EVHS Grant Payment

[Tom McConnell]

I had my ev home charger installed a week ago.

Just wondering how long it takes the government to pay the EVHS grant ?

Do they send a cheque ?

Thanks

Tom

 

[kiltox]

I had my ev home charger installed a week ago.

Just wondering how long it takes the government to pay the EVHS grant ?

Do they send a cheque ?

Thanks

Tom

The installer claims the grant on your behalf and the amount you pay them is net of it surely.

 

[Tom McConnell]

The installer claims the grant on your behalf and the amount you pay them is net of it surely.

Ah, OK. So the cost of the device is higher than I thought. It was not made clear to me in the BP Pulse documents that the grant was included in the numbers and the amount I paid them.
So I have paid £749 all in for the BP Pulse charger after the grant. Includes £150 for an electrician to install a 100A breaker in the meter box. And £599 for the device and install itself.

 

[Jake]

Ah, OK. So the cost of the device is higher than I thought. It was not made clear to me in the BP Pulse documents that the grant was included in the numbers and the amount I paid them.
So I have paid £749 all in for the BP Pulse charger after the grant. Includes £150 for an electrician to install a 100A breaker in the meter box. And £599 for the device and install itself.

I had a BP Chargemaster 7kW installed last September costing £599 after the grant which BP claimed. In 2017 the cost for a dumb charger (looks physically identical) was £395 after the government grant of £500 then.

The Chargevision App associated with the newer smart charger appears to work okay with fancy graphics and variable scheduling but is unreliable i.e. my charger/server haven't communicated since last Friday morning. Normally there are updates every 15 minutes. When it works great but I'm glad I don't have to rely on scheduled charging. How are you finding the Chargevision App?

 

[raycook]

Ah, OK. So the cost of the device is higher than I thought. It was not made clear to me in the BP Pulse documents that the grant was included in the numbers and the amount I paid them.
So I have paid £749 all in for the BP Pulse charger after the grant. Includes £150 for an electrician to install a 100A breaker in the meter box. And £599 for the device and install itself.

the price sounds about right.

 

[garyww]

and my customers are telling me im too dear at £430.00 inc vat.. im going to ptint this off to show them..

 

[Tom McConnell]

I had a BP Chargemaster 7kW installed last September costing £599 after the grant which BP claimed. In 2017 the cost for a dumb charger (looks physically identical) was £395 after the government grant of £500 then.

The Chargevision App associated with the newer smart charger appears to work okay with fancy graphics and variable scheduling but is unreliable i.e. my charger/server haven't communicated since last Friday morning. Normally there are updates every 15 minutes. When it works great but I'm glad I don't have to rely on scheduled charging. How are you finding the Chargevision App?

I have not got the Chargevision app. The BP Pulse app appears to be called Smartcharge currently and I am chaising BP to provision my login. Are there two apps?

 

[Jake]

I have not got the Chargevision app. The BP Pulse app appears to be called Smartcharge currently and I am chaising BP to provision my login. Are there two apps?

Hi Tom. From the Smartcharge website by selecting home charging will lead you to a login page for homecharge/chargevision. Once you have your login you will see the facilities available. I'm not very impressed with Chargevision or its reliability. Sometimes it is impossible to login for hours at a time. Setting a schedule seems very clumsy and amateurish. I would have expected better from BP. At the moment my new Smart charger is power less due to a defective PEN unit BP fitted in association with the charge unit so I am having to rely on the old dumb charger I have used for the last 5 years without any problems whatsoever. So much for Smart charging.