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The Figure We Work To
Eight to ten years for a well made unit. That is deliberately conservative, and it is the number we use when advising somebody whether a charger is worth repairing or replacing.
You will see ten to fifteen years quoted, and those figures are not wrong. They describe a sheltered unit in easy conditions. A charger on an exposed wall, cycling every night through a coastal winter, will not get there. Treat any single number as rough: the spread is wide enough to make an average close to meaningless.
What Actually Wears Out
The electronics inside a charger have no moving parts and last well when kept dry and correctly rated. The vulnerable points are more mundane. The tethered cable that gets driven over or left coiled on wet ground. Water finding its way into a badly sealed unit. A cheap installation that leaves connections under stress from day one.
Weather sealing is worth reading on the spec sheet. Every charger we fit carries at least an IP54 rating, sealed against dust and rain, and the Hypervolt Home 3 Pro leads the lineup at IP66. Higher sealing costs little and buys years on an exposed wall.
Software matters as much as hardware over a decade. A charger is only as smart as its app, and the brands that maintain their software, Easee, Ohme, myenergi, Hypervolt among them, keep adding features over the air. A unit whose app dies becomes a dumb charger long before the hardware fails.
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Warranties Across Our Lineup
Three years is standard: Easee One, both Ohmes, both Zappis, and the Hypervolt, which extends to 5 years if added within 30 days of installation. The Rolec EVO carries 5 years as standard, quietly one of the best value promises in the market.
Honest context: some units fail early, and the pattern installers see is failures clustering just after warranty. That is exactly why we favour brands with a real UK support operation, and why our own aftercare covers the gap. If a charger we fitted misbehaves, you call us, not a call centre abroad.
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Making Yours Last
Three habits cover most of it. Hang the cable properly after charging rather than leaving it on the ground. Let the charger update itself, connected chargers patch their own firmware. And have any damage looked at early, a cracked case is a cheap fix now and a dead charger after a wet winter.
