About HomeEnergyX
A small, independent site about charging an electric car at home — and about the electrical, financial and bureaucratic reality that comes with it.
Why this site exists
Buying a home charger is a strange purchase. It is part appliance, part electrical project, part tax paperwork — and most of the advice online is either a manufacturer brochure or an affiliate page written by someone who has never opened a breaker panel.
HomeEnergyX exists to fill that gap. Every guide starts from a question owners actually ask, and ends with a number, a specification or a next step you can act on.
How we test and research
- Hardware. We do not bench-test chargers, and we do not publish rankings dressed up as reviews. What we publish instead is which specifications change the outcome — adjustable current, enclosure rating, certification, cable length — so you can evaluate any unit yourself. If that changes, this page changes with it.
- Costs. Cost ranges are compiled from published industry sources and are labelled as ranges, not as precise quotes. Where a figure is an illustration rather than a measurement, we say so in the text.
- Incentives. Rebate and tax-credit details are read from the primary source — the utility's own programme page or the relevant statute — and we date-stamp every one, because they expire.
- Electrical claims. We explain principles — the 80% continuous load rule, why a breaker protects the wire, what a load calculation is for — and we stop at the point where the answer depends on your specific service. That point is where a licensed electrician takes over, and we say so rather than guessing past it.
How we make money
Display advertising, and in future affiliate links to retailers. There are no affiliate links on the site today; when there are, they will be disclosed on the page where they appear, and your price will be identical either way.
What we do not do: accept payment for a review, accept payment for a ranking position, or let an advertiser see an article before it publishes. We also do not rank hardware we have not tested, which is why you will not find a "best chargers" list here yet.
Corrections
We date every article and re-check the ones that carry prices or incentive deadlines. If you find something wrong — especially a code, permit or rebate detail — tell us on the contact page and we will fix it and note the change.
Important limitation
Nothing on HomeEnergyX is a substitute for a licensed electrician, and nothing here is tax or legal advice. Electrical codes vary by jurisdiction and change over time. Use our guides to ask better questions and to sanity-check a quote — not to wire a 60 A circuit yourself.