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EV Charger Installation

The charger is the easy part. Whether your panel can carry it is the part worth getting right before you buy hardware.

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A wall-mounted electric-vehicle charger on beige stucco beside a garage, with the cable coiled on a hook below.

At home

A Level 2 charger is typically a 40 to 60 amp circuit — a serious load on a panel that may already be full. We run the load calculation first. Sometimes the answer is a straightforward circuit. Sometimes it is a sub-panel, a load-management device, or a service upgrade. You will know which before you spend anything.

  • Load calculation and panel assessment
  • Dedicated 240V circuit, hardwired or NEMA 14-50
  • Charger mounting, indoor or outdoor rated
  • Permit and inspection
  • Load-management devices where a service upgrade is not worth it

Commercial, multifamily and fleet

This is now code-driven work, not optional. The 2025 CALGreen cycle took effect January 1, 2026 and it scales EV requirements by lot size — for a 10 to 25 space lot, four EV-capable spaces total, two of which must be built out as working charging stations, or three for office and retail. Multifamily needs every assigned space EV-ready plus Level 2 chargers on a quarter of additional common parking. Hotels need 40 percent EV-ready.

The part most owners miss: it triggers on alterations. Adding parking, putting solar over the spaces, or any electrical work that requires trenching pulls the requirement in. Restriping alone does not.

An honest word about incentives

The federal 30C credit for charging equipment expired June 30, 2026. Any contractor still quoting you "30 percent up to $100,000 per port" is quoting a dead program. Utility and state programs do still exist and do still change — we will check what is genuinely open when you are ready to build, and tell you if the answer is nothing.

Questions we get

Frequently asked

Do I need a panel upgrade for an EV charger?
Not always. It depends on your existing service size and what else is on it. The load calculation answers it, and we do that before quoting hardware.
Which charger should I buy?
Buy the one your car manufacturer supports and that carries a real warranty. We install what you choose and will tell you honestly if a unit is going to give you trouble.
Do you handle commercial charging infrastructure?
Yes — conduit, service capacity, distribution and the CALGreen count. Ask about it early in a project, because it is far cheaper to trench once.
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Call and talk to someone, or pick a day and an arrival window online. Either way you get a real answer, not a callback promise.

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