On 11 Apr 2016 at 9:34, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > I noticed convenience outlets on all the new Street Lamps in Baltimore > yesterday. Only problem is, they are located 18 feet up in the base of the > Globe structure.
Those are almost certainly intended for use with decorative lighting for holidays - Fourth of July, December holidays, and so on. They're probably limited in their power capacity, since modern decorations are pretty efficient. Also, using them without permission would most likely get you in a LOT of trouble, and I don't see the city granting you permission. Lee Hart has written about Minnesota's street receptacles for ICEV block heaters. Any city anywere could do the same for EVs easily, by adding simple 120v recepts in the BASE of the light poles. But it's hard to imagine them doing so. In fact if the Minnesota recepts didn't already exist they probably wouldn't install them. The problem is that when receptacles are publicly accessible, the public USE them. Lawmakers just HATE that, especially when the people using them are homeless folks charging their mobile phones. The energy use is probably close to unmeasurable, but it's the principle, you see. I can't see them reacting any more favorably to us using them for EV charging, which really WOULD use significant energy. Besides, you can bet that fewer and fewer cities will be encouraging EVs, as the anti-EV funding cranks up and states actively DIScourage EV use with punitive road taxes. OK, I'll get off my soapbox now. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
