deviousrich
Established Member
Morning all,
since getting my MG5 i've been granny charging at home, and 7KW charging when out and about (thanks Tesco!) but was considering getting a dedicated 'fast' i.e. 7KW charger at home but the finances dont add up for me...
Assuming for the moment i'm happy using granny charger (i have a dedicated socket im happy with etc), and assume a fast charger installed is £650+ then for me the only reason to have it installed would be the time between charges (as i usually just plug in when i get to about 30% at say 5pm, by midday the next day im ready to go anyway so the time it takes to charge doesn't matter to me) because by my calculations even with Octopus Go overnight etc the return on the cost of installation would be in excess of 2 years
so is it just the convenience of charging in 6 hours rather than say 20?
genuinely interested if there are reasons i am missing to get one installed?
p.s. my math below, hope it makes sense to anyone reading!
since getting my MG5 i've been granny charging at home, and 7KW charging when out and about (thanks Tesco!) but was considering getting a dedicated 'fast' i.e. 7KW charger at home but the finances dont add up for me...
Assuming for the moment i'm happy using granny charger (i have a dedicated socket im happy with etc), and assume a fast charger installed is £650+ then for me the only reason to have it installed would be the time between charges (as i usually just plug in when i get to about 30% at say 5pm, by midday the next day im ready to go anyway so the time it takes to charge doesn't matter to me) because by my calculations even with Octopus Go overnight etc the return on the cost of installation would be in excess of 2 years
so is it just the convenience of charging in 6 hours rather than say 20?
genuinely interested if there are reasons i am missing to get one installed?
p.s. my math below, hope it makes sense to anyone reading!