Charging electric cars on Club sites.

cariadon replied on 19/12/2017 12:02

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Posted on 19/12/2017 12:02

With the government wanting all cars to be electric in years to come and some MHers have them as runarounds how do you think the club should address the issue, This is NOT a thread against electric cars.

Do you think the club should change the bollard to accommodate the second connection, have a designated charging area and should the charging bollard be metered so you pay as you use, or the cost added to pitch fee, or any other suggestion.

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replied on 05/01/2018 12:27

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Posted on 05/01/2018 08:06 by Justus2

It seems to me that to some extent, the club is giving mixed messages on electricity use whilst on site. On the one hand they are basically saying use up to the 16 amp supply if you are charging a car, and to achieve that, unplug other appliances, but are encouraging full use of the current available up to that 16 amp.

Yet the site leaflets say : Electric hook-up : The costs of electricity are included in your pitch fee, but please help us minimise our effect on the environment by considering your electricity use while on site. Also any
saving could help towards investments in new sites or redevelopments.

In the last 25 years or so I have always been quite frugal in electricity use by turning off water and space heating whilst off site, not using an awning heater etc. etc. in the vain hope that it may keep costs down for the club and reduce price rises. I am now starting to question that strategy...

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:27

I think what the club is saying there is not to waste electricity. However, charging an EV when a charge is necessary for use of the car is not wasting electricity.

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replied on 05/01/2018 12:30

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:12 by

The price will need to remain the same for EV users as is charged to other EHU users. Otherwise it is discriminating against EV users. So it will need to remain the same for now, which it is, but also for the future. For now and forever!

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:30

For now and forever!

Dream on Malc ........... but you are doubtless safe of that for a good few years yet I suspect

Yertiz replied on 05/01/2018 12:30

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Posted on 05/01/2018 12:12 by

The price will need to remain the same for EV users as is charged to other EHU users. Otherwise it is discriminating against EV users. So it will need to remain the same for now, which it is, but also for the future. For now and forever!

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:30

Ah, I see what you did there, playing the discrimination card, very good!

Just get a good lawyer

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replied on 05/01/2018 12:37

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Posted on 05/01/2018 11:17 by

Who are you kidding now fella? In winter I believe that you have a seasonal CC pitch. Was it Steve who calculated that to run out at £5 a night for an (almost) full time usage, within the rules? You should have no trouble burning that off each day Malcolm smile

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:37

That's next winter. I don't have a seasonal pitch this winter. I've just spent two weeks on Baltic Wharf at over £32 per night and am now staying at Alderstead Heath CMC at full site fees price for the next 21 nights.

Also, don't forget that you have to move off your seasonal pitch every 21 nights and spend two nights away at full price. Over a whole year that can add a lot to the overall bill.

replied on 05/01/2018 12:41

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:41

I know that it is next winter Malc You won't have an EV until June?

The only reason that you are using AH CC site is that the CL that you use is waterlogged this time.

replied on 05/01/2018 12:42

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Posted on 05/01/2018 12:30 by Yertiz

Ah, I see what you did there, playing the discrimination card, very good!

Just get a good lawyer

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:42

I don't need a good lawyer, I just need people to act fairly to all who use electric regardless of what they use it for!

Oneputt replied on 05/01/2018 12:44

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Posted on 05/01/2018 12:44

move off your seasonal pitch every 21 nights and spend two nights away at full price

Couldn't you do that for free at your so called home address? You could even charge your EV using your own meter

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replied on 05/01/2018 12:46

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Posted on 05/01/2018 12:41 by

I know that it is next winter Malc You won't have an EV until June?

The only reason that you are using AH CC site is that the CL that you use is waterlogged this time.

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:46

Also because there are no club sites near enough to where I work that are open at this time of year. If Northbrook Farm CMC site was open all year then that is where I would be staying now as it would save me having to spend two hours a day commuting.

brue replied on 05/01/2018 12:47

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Posted on 05/01/2018 12:47

It might be better not to get into all the personal stuff again, it tends to detract from the OP and until Malcolm actually owns an EV it's all a bit meaningless.

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replied on 05/01/2018 12:49

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:46 by

Also because there are no club sites near enough to where I work that are open at this time of year. If Northbrook Farm CMC site was open all year then that is where I would be staying now as it would save me having to spend two hours a day commuting.

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:49

As I have said before Malcolm. No problem to me at all. Have you sorted your heating?

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