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Grit_dog
Feb 18, 2022Navigator
Reisender wrote:
Ahh I see what you are saying. I would think most EVers would choose other places to charge than an RV park unless they are staying there though.
Re summer use. Yah for sure. Because of course the RV air conditioners would also be on. I guess the other side of that is If someone checks in for 4 days they would probably only be charging the first day though.
Yes, there's the logistical things that utopians generally dismiss as someone else's problem, or just dismiss altogether for the convenience of making their point, whether it's a well thought out opinion or not.
Of course, the "peak load" of the theoretical line of 2 AC campers and EVs charging, all running at the same time while every wife is drying her hair and every husband is microwaving popcorn is not going to happen all the time or maybe never in my exaggerated example.
BUT, the logistics of it is, the system "needs" to be designed for a high % of those simultaneous peak loads.
Just add it to the tab, right? Bigger wire aint very expensive according to someone on this thread. Simple solution...
The other logistics is, it's 100deg out and all the 2AC folks are hogging the power, so now I need to stop and charge up before I get back from my day trip, caue both my ACs also have to cool down my camper from being heat soked all day becasue I conserved power and shut them off this morning when I left...but I was planning on charging at camp because there aint no level 3 chargers for my Rivian, ERam, cyberfruck, whatever, in Heron MT. Guess I'll plug in behind the Holiday station here and mooch a 120V outlet for the next 6 hours to make enough juice to get the 40 miles back to the NF campground so I don't have to call my buddy who doesn't have cell service or didn't come on this trip, to bring me a gallon of gas and the generator that wilL need to use the gas!
EVs are city slicker vehicles designed to be used primarily in urban or well traveled areas. I doubt there will be sufficient charging capability where I chose to vacation or camp, or even live, given the choice, for a loooong time.
Difference is, I can go anywhere and fill up 4x in the same day if needed and it takes a total of about 10min per fillup and and I'm off to the races again.
Then there's the rest of the petroleum fired toys and conveniences that we all know and love. Until I get that EWake Boat and the trees in the mountains start sprouting level 2 chargers, I and everyone else who isn't a tree hugger is still tied to gasoline and diesel in some fashion anyway.
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