Electric Vehicle Charging station installations have nine key components. Having a checklist is a useful tool to ensure no aspect of this installation is forgotten.
- Charging Station Product;
- What Level of charging station is required?
- Should your changing station be networked? (The answer is YES!)
- Is the charging station capable of load sharing?
- Are you able to switch between vendors? (I.E is the hardware OCPP compliant)
- The Power supply;
- Has an energy audit of the building’s power consumption been performed? (Including a Load calculation)
- Is a new electrical panel required?
- Is a power supply upgrade required?
- the Placement of the equipment;
- Where should the equipment be located?
- Is the equipment secure and adequately protected?
- Have you made consideration of wheelchair accessibility?
- Is a cable management system required?
- the means of Payment for charging,
- How will the users pay for charging?
- Who will manage the payments processing?
- Who will cover the subscription fees?
- Proprietorship of the equipment;
- Who owns the equipment?
- Who is liable for the equipment?
- What are the warranties and insurance available?
- Project Management to ensure the process runs smoothly;
- Assessment
- Design
- Incentives
- Construction
- Policy
- Backoffice
- Price and procurement of equipment,
- Is the budget reasonable for the scope of the project?
- Did you draft a specification of your requirements?
- Did you get 3 quotes within your budget?
- Is the installation fit for purpose?
- Installation Process;
- Site inspection
- Prepare drawings
- Installation
- Testing & Commissioning
- Inspections & approvals
- and Publicity to ensure the equipment is used.
- What type of signage is required?
- Is any painting required?
- Should the location of the equipment be made public?
If you are looking to undertake an installation and haven’t been able to answer the questions on the checklist.
