Terry Blanton wrote: > This will work for one person; but, typically, there are multiple > outlets per circuit breaker. Two cars trying to pull 10 A each will > trip the breaker.
Right you are. But at the current density of E-cars in this area that almost never happens. It happens when these guys get together for their monthly meeting: http://evco.ca/ but just about no other time. I think they typically meet at the Science Museum where they have a lot of outlets and, I would guess, they're on multiple breakers. (In fact that might even be the reason for meeting there, come to think of it.) > > Terry > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Stephen A. Lawrence<[email protected]> wrote: >> FWIW, right now one can charge up at a lot of the small shopping centers >> and stores around Ottawa, if one asks. Typically the outlet is off >> someplace, like in the back, not in the main block of spaces. >> >> The science museum here has outlets at all the spaces, IIRC. >> >> These are just ordinary 110v outlets, of course. >> >> Protocol in these parts is to give them a buck for the privilege, but >> since storekeepers don't normally ask for anything, it's voluntary. >> Reason for paying is, of course, to encourage shopkeepers to keep the >> outlets available. >> >> >> >> Terry Blanton wrote: >>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Jed Rothwell<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It would be offered as an extra-cost >>>> amenity, somewhat like valet parking. >>> Or, at least initially, a free one to attract customers - not unlike >>> WiFi. By 2011, there will be several BEVs in mass production and the >>> demographics of the drivers are well-known and sought after by >>> specific markets. >>> >>> Terry >>> >> > >
