Dodge all in on electric too 500 mile range Ram

JRscooby wrote:


Just trumping up numbers here, but if the cost of the wire is 20% of the upgrade (likely way high) then doubling that cost would raise the total cost 20%. If the CG thinks the bigger RVs, needing 50 AMP would pay for the upgrade in 5 years, then as long as the EVs pay the extra interest, pay-off is 6. Add the possibility of extra tax bennies, and the chance of using some sites mid-week for short times, just charging EVs


Most of the parks (public) I go to are upgrading some sites to 50 every winter.
No as I have said before, if power to the area is limiting factor, it is very likely that other people in the area are also limited for power. Adding solar or wind nearby, and upgrading the lines to put that power on the grid will solve many of those issues.

And I'm saying, the cost of bigger wire is a drop in the bucket compared to the total cost of major infrastructure upgrades to a campground. Had to upgrade that job above I was talking about from 10 ga to 8ga on the service legs. "Only" cost $3k in wire. And there's only enough wire on that job for about 2 custom homes.
It's ok, some people don't want to "understand" everything, they just "want it." (same analogy I used earlier)
Do you recall the recent thread on here about a new campground? 75 site or 175 site, or whatever it was, with a $10M price tag.
How much of that do you think was electrical infrastructure? I'd take a rough guess at 20% +. I mean, how much can it cost to do some grading work and run some dump trucks around? (Same mentality you were using, but I'm sure you can relate as a dump truck driver)
So $2M to wire and fire up a new campground. Rebuilding existing infrastructure is never or almost never cheaper than new construction.

Now, to be fair, some campground are in areas with little regulation for environmental and other things, and are far more economical to "improve." But MANY camping areas are in very highly regulated and environmentally sensitive or regulated areas (think Nat Parks).

Again, it's possible, it will happen, things will change, but in the meantime, there's more to it than the Thursday afternoon quarterbacks here are giving it credit for.