Hey Everyone, I’m about to buy my first EV (2020 chevy bolt) and there is a hotel next to my apartment with a lvl 2 charger. I called and asked if Its open for the public and their response was “Technically its only for guests but as long as you don’t hog the charger I don’t see any problem with using it”. They seemed busy so I didn’t ask anything else, but for a slow charger like this, what is considered too long to charge? My plan was to just leave it there for like 4 hours once a week, but would you count that as “hogging” it? If it matters, they do have 2 charging slots, but only one is functional and they don’t know if/when the other will be fixed
Disclaimer: I’ve only had my EV for about a month and usually charge at work or home so haven’t got that much experience with public charger etiquette.
I wouldn’t think 4 hours a week is “hogging it” but I would think the etiquette somewhat depends what 4 hours you are there. If your 4 hours coincidence with the peak usage of the charger (maybe when people are checking in for example) that is different to 4 hours when nobody is there anyway.
I was thinking about that, and it seems this is a very low usage charger. Chargepoint app shows its last use was 5 days ago. As for low volume times, that makes sense… I’ll probably just charge in the morning and have it gone before their check in time. Maybe I could even leave a note on the dash for them to call me if they want me to move it