100 amp service

CA Traveler wrote:

Reisender wrote:
RV resorts (RV country club) in Indio (the new one) has 70 amp service pedestals. That’s the most I have seen. I would think it will get more common as people are starting to trailer Electric Vehicles. Nice to have an extra 16 amps available for overnight charging. Many portable EVSE’s are either 16 amp or setable to 16 amps.

A 50A pedestal implies 50A + 20A plugs - right?

I was under the impression that EVs require a 240V connection for faster charging rates. And most have non RV plugs but perhaps adapters are available.

Just curious.

In this case nope. The pedestals has true 70 amp service. 50 amp 240 volt for the coach via a Nema 14-50 outlet. As well as another 20 amp 240 volt to accomadate the small casita that is built on each site. Most folks have a washer and dryer in the casita.

Re the EVSE for electtic vehicle charging. They are sized from 120 volt 12 amp to 80 amp 240 volt. Many folks (us included) carry a 16 amp 240 volt portable EVSE that can plug into a Nema 14-50 with adapters that allow it to plug into almost anything including 20 amp, 30 amp, etc. The vast majority of EV’s can charge at a max rate of 32 amps or 7.7 KW and many charge at 6.6 KW (like ours). However there are some like the model S and X as well as long range model 3’s that can charge up to 48 amps using a hard wired EVSE. The highest power portable EVSE’s are 40 amp as they can plug into a Nema 14-50. Some EVSE’s are dipswitch or software setable from 8 amps to 40 amps.

As well, in the past, but there were some model S and X Tesla’s with 72 and 80 amp on board chargers. But those were rare and are no longer made. The new ones are either 32 amp for standard range or 48 amp for long range. Tesla’s charge rates are also adjustable on the car via the main screen.

Hope that helps . I’m not a very good explainer. Sorry.