--- title: "Workplace EV charger installation — MCI Electrical" description: "Workplace EV charger installation by MCI Electrical in Eastleigh, Southampton and Whiteley. Commercial charge point installs and grant support." canonical: "https://mci-electrical.co.uk/services/workplace-ev-charger-installation" last_updated: "2026-08-11T12:10:56.913Z" --- # Workplace EV charger installation — MCI Electrical > Workplace EV charger installation by MCI Electrical in Eastleigh, Southampton and Whiteley. Commercial charge point installs and grant support. Planning EV charging for staff, visitors or company vehicles? MCI Electrical assesses the commercial supply, parking layout, cable routes and expected demand before installing and testing workplace charge points. The service supports offices and business premises across Eastleigh, Whiteley, Chandler's Ford, Hedge End and Southampton. ## How this is priced Quotes are free and there is no callout fee. The price covers the supply check, the protection, the cable route and the installation, with any digging or supply upgrade priced separately once I have seen the site. - Workplace EV charger installation (grant-backed): £1,250 for up to 1 socket, then £1,050 per additional socket. - Initial site assessments verify whether your distribution board has available headroom for EV charging loads. - Standard installations include dedicated circuit protection, surface containment, and mounting the socket equipment. - Groundwork, trenching across car parks, and major main cable upgrades are quoted separately if needed. ## What the job involves Most of this job happens before a charger goes on the wall. I start with what your incoming supply can already carry, then work out the circuits, the cable route and where the sockets sit so they suit how your car park is actually used. - **Large car parks and power capacity:** Business parks in Whiteley and Hedge End often have large surface car parks with sufficient supply capacity, making charger installation straight forward compared to constrained town centre sites. - **Industrial distribution boards:** Units on Chandler's Ford Industrial Estate or Millbrook Trading Estate in Southampton often run older or full distribution boards. Adding charger circuits requires checking capacity before installing cable containment. - **Shared office suites:** In shared buildings across Eastleigh and Southampton, incoming supplies are shared. Load management devices ensure workplace charging does not overload landlord main cables. ## What is and is not included It covers the supply check, the protection, the cable route and mounting and testing the chargers. Groundwork, trenching and major supply upgrades are quoted separately. ### Included - Site load assessment to check existing incoming supply capacity - Fitting dedicated circuit breakers and earth fault protection devices - Installing surface cable tray or conduit to the charger locations - Mounting wall mounted or pedestal charging sockets - Setting up load management devices to prevent board overload - Testing, commissioning and registering the installed sockets ### Not included - Civil engineering works, surface tarmac cutting, and ground trenching - Upgrading utility incoming service cables or main incoming fuses - Making good the building finishes after cable routing ## Before I arrive It helps if I can see your distribution board and the parking spaces you have in mind, and hear roughly how many vehicles you want charging at once. If the date stops suiting you, moving it costs nothing. 1. **Access to the main switchroom:** Ensure access to the main distribution board and switchroom is clear. I will need to inspect the service head and run tests on the incoming electrical board. 2. **Clear parking bays:** Keep the targeted parking spaces clear of vehicles and delivery drop offs so cable containment and socket pedestals can be installed safely. ## What you are left with You are left with working charge points, tested and certified, and the certificate lands the same day the work finishes. The person who quotes it is the person who fits it and signs it off. - **Commissioned charge points:** Your installed EV sockets are tested, powered, and verified ready for staff, customer, or fleet vehicle connection. - **A grant claim submitted:** If eligible under the Workplace Charging Scheme, paperwork and socket details are submitted to support your grant claim. - **Headroom on the supply:** Load balancing monitors ensure your charging sockets adjust draw dynamically so your main building fuses do not trip. - **Certification and records:** You receive electrical installation certificates and log details for your building compliance and maintenance records. ## Questions I get asked The questions business owners tend to ask before they commit. ### Can my existing distribution board handle workplace EV chargers? I assess your existing board capacity before starting any work. In places like School Close or Barton Park, older boards may need a dedicated enclosure or load management to avoid overloading the supply. ### How does load management work for workplace charging? I install a current transformer clamp at your main incoming supply. If your building uses heavy machinery or heating, the system automatically slows charging rates to prevent tripping the main fuse. ### Can chargers be installed in shared commercial buildings? Yes. Landlord consent is required, and dedicated metering or load monitoring can be installed to keep electricity usage separate between tenancies. ### What is required for outdoor car park charger mounting? Outdoor units require weatherproof sockets, robust mechanical containment, and adequate impact protection or bollards where vehicle movement occurs nearby. ## Where the rules come from The official rules behind this work, straight from the source. - [Workplace Charging Scheme, guidance for applicants](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/workplace-charging-scheme-guidance-for-applicants): Government rules and eligibility criteria for businesses claiming grant funding toward workplace charge point installations. - [HSE, electrical safety at work](https://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/): Health and Safety Executive advice on maintaining safe electrical installations and equipment in commercial environments. ## Business facts - Based: 1 The Drove, Horton Heath, Eastleigh, SO50 7NX - Service area: Eastleigh, Whiteley and Segensworth, Chandler's Ford, Hedge End and Botley, Southampton and the docks - Hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 09:00–17:00 - Phone: +447366896562 - Email: team@mci-electrical.co.uk - Years of experience: 17 - Pricing rules: Fixed wire testing is priced on the number of boards and circuits, not by the hour.; Emergency lighting is priced per light, and the three hour test is priced separately.; Repairs are priced item by item off the report, so you choose what to do and when.; Work outside your trading hours costs a different rate, and I tell you what it is before I set off.; Quotes are free, rescheduling is free, and there is no callout fee. ## Request a quote - [Start a request](https://mci-electrical.co.uk/#chat): Send the job details and postcode to MCI Electrical. ## Related pages - [Fleet and depot charging](https://mci-electrical.co.uk/services/fleet-and-depot-charging): Fleet and depot EV charging installation. - [Distribution board replacement](https://mci-electrical.co.uk/services/distribution-board-replacement): Distribution board replacement. - [Three phase power installation](https://mci-electrical.co.uk/services/three-phase-power-installation): Three phase power installation. - [Full sitemap](https://mci-electrical.co.uk/sitemap.md): Complete machine-readable page directory.