Zappi installation
Zappi charger installation
The Zappi is the solar charger. If you have panels it does something no ordinary unit does; if you do not, you are paying for a feature you cannot use.
Get a price
Where does it need to go? Two taps and a postcode gets you a price.
What it is for
What the Zappi actually does
myenergi build the Zappi in Grimsby, and its whole reason for existing is surplus solar. A clamp on your incoming supply watches the flow, and when the house is exporting, the Zappi diverts that surplus into the car instead of selling it back at a low export rate.
It has three modes. Eco+ charges only on genuine surplus and pauses when a cloud goes over. Eco tops up from the grid to hold a minimum rate. Fast ignores all of it and charges at 7kW like any other unit.
Is it right for you
Who the Zappi suits, and who it does not
Worth it if
- Houses with solar panels, especially where the car is home during the day
- Homes with battery storage, because the Zappi can be set to work alongside it
- Anyone who wants the charge rate to follow generation rather than the clock
Look elsewhere if
- Houses with no solar. The unit costs more than simpler chargers and the headline feature does nothing
- Commuters whose car is at work all day, where an off-peak tariff saves more than diversion would
The technical bit
Zappi in numbers
Specification, typical UK unit price, and our guide price fitted.
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
Zappi 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 Zappi 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.
Where we fit them
Zappi installation across north Derbyshire
We fit the Zappi 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 Zappi fitted
Send your postcode and we will come back with a fixed figure for the installation.
Questions
Zappi questions
How much does a Zappi cost installed?
Typically £1,250 to £1,550 fitted, with the unit itself around £550 to £800 depending on version and colour. Your figure depends on the cable run and your consumer unit, as with any charger.
Is a Zappi worth it without solar panels?
Honestly, no. Solar diversion is what you are paying the premium for, and without panels it never activates. A cheaper unit with good tariff integration will serve you better.
Does the Zappi work with a home battery?
Yes, and the priority between battery and car needs setting deliberately, because both compete for the same surplus. Worth thinking through before you buy rather than after.
Zappi or Ohme?
Solar points to the Zappi. A smart tariff with no panels points to the Ohme. If you have both solar and an EV tariff, the Zappi handles the solar side and can still charge in cheap windows.
Compare
Other EV chargers worth considering
The Ohme Home Pro is the one it gets compared with most, and the choice between them comes down to whether you have solar panels. Zappi vs Ohme, side by side.
Ohme Home Pro
The Ohme is the tariff charger. It talks directly to time-of-use electricity plans and schedules charging into the cheapest half-hours on its own.
Read moreHypervolt Home 3
The Hypervolt does both jobs. Solar matching and tariff scheduling in one unit, which is the answer when you have panels and an EV tariff and do not want to choose.
Read moreEasee One
The Easee is the small one, and the one built to work in a group. Several units share a supply and balance load between themselves, which is why it turns up on two-car driveways.
Read moreWallbox Pulsar Plus
The Pulsar Plus is the small one. When the only sensible position is a narrow porch return or a tight garage wall, physical size stops being a detail.
Read moreAndersen A2
The A2 is the one you buy when the charger must not look like a piece of equipment. The cable lives inside the housing and the fascia is interchangeable.
Read moreTesla Wall Connector
It charges any modern EV, not just a Tesla. Usually the cheapest route to a solid, well-built 7kW unit, and it does the least beyond charging.
Read morePod Point Solo 3
One of the most widely installed units in the country. Straightforward, well supported, and uncomplicated by design.
Read moreAll eight units side by side on the charger comparison, or use the charger finder to narrow it by what your house actually has.
Get a quote
Get a Zappi 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.
