Electric Vehicles and Electrical Safety
Protect your EV investment with a properly installed charger.
Buying an electric vehicle (EV) is a decision many of us will face in the coming years. Perhaps you already have or are strongly considering it.
It’s an important and exciting purchase! It’s also an investment worth protecting. Admittedly, the charging system for an EV is not nearly as interesting or exciting as the car itself—but purchasing an unsafe charger, forgetting its electrical permit, or passing on a proper installation can have disastrous consequences for the car, your property, or your family.
Ensuring safe EV charger installation
File the required electrical permit with ESA
All EV charger installations require an electrical permit to be filed before work starts. These are separate and distinct from building permits and are also referred to as a ‘notification of work.’ The permit creates a permanent record of home electrical work and triggers an ESA review process.
Hire a Licensed Electrical Contractor
In Ontario, if you’re hiring someone to do electrical work in your home, by law, it must be a Licensed Electrical Contractor (LEC) with an ECRA/ESA licence. LECs are also fully insured and reduce the risks of electrical work in several ways.
Unlicensed or unpermitted work is simply not worth the risk. Electrical fires or other damage to your new EV is too steep a price to pay for convenience
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