I have looked for used parking meters to make them into EV L1 charging outlets but simply cannot find them. Yet the old mechanical ones are being replaced by themillions by new gadgetry. Where are they all going?
I found one in an antique shop, but the owner seemed to think it was made out of Gold. I am sure cities excess the old ones for scrap metal prices. IF ANYONE CAN FIND A SOURCE, we could really move EV's forward by adding an L1 outlet to th em. Bob, WB4AOR http://aprs.org/EV-charging-everywhere.html -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Hart via EV Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 1:14 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Hand-wringing EV angst is not a real problem EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: > The US tends to be more focused on suburbia, so we often forget about > the Europeans who live in city houses and apartments and park their > cars on the public streets. They have no garages or even dedicated > private parking spaces, so they have no places to fit privately owned chargers. > > Having no way to charge at home means you have to use paid charging > stations. It's just like fueling an ICEV, but it takes longer and you > have to do it more often. This HAS to be a drag on EV adoption, no? For decades, those of us in the snow belt have had free widespread public "charging stations. They are normal 120vac outlets, installed to plug in block heaters so our cars will start in the winter. They can be found everywhere people park; parking lots, curbside, apartments, etc. The other obvious candidates are parking meters. Many of them are now electrical, and have 120vac service. It would be trivially easy to add a standard 120vac receptacle with a weatherproof cover, that is switched on when you put money in the meter. I honestly think those who see the lack of EV infrastructure as an insurmountable problem are just not thinking about it clearly. -- Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. -- Howard Aiken -- Lee Hart's EV projects are at http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.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)
