Hybrid vehicle / hook up

we are paying £1.089 litre for petrol as Tesco's in our area about £4.90 a gallon, £7.50 approximately a gallon and a half.

No idea how much a litre diseasal is near me .... I was under the impression diseasal is around £6 a gallon  😕

I just know it was around £100 to brim it.

But I think I could still get through a gallon & a half in 30 miles if i tried 😉

I am clearly a bit behind the times!!! Thanks for the link. At least it answers the OP's point about charging.

David

The cheapest diesel around here is £1.16 per litre I.e.£5.26 per gallon. At 20 miles per gallon it costs 26p per mile i,e, £7.89 for 30 miles.

The current way of paying to charge a hybrid is a joke and can only be temporary while the Club and other site owners wrestle with what is the real answer and when to take the plunge.

The market in electric vehicles is rapidly expanding. It is not going to be long before the first electric motorhomes are available in the UK. (They are already in use in other countries) The Club could put in separate charging points for rapid charging of electric vehicles but ultimately these would probably prove insufficient as well as inconvenient. An impractical solution in the long term in my view. The real solution is on pitch charging and with it metering even if it is slow charging but would that really matter when you are parked for the night or even longer?

It is only a question of when site owners are prepared to bite the bullet

peedee

If it is going to (at this time) cost £400-£500 to install a domestic charge point a commercial will be more expensive (as always) so to install them on camp sites to pitches  and ,with the upgrade to the power supply to the site  is going to be a massive investment and would not be able to be absorbed , with costs being passed on

 Metering of existing supplies would be the cheaper option, it is then down to whether 16 amp is sufficent. It probably would be with a few simple rules as to what you can run off it. e.g. if you are charging a vehicle run your heating off gas. Many of us are used to totting up the watts even when 16 amps and less is available. After all it I assume that is what hybrid owners are doing now?

peedee

Does that not sound like the same rules as we have for the club's Wi-Fi?  😉

There will always be those that will feel entitled to their 15.9A for the full 24hrs 

The "guide lines" of what power is drawn by appliances is already avilable on sites and in the Handbook,but then how many read let alone take notice of that sort of thing ,  a full EV i understand? is quite power hungry when on charge compaired to an Hi brid?

And i am sure JK can advise of the amount of times Bollards were tripped ,(before the later type without locks on the trips) they were called out to,

I also note that on some sites now it is up to the member on the pitch to make the EHU live via the trips before use

Its a good job they are regularly tested by site staff and  full test annually by contractors 

Do not mention heaters in awnings 

It probably would be with a few simple rules as to what you can run off it.

Simple rule is if the bollard trips you are using too much power. It should not be a problem with many hybrids which need 8 amps. Still enough for 1 kw heating, fridge and caravan charger I would think. Plug in at bed time. Maybe a gas kettle after plugging in? I don't know as cannot be faffed doing the full maths I suspect all electric is a different kettle of fish if charging from a 16 amp socket, as don't they use more like 13 amps minimum?