westernrvparkowner wrote:
smkettner wrote:
westernrvparkowner wrote:
Wow, I did a bit of research and some basic math and found out that the 50 AMP charger for a Tesla draws 40 amps at 240 volts (10 kw). Or to put it another way, 80 percent of the maximum available power at a 50 amp pedestal. Furthermore, a complete charge at that rate would take up to 7 hours. NEC allows 7 50 Amp pedestals per 200 amp service loop. 5 Teslas charging on that loop would take 100 percent of the available power for that entire loop, leaving the 7 RVs completely without power.
A complete charge for a Tesla would cost us around $7.00 (10 cents per kwh). It is our experience that a fully electric coach costs us around $5.00 per day in electrical costs, so the Tesla is nearly a 50 percent greater energy hog than a 45 foot Prevost (provided the Tesla only needed one charge that day. It is entirely possible that with it's 250 mile range a person could run it dry in the morning after charging all night and need another full recharge that same day). No way electric cars can share the current electrical grids in RV parks.
Share? If you have 5 out of 7 slots filled with Tesla I think your business is about to change.
But really why not allow ONE and charge him $35 to charge? (6 hour max) and send him on his way.
We don't have any slots filled with Teslas. I was just pointing out the electrical grids of RV parks cannot accommodate electric vehicles. To do so would require the remaking of the entire electric system in the park and that would cost 100s of thousands of dollars. And I am not going to rent a site for $35.00 to charge a vehicle. I get much more than that renting that site to an RV and I don't have someone trying to kill 6 hours of idle time. I think my business is going to remain pretty much the same until my batteries are fully discharged. People will stay in my RV parks and will refuel/recharge their vehicles at a vehicle refueling/charging facility. But until charging times improves dramatically or the range of electric vehicles increases significantly, electric vehicles will not become practical for many of us. I often face a 300 plus round trip that has to be completed in a day, hauling a substantial load in my pickup, often towing a utility trailer. Current electric vehicles would turn that into a three or 4 day journey. Might as well get a horse and wagon team and use no fossil fuels.
RVPO, While I enjoy reading your posts either for their entertainment value or their slightly skewed take on most subjects I have to say;
I wish you would learn to hit that *ENTER* key and PARAGRAPH your posts. It would make your communication much more effective, which I assume is your goal, and make it much easier for us to read. (To say nothing of counter with facts, have a good laugh or just shake our heads or in some cases be informed)
Thanks
