Workplace EV Charging in Perth
Offices and staff carparks
Workplace EV charging for Perth offices and staff carparks, installed by a licensed local electrical contractor.
- Typical hardware
- Ocular AC, 7kW to 22kW
- Software
- Exploren, with session reporting
- Authentication
- RFID or app, per user
- Warranty
- 2 years parts and labour
How a workplace charging install runs
Five steps, first call to handover.
- 01
Site visit
We look at your supply, your switchboard and how the carpark is used.
- 02
Design
Bay count comes from your headcount, not from a rule of thumb.
- 03
Proposal
One itemised price, with the warranty and the service tier in it.
- 04
Install
Licensed electricians, and a Certificate of Electrical Safety on completion.
- 05
Commission
Access is set, billing goes live and your team is shown the software.
What a workplace charging install includes
Included
Site visit and supply assessment
Bay count sized to your headcount
Itemised proposal before any work
Switchboard work, mounting and chargers
Access, billing and session reporting set up
Certificate of Electrical Safety and two year warranty
Book a site assessment
We look at the supply before anything is quoted. 2 years on parts and labour.
The car is parked three times longer than it charges.
Dwell time
A staff car on a weekday: plugged in from 7:30am to 5pm, 9.5 hrs in total, of which 3 hrs is spent charging, leaving 6.5 hrs spare.
- Plugged in
- 9.5 hrs
- Actually charging
- 3 hrs
- Spare
- 6.5 hrs
Plugged in three times longer than it needs. AC is enough.
Workplace charging across the Perth metro.
Where we work
What the wiring rules require of a workplace bay
Worth knowing
EV charging installations in Australia are covered by Appendix P of AS/NZS 3000:2018, the wiring rules. Every charging point takes its own final subcircuit, with its own overcurrent protection and its own RCD, which is why a bank of workplace bays is not a matter of adding outlets to the carpark circuit that is already there.
The RCD type is decided by the charger, not by preference. A Type A device is only acceptable where the unit itself detects DC leakage and disconnects; where it does not, the circuit needs a Type B. It is worth asking any quote which of the two it has allowed for, because the difference is real money per bay.
Source: AS/NZS 3000:2018 Wiring Rules, Appendix P.
Workplace charging questions
Questions
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01Can we recover the cost of staff charging?
Yes. Every session records the user, the time and the energy used, so the charging can be reported and recovered or salary packaged. How you treat it is a question for your accountant, not for us.
02Do we need a power upgrade for workplace charging?
Often not. Most sites have enough supply if the chargers share it intelligently. We check what your site can carry at the site visit, before any hardware is quoted.
03How many bays do we need for our staff?
Fewer than the number of EVs, almost always. A car parked for nine hours and needing three can share a charger with the car beside it. We work the number out from your headcount and your parking pattern, not from a rule of thumb.
04Can visitors and clients use them as well?
Yes, and it is worth deciding before the units go in. Access can be open to anyone, limited to staff cards, or open to visitors at a different rate. Changing it later is a settings job, not an electrical one.
05What stops someone leaving their car plugged in all day?
Session data shows who is connected and for how long, so most workplaces solve it with an email rather than hardware. Where it needs enforcing, an idle fee after the charge completes does it.
06Do the chargers need their own meter?
Not usually. The software records energy per session, which is what you need for reporting or recovery. A separate meter is only worth it if a landlord or a tenancy agreement requires the split at the board.
07We lease the building. Does that change anything?
It changes who you have to ask, not what gets installed. Landlords generally want to know where the cable runs, what happens at make good, and who owns the equipment at the end. We put those in the proposal so you can hand it straight to them.
08Can it work with a salary packaged or novated vehicle?
The charging side can, because every session is attributed to a user with the energy recorded. How that is treated for packaging is a question for your provider and your accountant, and the session data is what they will ask you for.
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Let us look at your site.
We assess the supply, the vehicles and the timeline, then put an itemised proposal in front of you.