How to Install an Electric Car Charging Point

Have you seen an electric car charging point? Electric cars are the new thing in transportation. Aside from the fact that it helps preserve the environment, it’s revolutionizing how people rely less on fossil fuels and the price.  An electric car like the Tesla Model 3 has a charge that powers its operation, like any electronics powered by a rechargeable battery in your home.  It is comparable to how an electronic car won’t move if its battery pack doesn’t have electricity. Additionally, like a smartphone, an electric car’s battery stores energy used when the vehicle is in motion. Charge the car’s battery to replace that lost energy.

How are your gadgets recharged? Of course, you plug it in. You utilize a charger that transforms the 120-volt alternating current from a standard power socket into a current to recharge its batteries.

Public recharging stations use substantially higher voltages and can thus charge electric car batteries considerably quicker than a home charging point. They are comparable to the ones you see in car parks and on some major highways. Nevertheless, installing them is highly expensive. Additionally, even if you could have the cash to invest in a business charging station, you may not set up your house’s electrical grid or even the local electricity system to support it.

Are there different types of Charging Stations?

Electric cars don’t have a one-size-fits-all charger. Depending on its power capacity, you’ll need specific chargers for each car. Here are some of them and what they’re used for:

• Level 1 Charging Station

Level 1 charging is the most straightforward of all three charging stations. It is basically what the power cord that is included with your purchase or the rental of an electric vehicle is. These chargers can plug into a standard grounding plug socket on a wall using a normal three-prong plug and operate on a regular household electrical current.

Although this charger level is convenient and inexpensive, its drawback is that batteries charge slowly, often excruciatingly slowly.  It can take over a day or two to fully recharge an electric vehicle within a 200-mile radius on a fully charged battery.

• Level 2 Charging Station

The 240-volt circuitry utilized by Level 2 appliances is used primarily for electric dryers. Certain Level 2 charging points employ the unique multi-pronged connector, and the corresponding socket is used primarily for dryers and is portable. Thus circuits and sockets are standard in the common areas of houses. However, it is unpleasant to disconnect your dryer to connect the charger for an electric car.

To establish a 240-volt line to their garage, the great majority of homeowners who construct Level 2 charging stations do so by hiring an electrician. Customers can request that the charging point be “hard-wired” onto that circuit once electricity is available in the carport. 

• Level 3 Charging Station

Level 3 station is intended for business use or people who need to stop briefly before continuing their journey. Level 3 charging stations make DC rapid charging possible, significantly reducing charging periods. Several Level 3 charging points can recharge an electric vehicle battery from depleted to capacity in under one hour. Some of the most recent electric car models have to charge architectures of 400-volt and 800-volt, which would enable an elevated battery to recharge from ten to eighty percent in less than twenty minutes. While it may be lightning-fast, Level 3 recharging times should eventually become even faster.

How much do electric car chargers cost?

If you’re considering buying an electronic car, you would undoubtedly like to understand how much it’ll cost to build a charging point.  If you are okay with extended Level 1 recharging, this may not cost you anything. Your car’s battery can be charged by simply plugging the recharging cord into an outlet inside your garage and outside your residence. A Level 1 recharging cord for your home’s power outlets is already included with new models of electric cars. However, you may purchase a Level 1 charger for between $180 to $300, based on its depth and complexity, if you’d prefer not to deal with it each moment you have to recharge your automobile.

Conclusion

An electric car saves you a lot on gas and upkeep expenditures. If you opt to have a regular Level 1 charger, you don’t need to install anything in your home, a simple power cord would do, and you’re set! It is impractical to have an actual industrial-type charger installed in your home, especially if you only have one car that needs to be charged. These types of chargers are available everywhere, and you can access them anytime you need to.

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