EV charger installation: intake with required photos, panel details and permits
“We need to have at least 4 photos, which is of your main panel, the location of where you want the EV charger, what the distance is, etc.”
EV charger installs are won or lost at intake. Without a clear photo of the main panel and its rating, the office cannot tell whether the install needs a panel or service upgrade, a load-management device or just a new circuit, and a second site visit eats the margin on the job. The distance from the panel to the charger location sets the wire size and the labor.
In Fieldproxy the intake is a form the customer fills from a link or the technician fills on site: photos of the main panel and label, the proposed charger location and the cable route, each required before it can be submitted, plus fields for panel rating, spare breaker spaces, the distance and the charger the customer wants. The estimate is built from that intake against your own price list, with good, better and best options where a panel upgrade or load management changes the price.
Permits are a stage on the job, not a note. Site plans and single line diagrams are attached to the job, the permit number and status are fields, and the install can be held until the permit is approved. Required photos at rough-in and final, and the inspection date, sit on the same record. Subcontracted installers see only the job they are sent, never the customer's messages or your price.
- Required intake photos: main panel and label, charger location, cable route
- Panel rating, spare spaces and run distance as fields
- Estimate with good, better and best options from your own price list
- Permit stage with number and status; install held until it is approved
- Site plans and single line diagrams on the job
- Rough-in and final photos, inspection date and commissioning checklist
