installers and would be grateful for a bit of feedback. When you first decided to purchase an electric vehicle did you research how to charge the vehicle? Did you google it? Take advice from the dealer once...

We don't sub contract for chargemaster we don't use their units. It may have been ev charging centre but they are Nottingham based. We have fitted in south wales but that was when we went on tour, your out of our installation area sadly but if you struggle I may be able to find an installer for...

David we have nothing to do with chargemaster - please don't tarnish the few decent independent installers with the same brush as the bigger companies. We appreciate the need you have as EV drivers - we have a PHEV ourselves, one of the first to arrive in the UK. Most of our business comes off...

Following applies to UK drivers 1st September sees OLEV's 3rd attempt at homecharge grant - titled Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme. Main bits to be aware of - you will need to provide evidence of ownership of an EV, receipt / order number / declaration from lease company / declaration from...

Hi mark The vehicle accepts rapid charge using dc - so you need the chademo connector the bigger of the two. Ac rapid is for vehicles that have type 2 connectors as they us ac to rapid charge. You can connect your outlander to whatever power supply you want, the onboard computer will only...

Hi everyone - Chris from EV Charging Solutions here - I no and have met some of you, others I may meet. Just wanted to give you a heads up about the Domestic Home Charge Grant. Due to the success of the scheme (in reality due to the fact that the grant has been rinsed by guys knocking on doors...