My own experience (granted, only 2 buildings, both near north San Jose) is that the electric service panel is often (not always) located near the transformer which may be inside near the back or on a pad outside the building. Both cases, it was on the side towards the back of the building and so to get low voltage drop, it was best to park near the side/back of the building. Initially I tried to park in the front where I usually arrived from the street, just like when parking an ICE vehicle, but I had to run a long cord and found that the building wiring itself also had too much voltage drop due to the long distance from the transformer/service panel, so I barely had 90V left at the vehicle when pulling anywhere close to 15A. Parking in the back and plugging in with a shorter/better cord allowed me to stay around 115V and not lose 25% of the energy in wire heating, right off the bat. Of course, if the EV parking is hidden then it would help to clue drivers with a sign near the front entrance that says "EV parking in back" with an arrow in which direction to find it, then the actual EV parking again needs to be signed but will not be so much contested by ICE.
The only "political" issue is that EV recharging spaces are now made adjacent to disabled places as to accommodate the niche market of disabled people who also drive an EV. I think this is mostly a case of trying to be politically correct, because I have never met a person that is handicapped and drives an EV. I am not saying they should be denied EV driving rights, but the current practice of putting in the EV spots adjacent to disabled parking spaces results in many negative factors, not just ICEing and bad sentiment from non-EV drivers but also the inability to share the charging station between two spots, since the second parking spot is the disabled parking. That is why it would solve most problems when the EV spots are typically put in around the back, where two spots can share a charging station. Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peri Hartman Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 12:48 PM To: 'Electric Vehicle Discussion List' Subject: Re: [EVDL] EV charging stations Push back :) 1. Ultimately I agree with you, but at the present time don't you think EV drivers would prefer to have a charge point a bit away from the front door rather than not having one or having one parked in by an ICE? 2. Away from the front door doesn't necessarily mean further from the building or from the mains. Peri -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of EVDL Administrator Sent: 07 February, 2013 10:06 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EV charging stations On 7 Feb 2013 at 8:28, Peri Hartman wrote: > The more I think about it, I agree that ESVEs should be located away from the > favorite ICE spots. Why cause contentions? This is a good point and I agree that locating EV spots far out in the parking lot may reduce their blockage with ICEVs. However, I see two downsides. 1. IMO, you really should reward people for making a more responsible choice (EV), not punish them by making them walk more. 2. It takes more expensive copper wire to install a charging point farther from the building. Just matters to consider. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
