Charging electric cars on Club sites.

cariadon replied on 19/12/2017 12:02

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.

Yertiz replied on 05/01/2018 12:49

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:37 by

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.

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:49

I've just spent two weeks on Baltic Wharf at over £32 per night

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but that was your choice, you went there on holiday, didn't you?

replied on 05/01/2018 12:50

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:44 by Oneputt

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 metersurprised

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:50

No, we prefer not to because we don't like having to share the kitchen and bathroom with someone else when we have our own kitchen and bathroom in the caravan.

replied on 05/01/2018 12:53

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:49 by Yertiz

I've just spent two weeks on Baltic Wharf at over £32 per night

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but that was your choice, you went there on holiday, didn't you?

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:53

Yes and when I do go away on holiday as well as having a seasonal pitch, I'm paying for two sites whilst only using one. So I'm surely paying my fair share.

Wherever we choose to stay, you can rest assured that somebody is getting paid by me for it!

replied on 05/01/2018 12:56

Posted on 05/01/2018 12:56

There is nowt like sound economics to win a debate Malcolm laughing

replied on 05/01/2018 13:11

Posted on 05/01/2018 13:11

A simple question to all those who have EV's and intend to charge them on a CL in future -

Do you accept that the CL owner has almost certainly not expected anyone to charge their car using his electricity and consequently will not have made any allowance for such electricity in his pricing?

If so, will you inform the CL owner before using his electricity bearing in mind the end result is that the additional cost can only be shared by 4 others at best? 

brue replied on 05/01/2018 13:14

Posted on 05/01/2018 13:14

I would be asking any CL owner for permission if charging an EV on site. CL owners operate their own systems often on low margins and it would only be polite ask.

Yertiz replied on 05/01/2018 13:20

Posted on 05/01/2018 13:20

As entertaining as it is, I can't take any more, my brain hurts!

I need to have a lie down and recuperate wink 

Rocky 2 buckets replied on 05/01/2018 13:38

Posted on 05/01/2018 09:48 by Oneputt

R2B you may think that I am a hypocrite, fine thats your view

 

Posted on 05/01/2018 13:38

I never isolated you as a hypocrite OP, in fact I included myself & many others in the post. You chose to read the post that way sadly.

replied on 05/01/2018 13:46

Posted on 05/01/2018 13:11 by

A simple question to all those who have EV's and intend to charge them on a CL in future -

Do you accept that the CL owner has almost certainly not expected anyone to charge their car using his electricity and consequently will not have made any allowance for such electricity in his pricing?

If so, will you inform the CL owner before using his electricity bearing in mind the end result is that the additional cost can only be shared by 4 others at best? 

Posted on 05/01/2018 13:46

The simple answer is no. The price of EHU used on CLs is included in the site fee so the CL owner does not need to be told what the power is being used for. You can stay on CL with no EHU for £5 a night. Cls that provide EHU charge upwards from £12 a night. That's £7 a night difference! Normal usage of power including EV charging would not amount to more than £3 to £4 a night. Maybe even less.

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