EV charger installs in Columbus
A home charger on its own circuit, sized for your car and your panel.
A Level 2 charger runs on 240 volts and adds roughly 20 to 40 miles of range per hour, compared to 3 to 5 from a regular outlet. It needs its own dedicated circuit. Before we quote, we check your panel's capacity and the distance from the panel to where you park, because those two things drive the job.
If the panel is tight, a full upgrade isn't the only answer. A load management device can pause the charger when the house is drawing heavily, and many chargers can be set to a lower current. We'll tell you what your panel can carry.
What's included
- Hardwired Level 2 chargers
- 240 volt outlets for plug-in chargers
- Dedicated circuits and load calculations
- Load management when the panel is full
- Outdoor and detached garage installs
Call us when
- You're charging from a regular outlet and it can't keep up
- You have an EV on the way
- Your charger trips the breaker
- The plug or outlet gets hot while charging
Questions people ask
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Hardwired or plug-in?
Hardwired is our usual pick. There's no outlet to wear out, it can run at higher current, and it holds up better outdoors. A plug-in charger makes sense if you want to take it with you when you move. If you go that route, the outlet needs to be a heavy-duty one built for hours of continuous load, not the cheapest one on the shelf.
Can my panel handle a charger?
Often it can. A 100 amp panel in a house with gas heat and a gas range often has room for a modest charger. An all-electric house may not. A load calculation answers it for sure, and we do that before we quote.