That's definitely a shitty thing to do. Most if not all couplers I've seen has a hole that you can put a pin/padlock through in order in order to lock it in place. Locking the coupler is kind of shitty too since it prevents plug sharing but in some locations it might be necessary.
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Chris Richard <[email protected]>wrote: > > I have a feeling that this had to have been discussed before, but I > haven't found anything in the archive. For instance, when I put in > "permission"and "unplug," I'm not getting anything. So, apologies in > advance for the likely redundancy. I'll try to do better as I learn your > system. However, this has me pretty upset, so: > > I live in Los Angeles > Today, I charged my car at a public station near UCLA. Something about the > station has always bugged me. It could be as the fact that the charging > station is not well lighted. It could be the almost constant crowding > there, the fact that the two chargers almost never appear to be free. It > could be that I've never had the sort of friendly exchange of tips with > another EV owner there that I regularly have at other stations. > But today, one of the two stations was free, so I plugged in, posting a > note on Plugshare that I'd be back to disconnect in two and a half hours. > Twenty minutes later, some guy unplugged my car so he could plug in his > own. > Fiat provides a program that lets me monitor charging remotely, and I saw > that my car wasn't charging. I walked over to the station, and there the > guy was, just finishing plugging in his car. He'd disconnected my car and > plugged the cable into his own. I think I opened the discussion with "What > do you think you're doing?" Things went downhill very, very vast when it > became apparent that he saw no problem with disconnecting my car without > asking my permission. In short, I cursed him out. > I was brought up not to touch other people's possessions without > permission. I've sometimes seen notes on Plugshare saying "go ahead and > unplug me when I'm done charging if you need a charge," or words to that > effect. But when I've needed a charge and all the charging stations were > occupied, I've put notes on windshields asking people to let me know when > they're done so I can have my turn. That just seems the civil and > respectful thing to do. Doing what that guy did seems like stealing > somebody else's lunch out of the break room refrigerator. He could have > damaged my car. I still don't know. It's my understanding that when I lock > my car, the charger's supposed to stay put. I don't know yet, but the point > is, neither did he. Why take a risk with somebody else's stuff? > I'd appreciate any responses. I was livid. This guy seemed genuinely > surprised that I would object. > At this point, I'm not planning to charge there again. I think the whole > experience was part and parcel of that whole creepy West LA vibe, where > people nearly kill you trying to beat you to a red light in a traffic jam, > then sit in the entrance to a parking lot, waiting for the one spot that's > within 10 feet of the store entrance instead of walking across the lot. > Not that I'm inclined to change my point of view too much on this, but I'd > like to know whether I'm in the mainstream or an anomaly in thinking this > guy was way, way, way out of line. > Also, what can I do about it? > I really, really ripped into the guy. But that's not a solution. > > Thanks. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/ > attachments/20131118/7b802ae6/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) > > -- www.electric-lemon.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20131119/866191ae/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)
