Re: Charging Points - comments please
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:52 pm
I believe that he has been away, but is back home now, just.
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Many thanks... I've made contactMaryRPerkins wrote:I believe that he has been away, but is back home now, just.
rustybkts wrote:
The conventional charge point seems to cost many thousands per unit.
As you know, you only need an RCCD protected supply for it to be safe so why the crazy cost.
They are very nice with their swipe card systems etc. but no use for high volume roll out which EV's need until battery technology can achieve the range to match or hopefully exceed ICE's.
That will be great!rustybkts wrote:Kevin, I look forward to meeting you soon and throwing some ideas around.
I'm not an electrician by trade. My background is in electronics and computing, and my business interests are in Medical IT in the US (we produce both computer hardware and software).rustybkts wrote:The idea of installing cheap charge points is great. I guess you or a colleague is a qualified electrician as I am.
Well, it's understandable that a commercial organisation has to cover it's costs... especially if they are running complex management systems. However, I don't think that's the only model of network by any means. The Park and Charge network (http://park-charge.ch/e/index.htm) has installed almost 1000 ultra low complexity charge points in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.rustybkts wrote:The conventional charge point seems to cost many thousands per unit.
These are all valid points... however, if we ever get to the point where the cost of electricity at the 'free' charge points is excessive then I'll be a very happy man... this would indicate to me that the charge points are being used and that electric vehicles are here to stay.ChrisB wrote:My point was really at trying to show the reasonings behind the higher cost of commercially available points a lot is to do with allowing them on the highway, your average street light costs around £1000 and that just lights up a bit of road
I was also just warning of the possible issues that private points that are available for public to use could have.
I do feel the inclusion of some sort of energy measuring device would be advantageous for the private units, or we could end up with the whole scheme back firing on us and EV users may end up being labelled as scroungers of electricity While £1.70 doesnt sound a lot for an hours usage on a 63A point, if that point started to get used a large amount £1.70/hr can soon start to mount up
Can you give us some idea of when this will go live? What capacity sockets will this deploy? We have a number of locations in the Hampshire, Wiltshire, and West Sussex areas and it would make sense to avoid duplication if possible.ChrisB wrote:At the end of the day keep up the good work, like I'm doing currently with the on street ones here in the south