tacollie
Glamper
Thread 'First Ever Truck Camper, Barely any Range loss' https://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/first-ever-truck-camper-barely-any-range-loss.247160/
If you drove a EV truck, with a camper top
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BritKLR
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Sorry couldn't say. It was in the Home Depot lot in Boulder, Co. the other day.
luthj
Engineer In Residence
Charging an EV truck at an EV charging station? Of course that's fine.
I am probably the user the OP is talking about (misrepresenting really). The OP (in another thread) was discussing putting a level 2 adapter on his diesel powered expedition camper for powering his house electrical system. If I recall correctly he proposed to park/plug up at free level 2 chargers on cloudy days, so he could work remote on the cheap. I asked him not to do that, as abusing the privilege means some areas will just ban all RVs from using level 2 charging stations. On my new rig I will probably carry an adapter to connect to level 2 chargers in a pinch. I however will have a high powered charger, so I only need 20-45 minutes for a quick top up.
A gasoline/diesel powered RV using a public EV charging station as shore power for hours a day? That could pose an issue in areas with limited charging stations.
If you have a high powered charger for your house batteries, and just need a brief top-off that probably isn't much of an issue. But I have seen RVs parked at cheap/free level 2 EV chargers for 8+ hours. Ostensibly to avoid paying for a campsite with hook-ups.
Using a public EV charger as shore power is only really an issue for level 2 chargers, as DC fast chargers (level 3 chargers) are high voltage DC. I haven't seen anyone try to design a charger for 12-48V house battery banks using a DC fast charger (at least not yet). That would likely be prohibitively expensive.
I also find it somewhat amusing how many folks immediately start bashing on EV owners. Early on there was a decent percentage of enthusiastic advocate owners. We are long past that now, with most EV owners (like myself) simply doing it because its cheaper and easier for our usage.
I am probably the user the OP is talking about (misrepresenting really). The OP (in another thread) was discussing putting a level 2 adapter on his diesel powered expedition camper for powering his house electrical system. If I recall correctly he proposed to park/plug up at free level 2 chargers on cloudy days, so he could work remote on the cheap. I asked him not to do that, as abusing the privilege means some areas will just ban all RVs from using level 2 charging stations. On my new rig I will probably carry an adapter to connect to level 2 chargers in a pinch. I however will have a high powered charger, so I only need 20-45 minutes for a quick top up.
A gasoline/diesel powered RV using a public EV charging station as shore power for hours a day? That could pose an issue in areas with limited charging stations.
If you have a high powered charger for your house batteries, and just need a brief top-off that probably isn't much of an issue. But I have seen RVs parked at cheap/free level 2 EV chargers for 8+ hours. Ostensibly to avoid paying for a campsite with hook-ups.
Using a public EV charger as shore power is only really an issue for level 2 chargers, as DC fast chargers (level 3 chargers) are high voltage DC. I haven't seen anyone try to design a charger for 12-48V house battery banks using a DC fast charger (at least not yet). That would likely be prohibitively expensive.
I also find it somewhat amusing how many folks immediately start bashing on EV owners. Early on there was a decent percentage of enthusiastic advocate owners. We are long past that now, with most EV owners (like myself) simply doing it because its cheaper and easier for our usage.
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Ex Animo
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I feel this as well, a lot of EV owners are not fringe early adopters of fancy new tech, they just bought what makes the most sense to them. Our EV is a regular car in almost every way outside of just plugging it in at night vs going to a gas station. What you drive doesn't have to be your entire persona.
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