Crack Down on 50 Amp Rigs Using 30 Amp Sites
I don't know how long this has been going on but I learned today that some RV parks including the Washington/Pittsbugh KOA I had booked has a policy that if your rig has 50 amp service, you can't use ...
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pianotuna wrote:I posted much earlier in this thread that around $2.00 (that's US dollars, not that goofy loonie and toonie thing :) ) is the actual difference in cost on a daily basis. Obviously that will vary with depending upon actual individual usage and power rates etc. But on average $2.00 is pretty close. Meters, suprisingly are not expensive and can be retrofitted to many pedestals. But it is beyond impractical to use them in a park that primarily serves daily and weekly guests.
I know it costs a lot--but individual power meters may be a way to help level the playing field at a campground.
I know of one that only surcharges $2 Cdn for 50 amp over 30 amp. Obviously they do not understand the difference in their potential costs.
Electrical expense is way, way, way down the list of expenses that a park needs to manage in order to maximize profitability. I'll save more money in a day by changing all the common area lighting to LED bulbs than I would spending all season trying to manage and change guests' behavior in how they run their electrical devices and appliances.
