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Perhaps you did not read what I wrote.
I was talking about charging in a caravan park, where you get to connect one 15 amp lead for your van, from which you need to run all the electric items in the van, and what is left charges up the vans batteries.
Then , when the batteries are charged, it will have some power left over to charge an EV, but it will still be running the elctric items in the van, so at no stage will you have the full 15 amps to charge an EV.
But even if you could get a second plug point at 15 AMPS, at 3.6KWr from 50% charge it is going to take at least 19 hours to get that 50%.
And of course, if you can only allow the EV charge to go down to 50%, you only have 50% of your original range.
Its a catch 22.
To reduce the charging time, you have to reduce the range.
Plus it means you need the vehicle to stay connected for that time, which means no exploring unless on foot.
As I said, its doable, just not yet practical.
Mick

<blockquote data-quote="mullokintyre" data-source="post: 1161111" data-attributes="member: 82018">Perhaps you did not read what I wrote.I was talking about charging in a caravan park, where you get to connect one 15 amp lead for your van, from which you need to run&nbsp; all the electric items in the van, and what is left charges up the vans batteries.Then , when the batteries are charged, it will have some&nbsp; power left over to charge an EV, but it will still be running&nbsp; the elctric items in the van, so at no stage will you have the full 15 amps to charge an EV.But even if you could get a second&nbsp; plug point at 15 AMPS,&nbsp; at 3.6KWr&nbsp; from 50% charge it is going to take at least 19 hours to get that 50%.And of course, if you can only allow the EV charge to go down to 50%, you only have 50% of your original range.Its a catch 22.&nbsp;To reduce the charging time, you have to reduce the&nbsp; range.Plus it means you need the vehicle to stay connected for that time, which means no exploring unless on foot.As I said, its doable, just not yet practical.Mick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mullokintyre, post: 1161111, member: 82018"] Perhaps you did not read what I wrote. I was talking about charging in a caravan park, where you get to connect one 15 amp lead for your van, from which you need to run all the electric items in the van, and what is left charges up the vans batteries. Then , when the batteries are charged, it will have some power left over to charge an EV, but it will still be running the elctric items in the van, so at no stage will you have the full 15 amps to charge an EV. But even if you could get a second plug point at 15 AMPS, at 3.6KWr from 50% charge it is going to take at least 19 hours to get that 50%. And of course, if you can only allow the EV charge to go down to 50%, you only have 50% of your original range. Its a catch 22. To reduce the charging time, you have to reduce the range. Plus it means you need the vehicle to stay connected for that time, which means no exploring unless on foot. As I said, its doable, just not yet practical. Mick [/QUOTE]

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