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Tick what applies to your house and the list narrows. Every unit here charges at 7kW, so the filters are the things that genuinely differ between them.
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Which home EV charger suits your setup?
Which charger suits your setup?
Tick what applies. Every unit here charges at 7kW, so the filters are the things that genuinely differ.
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Zappi
Zappi diverts surplus solar into the car instead of exporting it. Its eco modes throttle the charge to match whatever the panels are producing, so the car soaks up generation the house is not using.
Tethered or socketed. Suits: houses with solar panels, where matching charging to generation is the whole point.
Ohme Home Pro
Ohme units talk directly to time-of-use electricity tariffs and schedule charging into the cheapest half-hours automatically. The car is charged by morning without you setting a timer.
Tethered. Suits: anyone on a smart ev tariff who wants the charging cost handled for them.
Hypervolt Home 3
Hypervolt combines solar matching and tariff scheduling in one unit, with an app that reports per-session cost. The lighting ring is configurable, which sounds trivial and turns out to matter on a front elevation.
Tethered or socketed. Suits: households that want both solar and tariff control without picking one.
Easee One
Easee units are small and designed to sit in a group. Several share one supply and balance load between themselves, which is why they turn up on driveways with two cars and in small commercial bays.
Socketed. Suits: two-vehicle households, and small sites adding several bays to one supply.
Wallbox Pulsar Plus
The Pulsar Plus is among the physically smallest 7kW units, which helps where the only sensible position is a narrow porch return or a tight garage wall.
Tethered. Suits: constrained positions where a larger unit will not sit properly.
Andersen A2
The A2 hides the cable inside the housing and takes interchangeable fascias. It costs more than the engineering requires, and on a period frontage that is often the point.
Socketed, cable stored internally. Suits: properties where the unit must not look like a piece of equipment.
Tesla Wall Connector
The Wall Connector uses a standard Type 2 connector, so it charges any modern EV and not only a Tesla. It is the cheapest route to a solid 7kW unit, and it does the least beyond charging.
Tethered. Suits: people who want a reliable charger and no app ecosystem.
Pod Point Solo 3
Solo 3 is one of the most widely installed units in the country, which makes parts and familiarity easy. It is a straightforward charger with scheduling and no solar diversion.
Tethered or socketed. Suits: households wanting something common, supported and uncomplicated.
Units are matched on published capability. No manufacturer approval, stock holding or endorsement is claimed.
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What separates one EV charger from another
Charging speed does not, which is the first thing to get out of the way. On a single-phase domestic supply every unit delivers about 7kW, adding roughly 25 miles of range an hour. A 22kW unit on the same supply delivers exactly the same.
What differs is solar diversion, tariff integration, load balancing across two units, whether the cable is attached, and how physically large the box is. The finder matches on published capability for each of those, and no unit is ranked best.
For what each one is actually for, read the full charger comparison, or tethered vs untethered if that is the only question left.
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Questions
Questions about choosing a charger
Which home EV charger should I buy?
It comes down to four things: whether you have solar panels, whether you are on a time-of-use EV tariff, whether you want the cable attached, and whether two cars share one supply. Speed is not a factor, because every unit delivers 7kW on a single-phase supply.
Which EV chargers work with solar panels?
Zappi and Hypervolt match the charge rate to your surplus generation, so the car takes power you would otherwise export cheaply. Units without solar diversion draw at full rate whenever they are on.
Which charger is best for two cars?
One that supports load balancing, so two units share the available capacity instead of tripping the main fuse. Easee is built around this and several others support it, but it has to be designed in from the start.
Which EV charger works best with an Octopus or smart tariff?
Units with direct tariff integration schedule charging into the cheap window automatically. Ohme is built around this and Hypervolt does it too. Without it you are setting timers by hand.
Are all home EV chargers smart chargers?
Yes, for anything sold new in Great Britain, because regulations require it. What varies is how well the smart functionality works with your particular tariff and how much the app gets in the way.
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