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200A panel · network installer checks capacity before quoting.
A directory of vetted EV-charger installers across the Greater Sacramento region. Every partner is CSLB C-10 licensed, manufacturer-authorized (Tesla, ChargePoint, Wallbox), and committed to the principle below: size the install to your panel and your driving, not to the biggest box on the shelf.
Every network install follows the same six-component topology. Variations are documented in the written quote; nothing happens that isn't first specified.
The install most homes get: 200A main service, a hardwired Wall Connector on a dedicated 60A circuit, ~37 miles of range per hour. No panel upgrade. No sub-panel. Most jobs take 4–6 hours.
If your panel is undersized — or you're adding a second EV, a heat pump, or a home battery — the path forks. The free panel check from a network installer is where you figure out which fork.
Every contractor in the network is committed to this principle: recommend the right install for your home, not the most expensive one.
EV charger installation is a $300B trade that attracts every electrician who wants to badge into it — including some whose default move is recommending a $3,800 panel upgrade on every house. We screen against that. The list below is what every contractor in our network has cleared.
Active California electrical contractor's license. Number disclosed before any work begins.
Tesla, ChargePoint, Wallbox, or equivalent. Required for warranty validity on hardwired installs.
NEC 220 demand-load calculation included in writing. No hand-waving on whether your panel fits.
Davis, Sacramento, Folsom, Roseville, El Dorado County — all require permits. We don't onboard installers who skip them.
Current certificate. Your home named as additional insured during the install window.
Active WC policy or sole-proprietor exemption verified. Required by California law for electrical work.
Capable of installing DCC-10, NeoCharge, or equivalent — the cheaper alternative to a panel upgrade.
Will say no to unnecessary panel upgrades. We screen out installers whose default move is always 'upgrade to 200A.'
Pick your car, your panel, and a charger size. We tell you what you'll actually get — not what the box says.
Estimates only. The real on-site panel check from a network installer confirms breaker space, conductor sizing, and demand-load calc per NEC 220.
I bought my first EV in 2023 — a Mach-E — and immediately got three installer quotes for a Level 2 setup at my house in Davis. Two of them included a $3,800 panel upgrade I didn't need. The third installer, the one I ended up using, spent twenty minutes with my panel before quoting, then talked me out of the more expensive Wall Connector because the Mach-E's onboard charger maxes at 11 kW anyway. Saved me $400 on hardware I would have wasted.
That installer was the kind of partner I wanted to build a directory around. We screen every contractor in our network for the same thing: they need to size the install to the home and the car, not to the biggest box on the shelf. Every quote includes the panel-load math. Every quote names what you actually need, not what's most profitable to sell.
We're new. If you book the free panel check during our launch month, the contractor who shows up has been vetted personally by me.
15 minutes by phone or 30 minutes on-site. The matched installer tells you exactly which fork your home is on.