The electrician arrives, usually looking like he’s just crawled out of a loft after wrestling a badger. He’ll mutter something about “consumer unit load balancing” and then drill a hole in your wall that’s suspiciously the same size as the one your cat keeps poking its head through.
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Here’s a fun fact: the install takes about 2–4 hours, but only if your fuse box isn’t from the 1970s. If your house has a fuse box that looks like it was wired by a Victorian ghost, expect him to say, “We’ll need to upgrade your main fuse,” which costs extra. Surprise! The “free” charger just got a cousin called “the electrician’s side hustle.”
But if everything is modern (like, after 1990), you’ll get a shiny box on your wall, and you can immediately plug in your car and feel like a wizard. I did this and then stood outside for five minutes just watching the little green light blink. My neighbours thought I’d lost it—but jokes on them, I was saving £1.50 a litre.
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Here’s a twist: if you have solar panels, this charger becomes a money-making time machine. You can program it to charge your car only when the sun is out, effectively turning your Tesla into a giant, rolling battery. It’s like having a lawnmower that also mows your neighbour’s lawn out of spite.
One guy I know charges his car so cheaply from solar that his electricity bill went negative. That’s right—the power company paid him for using energy. Meanwhile, I’m still selling a kidney to fill up a Fiat Panda.
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