Comment on Is charging electric car at holiday house "theft"?

• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah you’re comparing Amps to Watts, apples to oranges

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  • mackwinston@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    4Ah at 5 volts is 20 watt hours, or 1/3100th of a Tesla battery.

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  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You’re absolutely right a Tesla model 3 battery is around 230 Amp hours

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    • Beryl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A smartphone battery is usually operatibg at 3.7V. so a 4500mAh cell would give you about 17Wh.

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• Kerrigor@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Oh no, oh no, it's a few pence worth of electricity. Screeching noises THIEF!! HOW DARE YOU USE THE INCLUDED UTILITIES

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  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    According to my quick calculations- my current home tariff is 31p per kilowatt hour

    A Tesla model 3 has a 62kWh - so about £19 to recharge. If I’m staying there a couple of weeks and intend to drive heavily that would mount up. I’d definitely check with the house owner as a courtesy

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    • Kerrigor@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Air conditioning is usually 55 kWh per day, going to check with them before you use that too?

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      • smeeps@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Air conditioning isn’t generally used in the UK, and no way would it take 55kWh a day to bring one of our houses a few degrees down. Most UK households use less than 10kWh a day total.

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      • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        There’s absolutely no way that this home owner in North Wales would have aircon.

        But use of a built in appliance is not the same as running a cable out to power something that is likely to double the household’s normal usage. Just ask.

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• money_loo@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It's exactly the same except larger, unless you think the car is somehow pulling more than the house can give, which isn't how that works like, at all.

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  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s about £19 to completely recharge the Tesla. A fraction of a penny to recharge the phone. It’s polite to ask

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  • Hillock@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The size is exactly what matters. I think we can all agree that filling up a 5,000 gallon water tank with tap water from a vacation home isn't acceptable use.

    So the only question is at what point becomes the use too much. A single car might seem harmless but what if it's a group of 4 all arriving with their own car, charging it at the home.

    Clarifying what's acceptable and what isn't, is the right decision.

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