5 tips for buying your first home charging station
Charging your electric car at home is cheaper than at a public charging station or fast charger. But then you have to buy a charging point. Autovisie gives you five tips for buying your first charging station for your home.
The bars or boxes are available in a wide variety of price categories. The cheapest price starts at around 400 euros, but you can easily spend twice as much at a charging station.
Five tips for buying your first home charging station
Although in many cases cheap means expensive, especially when it comes to electronics, not everyone has to buy an expensive charging station. We will explain to you how this works in this article.
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Which meter cabinet
In the Netherlands you have a 1 or 3 phase connection in your house. A 1-phase meter cabinet has a main fuse that is suitable for a maximum of 230 volts. A 3-phase meter cabinet has three main fuses that can handle a voltage of 230/400 volts. Before you decide on a charging station, it is important to know which meter cabinet you have.
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How many kW charging station
With a 3-phase meter cabinet you can charge up to 11 kW, with a 1-phase meter cabinet up to 3.7 kW. So always buy a charging station with the number of kW that suits your meter cabinet. There are also charging points that work with both meter cabinet connections. Practical if, for example, you now have a 1-phase connection but want to upgrade later.
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Reload
Do you want to supply power from your car’s battery now or later and do you have an electric vehicle that can do this? Then it makes sense to buy a charging station that can also bring electricity back into the house. This is particularly useful for people with solar panels, which can sometimes store a lot of “free” electricity in their electric car battery.
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Charging station or box
A simple question, but something to think about. Do you want a charging station or a box?
In any case, there are many different forms. Logical, because the cupboard simply has to fit in with the rest of your apartment.
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Functionalities
There are charging stations that are only connected to the power grid and do not provide the user with any information about charging. There are also charging stations that you can operate with your phone or laptop and are connected to the internet. It makes sense to have a so-called Dynamic load balancing use a charging station.
Such a box or pole ensures that your home’s electrical network is not overloaded when the washing machine and your electric car need power at the same time. The electric vehicle then has to wait a while until the network allows it again!