The future cost of RV stay

rjstractor wrote:

Super_Dave wrote:
My boat has an electric trolling motor on it and I charge it every night in my campsite after using it all day. When camping, I don't think that the electric car/truck would require the the 15 - 30 minute charging time. Whatever system was provided in a campground could easily be an over night type deal.

Comparing the charging requirements of an electric trolling motor to an EV is like comparing the fuel requirements of a lawn mower to a motorhome. Charging an EV on a standard 30A 120V RV site cannot be done overnight. A 50A 240V plug can do it, but as has been stated the electrical grid of most campgrounds can't handle it. If you are charging your EV, you will have nothing left to run your AC, microwave or anything else.

Agree on the first part of your statement but will clarify something on the second. Our Toad is an EV. Some EV’s have the ability to user control the charge rate. Ours does not. But we do have an EVSE that allows for a lower charge rate. Some EVSE’s are adjustable. Anywhere from 8 amps 120 volts to 40 amps 240 volts. When charging at a campground we use our 16 amp 240 volt EVSE. We plug it into the 50 amp plug and plug the Motorhome into the 30 amp plug with a 50 to 30 adapter. Our coach runs fine on 30 amps as we have an EMS that controls loads in the coach.

We always inform the campground operator what we are doing, explain to him how much additional power it will draw and ask him/her if he wants additional money. Having said that this has only happened a half dozen times. So far the campground operators have not asked for additional funds.

And having said all that a small EV toad doesn’t have anywhere near the capacity of a truck EV. I would suspect a campground will want compensation for filling a battery of that size.

Just a little real world info.