Charging electric vehicles on club pitches
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Having just purchased a Tesla Model X which I understand is the only UK electric car capable of towing a caravan, I am reading this thread with a lot of interest. I am fully aware of the costs of charging my EV vehicle, and whilst I sympathise with those that will look upon me thinking that they are paying for my “fuelling” up on site, I can assure you with the likelihood of me only acquiring 5amps into the vehicle it will only equate to pennies. The reason I will probably have to do this is to prevent what they call “vampire drain” where the vehicles power will reduce if left over time. My family and I are very energy conscious and limit our power usage on site through our caravan anyway, and we run a modern day energy efficient rig, so would welcome the challenge to compare overall electric usage. Having said that, anyone that takes offence at me “plugging in”, I will gladly give them the 50p they think they have been robbed, although I will in return monitor how many cups of tea they boil. I for one am embracing this new technology and we caravanners have to start somewhere otherwise we will be towing our pride and joy with a steam engine.
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MH14, there is another thread on this subject somewhere and in that thread there is the club's official stance which is that at present it is OK to charge your lekky car via your caravan but not acceptable to connect the car directly to the bollard.
I'm of the opinion that you're paying to use 16amp EHU so it’s up to you whether you use it to charge your car, heat your awning or whatever but, in return, please don’t monitor my usage or attempt to suggest that we should be embracing those extremely expensive pieces of modern technology which are way beyond the practical reach of most of us. Lucky you, eh! 😀
https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/inventory/new/mx?arrangeby=plh&zip=&range=0
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Steam engine?-coal will be illegal to use soon👍🏻😂
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why should they, you haven't paid for it? While you have with EHU
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Argument, where?
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50p or £1 one?
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Not in the way you mean… but if you insist…😃😂
Who's doing the Full Monty? 😱😳
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Ok I've paid up, where's my argument
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Oh, yes, he has.🤨
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yes I did
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No argument at all Magnet, I agree many of the present EVs are good for short journeys and apart from Tesla non have been approved for towing.
Because we have an EV and now have experience of driving one I tend to post on EV threads to say it's ok to drive. I wish it had been approved for towing but it hasn't. Luckily ours does long distance driving too so for our particular make it has been a good experience.
edit And we haven't yet taken it to a club site and if we did I doubt whether we'd charge it on site, it's a full EV not a hybrid and it's easier and quicker to do that at a charge point somewhere. But it would be possible to top it up if needed without causing a huge draw on the site electricity, we'd just have to adjust what we were using in the van.
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So long as you pay the fee for the extra car on site then that's fine.
As an FYI I use blankets when I'm chilly in my awning, but I'll be writing to the club and demanding that they charge extra for those using awning heaters, as I don't and I think it's unfair that they're using high demand items like heaters for multiple hours each day.
When put like that, it sounds utterly preposterous, doesn't it?
Sites allow 10A or 16A usage. It's for the caravanner to use as they see fit, so long as they don't blow the electrical point and spoil it for everyone else.
It's about time people stopped being utterly miserable and sneering at their fellow club members because they do something different to them and just let bygones be bygones. If you want to tow with a hybrid, then tow with a hybrid, if you don't, you don't. Just have a great holiday and don't blow the electrics.
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EVs come with what’s known as a granny charger, the idea being that you can visit your granny and top up by plugging into the house. The charger takes 10 amps so is very slow and would take many hours to fully charge the car, maybe 10 hours from 20% to 80%.
So if you plug your EV into your caravan you only have a few amps left so will need to use gas for cooking and heating therefore your overall consumption may not be that much different to normal usage.
As brue says, most EV owners will use fast or rapid chargers. The granny charger is for emergency use.1 -
This post originates from 2017, and you can STILL count the number of EVs capable of towing a NORMAL standard Caravan on the fingers of one hand, and they are usually at an astronomically high price.So I think we are worrying for nothing, Also most Smaller EV's cannot be towed on their wheels, so that discounts the many A frame users in Motorhomes, that just leaves folk who tow trailers with a car on it.So, not that many.
EV's will take a long time before they become a problem on CMC sites. They just don't have the power required at the right price.
When one wins Towcar of the Year....fairly
I might take notice.
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Tesla Model Y is on the way, towing capacity of 1,600kg and a price no more than many SUVs, if it sells like the Model 3 currently is doing this issue will become a "real" issue sooner than you think.
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l have just got a new outlander Phev, I have spoken to the club about this and they said l can charge from my caravan for an extra £2.00 per night. I am more that happy to pay this cost. That way it’s more than covering the cost and fair to everyone.
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