John & Angela wrote:
There will always be abusers or people who take advantage of a situation but overall I think most will follow the rules. I have talked to others driving EV’s and haven’t met anyone who didn’t do it without permission or paying an additional fee. Remember as well that although EV’s can theoretically pull up to 40 amps at 240 volts this is totally adjustable for most EV’s or via the EVSE that plugs into the stove plug. We can adjust right down to 8 amps at 120 volts with ours. Or about double what the fridge uses. If you are in a campground you are probably not in a hurry to charge so this might be adequate. If not a 30 minutes stop at a DC fast charger can always be done.
Signage is important though. If the campground owner is uncomfortable with EV’s charging in his/campground then good signage is important. The campground knows the infrastructure of his campground and doesn’t need to invite problems associated with additional load. Depending on proximity to commercial charging facilities I doubt it would affect my decision to stay there.
People (EV owners or not) tend to be selfish. If the low amp setting wont' have it topped up by morning, most will ramp it up and it's not really practical for the owner to monitor it.
It's naive to think otherwise.
