EV Charger Installation in Edmonton
A dedicated circuit, sized to your charger, run from your panel to the garage. We check what your service can carry before we quote it.
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One Day Install
Most Edmonton Homes
Any Charger
Level 1 or 2
The load calculation decides everything
We need a way to get from your panel out to the garage, or a sub-panel already out there. Past that, what decides whether this is a simple job or a bigger one is what your electrical service can actually carry.
An EV charger pulls a large, continuous load for hours at a time, often overnight, often through an Edmonton winter. Say your home has a 100 amp service and the load calculation already comes in around 85 amps. Add a 40 amp charger on top of that and the answer is probably no.
That is exactly what the load calculation exists to catch, and it is better to find that out standing in front of your panel than partway through an install.
If the numbers do not work, the next step is a service upgrade. That is not work we take on, so we will tell you plainly rather than quoting around the problem.
Ways an EV charger install can go
Every home is different. What decides the job is what your panel can carry and how far it is from where the car parks.
Sub-panel already in place
Room in the garage sub-panel. We add the circuit and mount the charger.
Panel next to the garage
The mechanical room shares a wall with the garage. Short run from the panel.
Sub-panel with the charger
A garage sub-panel installed with the charger, with room for more later.
Capacity, no sub-panel
We open the ceiling where needed, T-bar or drywall, and run new cable to the garage.
EV energy management
Panel near its limit. A load management device lets the charger share your service.
Not enough capacity
A service upgrade comes first. That isn’t work we do, so we tell you before quoting.
Why we usually suggest a sub-panel
If we are running a 40 to 60 amp cable all the way from your house out to the garage, and that cable is only ever going to power one appliance, that is not a smart use of the run.
The better move is to run a 60 amp cable out there and land a sub-panel on it. Same trench, same cable, a minor labour increase and now the garage has capacity for whatever comes next. A heater. A compressor. Tools that need real power. Another circuit three years from now that you have not thought of yet.
This is advice that costs us more work rather than less, and we give it anyway, because running a heavy cable to a single outlet is something you only get to do once.
One thing to watch: if you end up with a welding plug out there, do not weld in the garage while the car is charging. Run both at once and you will trip your breaker and wake up to a dead car.
What you get from an EV charger
Convenience is the real answer, and it is a bigger one than it sounds. Without a proper charger you are trickle charging off of a wall outlet. You plug in at night, the car tells you it will be fully charged in eighteen hours, and you are leaving for work in eight. So you take whatever percentage you got overnight and hope it covers the day. A proper install ends that calculation.
On resale, the honest answer is more complicated.
The Charger will not pay you back
If your charger is specific to your vehicle, you are unlikely to see that money again when you sell. To leave it behind and get value for it, you would have to sell to somebody driving the same car.
The more practical move is to take the charger with you and put a generic one in its place. That is a much cheaper install than building the whole sub-panel run again at your next house.
The sub-panel can pay you back
The sub-panel is close to 100% return, because a sub-panel in the garage is just a good thing to have regardless of what happens to the car.
It stays with the house, it gives whoever lives there capacity they did not have before, and the next owner can put in whatever charger suits their vehicle without starting from scratch.
What does an EV Charger Installation cost?
There is not a one-answer fits all as it varies from job to job. It can depend on the following factors:
$200
A 20 amp receptacle under an existing garage sub-panel
$3,000
Install side alone, when cable has to come from the house
Which charger you have
A vehicle-specific unit can be $2,000 or more for the charger alone, before any install work.
Whether the garage has a sub-panel
Already having one out there is the single biggest cost saver on this job.
How far the cable has to go
A detached garage, or a run through finished ceilings, adds real cost.
What your panel can carry
If the load calculation comes back short, a service upgrade changes the entire scope.
We quote on site after the walkthrough, once we know what we are actually dealing with. You get a real number for your house, not a starting price that moves once we show up.
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Questions homeowners ask us
Can my panel handle an EV charger?
That is exactly what the load calculation answers, and it is the first thing we do. A 100 amp service already running around 85 amps is not going to carry a 40 amp charger on top of that. A larger service with room to spare usually handles it without any trouble.
What happens if my panel cannot handle it?
You are looking at a service upgrade first. That is not work we take on, so we will tell you that at the walkthrough and you can get it sorted with someone who specializes in it. We would rather be upfront about that than start a job we cannot finish properly.
Why will you not give me a price up front?
Because the honest range runs from about $200 for a receptacle under an existing sub-panel to $3,000 or more on the install side when cable has to come from the house. Quoting a number before seeing your panel and your garage would just be a guess.
How long does the install take?
Usually a single day. Longer runs, detached garages, and anything that involves opening up finished ceilings can extend that, and we will tell you which one you are looking at when we quote it.
Do I need a sub-panel in the garage?
Not strictly, but if we are running a heavy cable out there anyway, landing a sub-panel on it is almost always the better decision. Same run, a minor increase in work amount, and the garage gains capacity for whatever you want to put out there later.
Will this add value to my home when I sell?
The charger itself, not really, especially if it is specific to your vehicle. The sub-panel is the part that holds its value. Most people are better off taking the charger with them and leaving a generic one behind.
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Book a walkthrough
We look at the panel, run the load calculation, walk the route to the garage, and give you a real number for your house.
