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EV Charger Maintenance questions, answered.

Everything you need to know about ev charger maintenance in the UK, written by our installation team. Search for a specific question below.

Maintenance

Do EV Chargers Need Maintenance?

Yes, but less than most electrical plant. A charger has almost nothing that wears the way a boiler or a lift does. What it has instead is pr…

MaintenanceCosts

How Much Does EV Charger Maintenance Cost in the UK?

UK AC charger maintenance costs about £150 to £500 per unit per year, and DC rapid units considerably more. The spread is that wide because…

ComplianceMaintenance

How Often Should an EV Charger Be Inspected in the UK?

There is no single legal interval, and anyone who tells you there is has usually invented it. What exists is a duty to maintain the system s…

MaintenanceCompliance

Who Is Responsible for Maintaining Communal EV Chargers in the UK?

Responsibility sits with whoever controls the installation. For a block of flats that is normally the freeholder, the management company, or…

ComplianceMaintenance

Do Insurers Require EV Charger Inspections in the UK?

Insurers expect evidence that EV charging equipment is inspected and tested. That is an expectation rather than a legal requirement, and the…

Compliance

Does an EV Charger Need an EICR?

An EV charger circuit is part of the fixed electrical installation, so it falls inside the scope of an EICR rather than sitting outside it.…

Maintenance

What Does an EV Charger Maintenance Visit Include?

Four things: a visual inspection of the unit and its surroundings, a full electrical test against BS 7671, functional testing of the charger…

MaintenanceMonitoring

What Happens if an EV Charger Breaks Between Scheduled Visits?

Most faults happen between visits, which is why the visit schedule is only half of a maintenance contract. On a monitored site the fault sur…

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