Pod Point Solo 3 installation

Pod Point Solo 3 installation

One of the most widely installed units in the country. Straightforward, well supported, and uncomplicated by design.

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What it is for

What the Pod Point Solo 3 actually does

There is something to be said for the unit that everybody has. Parts, familiarity and support are all easier when an installer has fitted hundreds of them, and Pod Point is that unit in the UK.

It schedules charging and reports usage through the app, and it does not divert surplus solar. If you have panels, that omission matters; if you do not, it never comes up.

Is it right for you

Who the Pod Point Solo 3 suits, and who it does not

Worth it if

  • Households wanting something common, supported and uncomplicated
  • Anyone who values a long warranty and a large installed base
  • People who do not have solar and are not chasing tariff automation

Look elsewhere if

  • Solar households wanting surplus diversion
  • Anyone wanting the smallest possible unit on the wall

The technical bit

Pod Point Solo 3 in numbers

Specification, typical UK unit price, and our guide price fitted.

Charge rate7kW on a single-phase supply
CableTethered or socketed
Solar diversionNo
SchedulingYes, through the app
Typical installed£1,150 to £1,400
Typical unit priceUsually quoted installed

Unit prices are typical UK market figures. Installed figures are guide prices for a local, VAT-registered installer, checked 27 August 2026, and are not a quotation. Your installed price depends on your cable run and consumer unit. No manufacturer approval is claimed.

Getting one fitted

Pod Point Solo 3 installation in Chesterfield and north Derbyshire

The installation is the same whichever unit goes on the wall: a dedicated circuit from your consumer unit, a cable route agreed with you first, then testing and certification. The unit choice changes the hardware cost, not the shape of the job.

You can supply the Pod Point Solo 3 yourself and pay for installation only, or have it supplied as part of the job. Say which at enquiry stage, because it changes what gets quoted.

Installation explained covers the job itself, and the cost breakdown covers what moves the price.

Fitting one

The installation is the same whichever unit you choose

Nothing in these three frames changes with the brand on the wall. The unit decides the app, the tariff integration and the look; the work behind it is a circuit, a test and a certificate.

An open consumer unit beside a wall-mounted EV charger, showing the miniature circuit breakers and residual current device with the circuit conductors not yet terminated
The board decides whether the unit can go in at all. Spare capacity and the earthing arrangement are checked before anything is ordered.
An electrician wiring a charge point circuit into a consumer unit beside a wall-mounted EV charger
A dedicated circuit back to the board, with the protective device the unit actually requires rather than the one already in the box.
An electrician testing a charge point circuit at an open consumer unit using a clamp meter and test leads, with the wall-mounted charger below
Tested, results recorded, certificate issued, and the installation notified. That part is identical across every unit on this site.

Where we fit them

Pod Point Solo 3 installation across north Derbyshire

We fit the Pod Point Solo 3 anywhere in the patch, from Chesterfield and Brimington out to Bakewell, Buxton and Glossop. If you are looking for the local picture rather than the unit, EV charging point installation in Chesterfield and areas covered set out the towns, the postcodes and what changes street to street.

Next step

Get a price for a Pod Point Solo 3 fitted

Send your postcode and we will come back with a fixed figure for the installation.

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Questions

Pod Point Solo 3 questions

How much is a Pod Point Solo 3 installed?

Typically £1,150 to £1,400 fitted. Pod Point is usually sold as an installed package rather than as a unit price plus labour.

Does the Pod Point work with solar panels?

Not with surplus diversion. For that, look at a Zappi or a Hypervolt.

Is Pod Point a good choice?

It is a sound, widely supported charger. If you have no solar and no smart tariff to integrate with, the things it lacks are things you would not use.

Get a quote

Get a Pod Point Solo 3 quote

Seven quick questions. We reply with either a fixed price or the one thing we still need to know.

  • No cost, and no obligation to book anything
  • Your details are never sold on or passed around
  • A fixed price for the work described, in writing

Would rather talk it through? Call 01246 952042.

Type 2 charging cable plugged into the charging port of a white electric car on a driveway at home

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