Re: Who's in Charge of EV Charging?

[Robert W Oldham <ks4lb_bob@JUNO.COM>]

On Tue, 30 Dec 1997 23:55:54 -0700 Bruce {EVangel} Parmenter
<brucedp@MAILEXCITE.COM> writes:
>That is why I went with several chargers in parallel, rather than one
Large
>charger. It will give me the flexibility to 'suck power' from nearly
>any combination of outlets. I have six flush mounted male receptacles
>mounted where my grill was (It kind of looks like my EV is ready to
>'Bite' a power pole. I will have about 14KW charging capability.

That's really putting teeth in the response!
>
>I have had one response for going forward (Yay) to install Avcon
>conductive receptacle in my blazer (please send me your views Yay or
>nay).

I'd say "go for it!"
>
>There was an inquiry as to 'where to mount it'.
>IHMO: The connection to the power should always be in front. Power
>will be provided in front of the vehicle as it parks in the public EV
>parking spots I had seen, and what I have set up at my work (HP).
>
>I have seen the Production EVs put the connection on the side-front
>fender area. This is not optimal. It uses valuable 'between the
>parked cars' space, it makes the power cable longer, and it takes just
>that much longer to connect it (imagine a person in uncomfortable
>weather conditions).
>
Against that put the difficulty of adequately sealing the closure to fend
off the "frontal attack" of the weather elements. I still like the gas
filler. Maybe EV charging sites can be arranged as posts beside the
vehicle rather than in front of it?

Bob Oldham
Re: Who's in Charge of EV Charging?