Additional Extras
At Orca we try out best to include as much as possible in our packages, however, most installs and houses are different and there are some things that we may need to add to your package to ensure a perfect install for you.
Gas and Water Earth Bonding
Earth bonding is a wire that runs from the main earthing terminal, that is connected to your main electricity suppy, to your water pipes and gas pipes. This keeps you and your home safe by reducing the risk of electric shocks and fires as an electrical appliance fault could lead to metallic objects becoming live. It's also legally required to be in place to install an EV charger.
If your home is under 25 years old or you have had your home rewired recently it is likely that you already have this in place. To check if you have earth bonding, visually inspect your main gas and water supply pipes near where they enter your property for a green and yellow earth cable attached to them.
£125 per bonding
Installation Zones Surcharge
Our installation teams work from Cartime in Bury and as a result some areas do carry a small additional charge to cover our additional travel time and reduced installation capacity for that day.
Zone 1 - FREE
OL, BL, M, SK, WA, WN, PR, L, FY
Zone 2 - FREE
HX, HD, BD, BB
Zone 3 - £100
CH, CW
Zone 4 - £100
S, WF, LS, HG
Zone 5 - £200
LL, SY, TF, ST, WV, WS, DY, B, CV, WR, LE, DE, NG, NN, LN, DN, HU, YO, TS, DL, DH, SR, CA, NE, LA
External Cabeling
We use specialist 17mm EV black composit cabel which includes a specialist power and data cabel specifically for EV chargers. This will be clipped neatly to the external wall. If we need to run cabeling under a pathway or through a flower bed to reach the desired charger location we will either lift and re-lay up to two flags and trench up to two meters of soft earth. For this part of the cabeling we use enhanced data and power armoured cable.
The minimum cost of any underground cabeling is £250.