Compare EV Chargers

What should you consider when comparing EV chargers?

A charger has a longer lifespan than the average ownership of a specific electric car. We therefore recommend investing in future-proof technology. If you own or intend to buy a car with a Type 1 outlet, you may want to consider a charger that has an open outlet, instead of one with a fixed cable. Then you can plug in both Type 1 and 2 cables. We believe it is a good idea to open up compatibility with Type 2, which is now the EU standard. The next car purchase is therefore likely to be equipped with Type 2, not to mention the flexibility of being able to offer friends and acquaintances charging when needed.

Do you have two electric cars at home, or are you planning to in the future? Then consider purchasing a charger with two outlets.

How smart do you want your charger to be? The number of functions that a charger has varies from model to model, but at the moment you can probably say that all charging boxes worth the name are "smart". In our range, all boxes are connected to the internet with WIFI or built-in mobile broadband. You can access all functions via browser or app and, for example, see statistics on charging and electricity consumption, unlock the cable or start/stop charging.

How quickly do you want to be able to charge your car? The difference between different charging boxes is often how high a capacity they can deliver. The strongest chargers can deliver 22 kW of power. Different customers have different requirements and for many it is quite enough if the car is charged to 100% during the night. For others, it is of course important that the battery can be charged as quickly as possible. How quickly the car can be charged is also controlled by the car's specifications. On each charger unique page you can select your car and see exactly how fast you will be able to charge it from 0-100%.

Why should i charge my car with a EV charger?

Charging your car in a regular electrical socket can sometimes mean a significant fire risk, especially without a special earth fault circuit breaker and surge protection. Even apart from the risk, it is unfortunately quite slow charging.

If you charge a normal electric car with a battery size of 80 kWh in a standard socket, it takes approximately 35 hours to charge the car from 0-100%.

If you charge the same car instead with a EV charger that has a capacity of 22 kW, you can charge that car from 0-100% in under 4 hours.

What does adjustable charging power mean?

Being able to set the power on your charger means you can set a limit on how many amps your charger is allowed to use. Many chargers allow the user to do this via an app or cloud function.

The advantage is that you can turn down the power allocated to your charger so that you dont overload the main fuse.

What does load balancer mean?

Load balancing is used to minimize the risk of main fuses being overloaded when charging an electric car. How much electricity can be used for charging depends on the capacity of the local electricity center and how much electricity other devices consume at the same time. Load balancing optimizes the charging current to the charger according to availability and current load. In this way, the charge is never at risk of overloading the central fuse. If you have 25A available in your electrical center and buy a charger with a load balancer and install it on 32A your charger will use the maximum amount of power available at any given moment.

What does earth fault breaker mean?

Most contries require that a EV home charger has a supplemnted ground-fault circuit breaker.

A. A charger that has built-in DC monitoring is supplemented with earth fault circuit breaker A.

B. A charger that lacks DC monitoring must be supplemented with Earth fault circuit breaker B.

These two versions of earth-fault circuit breakers differ in price, earth-fault circuit breaker A is the cheaper option.

What does number of phases mean?

A charger can be installed on either 1-phase or 3-phase. The more phases a charger uses, the more powerful charging can be generated for the corresponding number of amperes.

Chargers on 1 phase that are connected at 16A provide a charging power of 3.7 kW.
Chargers on 3-phase which are connected at 16A give a corresponding charging power of 11 kW.

What does RFID-reader mean?

One way to check that no unauthorized person can charge is to buy a charger with RFID reading for start and stop. RFID tags are activated either via an application or via the cloud, where you can administer authorizations yourself.

What does OCPP mean?

As the owner of a charger, you have the option of letting others charge while you are not using your charger. The charger can be made visible on an app with a predetermined rate, where you control your own kWh price. If the charger is equipped with OCPP, this option is available.

What does IP-code mean?

IP classification is a classification for how well the enclosure protects the electronic equipment in demanding environments.

IP44: Protection against the penetration of solid objects larger than 1 millimeter and protected against splashing water from all angles.
IP56: Dustproof and protected against splashing water from all angles.
IP55: Dustproof and protected against low-pressure water jets from all angles.
IP67: Dustproof and can be temporarily submerged in water without damage.

What does max charging power mean?

3.7 kW 1-phase charging, connects at a maximum of 16A.
7.4 kW 1-phase charging, connects at a maximum of 32A.
11 kW 3-phase charging, connects at a maximum of 16A.
22 kW 3-phase charging, connects at a maximum of 32A.

It is always the weakest link that controls what speed the electric car battery receives. In addition to the charging effect generated by the charger, each individual car has a so-called on-board capacity. On-board capacity is the charging effect that the battery of the electric car is capable of receiving. Onboard capacity consists of two elements; partly the number of phases the electric car can be charged with and the ceiling for the maximum charging power the battery can receive. Most car models have a maximum on-board capacity of 3.7 kW, 7.4 kW, 11 kW or 22 kW.