My Tesla account tells me that my P85D is "in transit" and due at Gatwick late August, so now's the time to sort out the home charging arrangements.
I live near West Malling in Kent (roughly equidistant from the Bluewater & Detling SC's), so I'm asking if anyone relatively locally has experience of a decent company for fitting a home charger and what type of charger is emerging as the owner's favourite. I understand the grant has now been removed for home fitting, so I wonder if anyone could give be a price target to aim for too. I am loosely considering a charger for work too and I wonder if this would be a similar type to the home charger or there's a different requirement for workplace chargers.
I did think about relying solely upon the relatively local SC's, but a friend of mine (who runs a fleet of Tesla's) said the time spent waiting at the SC's would outweigh the cost of the home charger (I have Economy 7 off peak at home). Unsurprisingly, my wife is a weekly (often more) visitor to Bluewater, so it crossed my mind to car swap with her for SC charging. However, when I popped into the Bluewater car park to have a look where the SC's are, I realised that the cost of yearly wheel refurbs as she bumped up and down the concrete guiding strips would cost more that the home charger! I had a loaned LR Defender once, and she kerbed that even though I think it was on 85 profile tyres.
Finally, what are peoples thoughts on getting the CHAdeMO adapter. Do they work OK?
Any feedback would be useful.
Many thanks in advance:smile:
I live near West Malling in Kent (roughly equidistant from the Bluewater & Detling SC's), so I'm asking if anyone relatively locally has experience of a decent company for fitting a home charger and what type of charger is emerging as the owner's favourite. I understand the grant has now been removed for home fitting, so I wonder if anyone could give be a price target to aim for too. I am loosely considering a charger for work too and I wonder if this would be a similar type to the home charger or there's a different requirement for workplace chargers.
I did think about relying solely upon the relatively local SC's, but a friend of mine (who runs a fleet of Tesla's) said the time spent waiting at the SC's would outweigh the cost of the home charger (I have Economy 7 off peak at home). Unsurprisingly, my wife is a weekly (often more) visitor to Bluewater, so it crossed my mind to car swap with her for SC charging. However, when I popped into the Bluewater car park to have a look where the SC's are, I realised that the cost of yearly wheel refurbs as she bumped up and down the concrete guiding strips would cost more that the home charger! I had a loaned LR Defender once, and she kerbed that even though I think it was on 85 profile tyres.
Finally, what are peoples thoughts on getting the CHAdeMO adapter. Do they work OK?
Any feedback would be useful.
Many thanks in advance:smile: