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EV Charger Relocation
Level 1 needs an outlet. Level 2 needs a plan. An EV charger is a continuous load, which means it is sized differently from an outlet you plug a tool into.
EV Charger Relocation in O’Fallon and across St. Charles, St. Louis, Lincoln and Warren counties.
Clint Ehman, seventeen years in the trade, running Infinity Electric out of O’Fallon since 2022.
5.0 from 94 Google reviews · BBB A+ since 2022
What this work actually involves
The circuit is sized for continuous duty and run on its own breaker, with the disconnect where the code and the inspector expect it.
The order is always the same: reproduce it, measure it, say what the number means, fix the thing the number points at. Nothing gets bundled on the way past.
Permits and inspections happen where the municipality requires them, and the panel is left labeled. One person does all of it.
When people call about this
- A garage with no dedicated circuit
- Wanting a second charger
- A charger moved from an old house
- A new EV on order
Why people choose Clint for it
There is no dispatcher taking a description for someone else to act on, and no commission riding on what the visit totals. The person who measures it is the person who fixes it.
Seventeen years in the trade and four running Infinity Electric out of O’Fallon, with 5.0 from 94 Google reviews and BBB accreditation since 2022.
Where this is done
O’Fallon first, then the rest of St. Charles County, St. Louis County and the City, and out to Lincoln and Warren. If you are just past that, the call is still worth making.
See the full service area, or the rest of our ev charging work.
Load management instead of a service upgrade
Many houses have enough service for a car and not enough on paper. Load management solves that: the charger watches total demand and backs off when the dryer and the air conditioning are both running.
That costs a fraction of a service upgrade and charges a car perfectly well overnight. It is worth asking about before anyone quotes you a new panel.
Load management instead of new service
Load management lets the charger share capacity with another large appliance rather than adding to it. The charger backs off while the range or the dryer runs, then resumes. For a car sitting in a garage for ten hours, that pause costs nothing.
It is code-compliant, it is far cheaper than a service upgrade, and it is the answer a great many houses around here should be getting instead of a quote for new service.
What the car actually needs from the house
A Level 2 charger is a continuous load, which means the circuit is sized at 125 percent of the charger’s draw rather than to its nameplate. A 48 amp charger therefore wants a 60 amp circuit, and that is the number that has to fit inside what the service already carries.
Where it does not fit, there are usually two honest answers before a service upgrade: a smaller charger that still fills the car overnight, or load management that lets the charger share capacity with the range or the dryer. Both are cheaper than new service and both are code-compliant. You get the load calculation either way.
The three answers before a service upgrade
Charging load is the most common reason a house suddenly looks short on capacity, and a service upgrade is only one of three honest answers. The other two are a smaller charger that still fills the car overnight, and load management that shares capacity with the range or dryer.
The load calculation decides which, and you see it. Both alternatives are code-compliant and both are cheaper than new service.
What gets left behind when the work is done
A labeled panel, accessible junctions, the old parts if you want to see them, and a straight account of anything found along the way that was not part of the call.
Where something else was found, you get told what it is and whether it needs doing now, later or not at all. That third answer is a real answer and it gets used.
“Clint came out installed me a large 200 amp panel put some new dedicated lines in my basement and garage he did great clean work all inspections passed he was thorough and knowledgeable. I will have him back out again.”
Jason Holtzman · Google review
How the visit goes
- The call
Which car, which charger, and where it parks. Those three answers decide most of the install before anyone visits.
- The measurement
A load calculation against the existing service, plus the run from the panel to the parking spot and what it passes through.
- The finding
Either the service carries it, or load management lets it share, or a service upgrade is genuinely needed. You hear which, with the number behind it.
- The work
Dedicated circuit sized for continuous duty, disconnect where the code and the inspector expect it, charger mounted so the cable reaches with slack, and a test charge before anyone leaves.
What the job includes
- Load calculation to confirm the service can carry the charger
- A dedicated circuit sized for continuous duty, on its own breaker
- Charger mounted where the cable reaches the car with slack to spare
- Disconnect where code and the inspector expect it
- Permit and inspection where required
- Conduit for a second charger while the wall is open, if you want it
What it does not
- Supplying the charger itself, unless you ask
- Utility rebate paperwork, though we will tell you what exists
- Charging network accounts and apps
Anything outside electrical, you will be told who to call rather than sold it. Recent jobs are worth a look before you call.
Related ev charging work
EV Charger Relocation across the metro
Housing stock varies sharply across the counties here, and so does the work. Same trade across five jurisdictions out of O’Fallon, with a different inspection process in each.
St. Louis County
This is where the genuinely old wiring lives: cloth insulation, no equipment ground, fuse panels and the mid-seventies aluminum. Each has an accepted remedy rather than requiring a whole-house rewire.
St. Louis City
St. Louis City is century brick with shared walls and basement panels that have been added to five times. Code corrections and occupancy inspections are the common call.
Lincoln County
Lincoln County is rural service: longer drops, well pumps and septic loads that city panels never carry, and outages that make backup power a practical purchase rather than a luxury.
The whole working radius is mapped on the service areas page.
Questions worth asking first.
Can two cars share one circuit?
With load-managed chargers, yes, and for most two-car households overnight charging still finishes both. It is considerably cheaper than new service.
Can my panel handle a charger?
Often yes. The load calculation checks what the house already runs against the service rating. Where it is tight, load management lets the charger share capacity instead of forcing an upgrade.
Level 1 or Level 2?
Level 1 plugs into a standard outlet and adds a few miles an hour, which suits short commutes. Level 2 needs its own circuit and fills a car overnight. The honest answer depends on your daily miles.
Who actually shows up?
Clint Ehman. Infinity Electric is owner-operated, so the person who answers the phone is the person who measures your panel and pulls the permit. There is no dispatcher and no commissioned salesman.
Are you licensed and insured?
Licensed, bonded and insured, with workers compensation coverage, and accredited A+ with the BBB since 2022.
Describe the symptom, not the diagnosis.
That is usually enough to say what the visit involves before anyone is booked. EV Charger Relocation in O’Fallon and across the metro.
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