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Single Family EV Charger Installation

Electric vehicle charger installation, Level 2 or DC fast charging, including the dedicated circuits, panel or service work, and mounting the chargers need.

Last updated: Sep 29, 2026

Section 1

Required Documents

Submit these with your initial project package.

Always required

  • Electrical Plans or Detailed Scope of Work
    Electrical plans or a detailed written scope of work describing the charger circuits and any panel or service work
  • Charger Specifications
    Manufacturer spec sheet showing the charger's amperage and listing

Conditional

  • Load Calculations
    Electrical load calculations showing the charger load against the available service capacity
    WhenRequired if scope includes a service upgrade or panel replacement, or the charger load exceeds available capacity.

Courtesy screen

Courtesy screen on every plan review

Every plan FCC reviews receives a limited courtesy screen for the items below when they are reasonably visible in the submitted documents. If we see an apparent issue that could cause the plans to fail review by another agency, we will identify it as a Courtesy Comment. Courtesy Comments alone do not cause FCC to fail or return the plan set unless the same condition also creates a building-code compliance issue within FCC's review scope. The responsible agency makes the final determination—for example, Planning and Zoning for setbacks, lot coverage, use, and other lot-compliance matters. The absence of a Courtesy Comment is not approval of those separate requirements.

  1. #01Plan and document coordination

    Obvious clerical, title-block, sheet-index, permit-description, or cross-sheet inconsistencies visible in the submitted documents. A Courtesy Comment on these items does not cause FCC to fail or return the plan set unless the same condition also creates a building-code compliance issue within FCC's review scope.

    FBC-B 107.2.1
  2. #02Zoning and site coordination

    Apparent setback, lot-coverage, use, or site-dimension conflicts visible in the submitted plans that could cause the plans to fail Planning and Zoning review. Planning and Zoning makes the zoning and lot-compliance determination. The absence of a Courtesy Comment is not approval of those separate requirements.

  3. #03Floodplain coordination

    Apparent inconsistencies or missing coordination in flood-zone, design-flood-elevation, finished-floor, or flood-opening information shown on the plans that could cause the plans to fail floodplain review. The floodplain administrator makes the determination. The absence of a Courtesy Comment is not approval of those separate requirements.

  4. #04Fire-authority coordination

    Apparent separately reviewed fire alarm, sprinkler, hood-suppression, smoke-control, or similar coordination issues visible on the plans that could cause the plans to fail fire review. The fire marshal makes the determination. The absence of a Courtesy Comment is not approval of those separate requirements.

Section 2

Approval criteria for this project type

These are the building-code criteria FCC uses to determine the plan-review result. An unresolved item may be issued as a Required Correction and cause the plan set to be returned for correction.

ElectricalRequired

  1. #01AFCI and GFCI protectionLife Safety

    AFCI protection for dwelling unit branch circuits per NEC 210.12; GFCI per NEC 210.8 at required locations.

    NEC 210.8NEC 210.12
  2. #02Service size and load calculationCode

    Electrical service and feeder sizing supported by NEC Article 220 load calculation.

    NEC 220NEC 230
  3. #03EV charging equipment and branch circuitsCode

    Electric vehicle charging equipment must be listed, and each charger's branch circuit and overcurrent protection must be sized for the charger's rated load per NEC Article 625.

    NEC 625
  4. #04Service and feeder capacity for the charging loadCode

    The service and feeders must have capacity for the added EV charging load, supported by a load calculation per NEC Article 220 when the scope requires one.

    NEC 220
  5. #05Construction-document clarity — EV charger installation permitDocumentation

    The submitted documents must clearly identify the EV charger installation work so FCC can review this mandatory single-family electrical trade as part of the one residential plan review.

    FBC-B 107.2.1

Section 3

Inspection Walkthrough

Inspections are listed in their typical phase order. Your own inspection list comes from your approved plans. Inspections marked “If in scope” apply only when your plans include that work. Call (772) 222-6679 with questions.

Electrical

Phase #1

Electrical Rough-In

If in scope
  1. Dedicated charging circuitCritical

    Show conductors, routing, protection, and circuit termination before concealment.

    NEC 625.40NEC 625.42
  2. Charging equipment locationCritical

    Show mounting location and accessible working space against plans.

    NEC 110.26NEC 625.44
Phase #2

Electrical Final

Typical Final
  1. Installed charger and circuitCritical

    Show charger label, dedicated circuit, breaker rating, and panel directory.

    NEC 625.40NEC 625.42NEC 408.4
  2. Connection and receptacle protectionCritical

    Show hardwired connection or receptacle and required GFCI protection.

    NEC 625.44NEC 625.54
  3. Charging operationCritical

    Demonstrate normal start, stop, and status against the approved system and manufacturer commissioning instructions.