Pipcecil
Well-known member
Here in Texas its rare to see any of our local public chargers with another plug-in attached to it. More often than not, the places are iced if anything is there.
My question comes to the etiquette for businesses with public chargers. This questions is more geared to ones at businesses versus those in parking lots of shopping centers, but it could apply to those too.
Is it proper to pull into a public EVSE at a place of business to only walk to another place (i.e. I park at a mcdonalds and walk across the street to wendy's or a grocery store, etc.)? Do you feel the need to purchase something from those places of business for use of their EVSE (even though the evse is free)? For those businesses that are located with more quick-turnover (say a fast food place), is it proper to park there for multiple hours as you watch a movie at the theater close by (can this be off-set by buying something there) when the places itself usually only sees spots occupied, at most, for 30 minutes? Finally, for fast chargers, you are usually waiting for the car to "fill-up" instead of going somewhere or shopping, do you think its proper to purchase something that has hosted that QC?
Is the situation different if the charging was required to get back home? What if the trip was planned that way (i.e. I could have taken the second car, but choose the leaf and need to charge to get back home)? How about its more of a convienent charge (I don't need it to get home, but the extra electrons are nice!)?
Just wanted everyone's opinions.
My question comes to the etiquette for businesses with public chargers. This questions is more geared to ones at businesses versus those in parking lots of shopping centers, but it could apply to those too.
Is it proper to pull into a public EVSE at a place of business to only walk to another place (i.e. I park at a mcdonalds and walk across the street to wendy's or a grocery store, etc.)? Do you feel the need to purchase something from those places of business for use of their EVSE (even though the evse is free)? For those businesses that are located with more quick-turnover (say a fast food place), is it proper to park there for multiple hours as you watch a movie at the theater close by (can this be off-set by buying something there) when the places itself usually only sees spots occupied, at most, for 30 minutes? Finally, for fast chargers, you are usually waiting for the car to "fill-up" instead of going somewhere or shopping, do you think its proper to purchase something that has hosted that QC?
Is the situation different if the charging was required to get back home? What if the trip was planned that way (i.e. I could have taken the second car, but choose the leaf and need to charge to get back home)? How about its more of a convienent charge (I don't need it to get home, but the extra electrons are nice!)?
Just wanted everyone's opinions.