autoformers for dummies (me)

Naio wrote:
Ok, so it is costing the cg $80 per day. Divided by 500 sites, that is 16 cents per site. If they truly can't afford that overhead, I am pretty sure Mr Tuna would not mind paying the extra 16 cents.

:R

So..

You ARE saying that you would not mind your next door neighbor and their next door neighbor and next one and next one and so on to connect an extension cord to YOUR home and "borrow" some power and YOU pay for them to live scott free????

THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING :h

Obviously you have never been in the position of owning or operating a business..

A business MUST make some sort of "profit" in order to continue and that goes for campgrounds.. Electricity in campgrounds is not "free" to the campground. They MUST pay for it and at COMMERCIAL RATES and as I mentioned, commercial power rates ARE more expensive than residential (in the USA, can't say about Canada but I would expect similar).

"borrowing" a few extra watts to you might seem trivial but in the end of the day that $80 extra they pay WILL affect the EMPLOYEES, the SERVICES the campground provides to YOU and others.

Sometimes I am extremely embarrassed owning a RV knowing just how selfish MOST CAMPERS are and this forum seems to bring out some of the most selfishness that I have ever seen.

It is the reason why some campgrounds METER their lots and the ones that don't meter, raise the rates.. Then folks come here and whine about how expensive the campgrounds have gotten :S

You do also realize the more power drawn, the lower the voltages get for everyone??? Yep, makes a bad thing even worse when you are selfish..