Home EV Charger Installation (Landed / Condo)
For landed houses, the install is straightforward. For condos, there is an approval step first.
Landed House
A typical landed-house EV charger install takes 3–6 hours and includes:
- Site survey and load calculation — we confirm your existing single-phase or 3-phase supply can handle the additional 7 kW (single-phase) or 11–22 kW (3-phase) load, and we check the routing from the DB to the carport or garage.
- Dedicated circuit from the DB — a new MCB (typically 32A or 40A) and a 30mA RCBO, properly rated for continuous load (EV chargers draw for hours, which is more thermally demanding than a kettle).
- Cable run — 6 mm² or 10 mm² cable, depending on distance and load, run in surface trunking, conduit, or underground ducting. The cable routing is the part that varies the most from house to house.
- Wallbox mounting and termination — we mount the wallbox at the agreed location, terminate the cable, set the charger current, and test.
- LEW sign-off + CoC — the dedicated circuit requires a LEW endorsement and a Certificate of Compliance. We issue this as part of the same visit.
Condominium
The same electrical work applies, but there is an MCST approval step first. Most Singapore condo MCSTs now have a standard EV charger installation policy — they require you to submit the charger model, the installer’s credentials, the cable routing plan, and a LEW endorsement before approval.
We help with the MCST submission — the paperwork is straightforward once you have the right installer and the right charger. Lead time for MCST approval varies from a few days to a few weeks, depending on the management council’s meeting schedule.
For more on the condo side, see our Commercial Electrician Singapore page — the MCST and approval flow is the same.
