While I don't promote the use of EVSE for RV owners generally, I do recommend the use of level 2 EVSE for air conditioning RV type vehicles with invalids inside for short periods when family or care givers are in nearby doctor's offices , hospitals, or stores. An adapter which will permit a level 2 unit to power an AC unit with 220 vac is only an inlet connector and two 25 cent components. And they would not be parking overnight! Many individuals, with a medical appliance, need their own bathroom space, to take care of their needs. It is much nicer being in your own, AC cooled, van than in a public rest room at the Walmart...
*Dennis Lee Miles * *Director **E.V.T.I. Inc.* *E-Mail:* *[email protected]* <[email protected]> *Phone #* *(863) 944-9913* Dade City, Florida 33523 USA On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Bruce EVangel Parmenter < [email protected]> wrote: > I missed that conversation. And I can understand the concern of free > charging being mooched by non-plugins. That happens at a Davis, CA EVSE > site just off Hwy80. But the RV moochers are plugged into a level-1 > 120VAC 5-20 outlet. > > Since they are not a plugin, nor have the Sacramento plugin sticker to > allow them to plugin, drivers call in to the police to kick them out. > Granted they come back later. > > I have not heard of a RV owner willing to spend the hundreds of dollars > to obtain a j1772 adapter, and a 208 to 120VAC step down transformer so > they can use the power. There are other ways around tapping into the > 208VAC the j1772 provides, but I have not seen a moocher willing to > spend the $$$. > > Generally Volta installs their EVSE at high visibility locations like up > front at shopping centers or malls, and they only offer level-2 j1772 > access. Not only are those parking spaces too small (in width and > length) for most RVs, those locations usually have their own security > force to keep the moochers and RVs in general at bay. > > While, I agree the potential for moochers blocking EVSE spots is there, > I have not seen nor heard of it, except where there is access to level-1 > 120VAC outlets. > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Cor van de Water wrote: > > Bruce, others, > > This has come up before - free versus paid charging - > > free without time limit invites people to mooch off (J1772) outlets, > > such as RV owners squatting on EVSE (even getting free RF-ID cards) > > and running their RV from the free 240V plug with a NEMA 14-50 converter > ... > - > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140412/28ae5232/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)
