HI DAvid, Any sources? I googled it..all of them seem unrelated to 30amp or 50amp plugs. Some are just scary stupid people:
http://www.skoolie.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10735 corbin On Mar 13, 2013, at 4:22 PM, "David Kerzel" <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone googled "electrocutions at RV parks"? > The NEMA plugs are over 100 years old and the higher power ones are not safe > enough for public use in public locations. > David Kerzel > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Zeke Yewdall > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:56 AM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVSE-overcrowing replaces range-angst > >> There are a lot of RVs on the road and no one seems to get shocked >> using the 50A outlets. But of course the extension cord is dead until >> the male plug is plugged into the receptacle and it is difficult to >> shock yourself with the female connector. It is of course different >> on EV extensions where one could attach the connector to the battery >> pack first creating the possibility of getting a shock from the male >> plug prior to plugging it into the AC receptacle, or a shock from the >> male plug on the EV itself before the extension is connected. > > > We are talking about AC in the cord, not DC, right? (this would be > different for the DC charge port). The car is not capable of generating > any AC (unless its a V2G car, which already has tons of complicated > electronics to prevent this). So, it's still only a cord energized by grid > voltage. So it's not any different on an EV situation than on an RV > situation, it seems to me. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130313/2b47fc37 > /attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
