Charging from a terraced house
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:43 pm
I live in a terrace so do not benefit from a driveway to park the EV on.
I get round this by running a cable from an upstairs window, looping it around a cross-member on the lamp-post outside then down to the van.
If I'm forced to park a couple of spaces down then I loop the cable through a V in a handy tree.
Even this though, has caused trouble. A Council official turned up one day and reported that somebody had complained. At first he thought that I had been trailing the cable across the pavement. When I described how I did it he became very sympathetic and said he would come back only if there was another complaint. One year on and I've heard nothing am glad to say.
I've had no problems with this charging method, but it does mean that I can't leave the house whilst charging in case something goes wrong or some errant local youth decides to try and haul the cable down.
Anybody else have complex charing arrangements?
I get round this by running a cable from an upstairs window, looping it around a cross-member on the lamp-post outside then down to the van.
If I'm forced to park a couple of spaces down then I loop the cable through a V in a handy tree.
Even this though, has caused trouble. A Council official turned up one day and reported that somebody had complained. At first he thought that I had been trailing the cable across the pavement. When I described how I did it he became very sympathetic and said he would come back only if there was another complaint. One year on and I've heard nothing am glad to say.
I've had no problems with this charging method, but it does mean that I can't leave the house whilst charging in case something goes wrong or some errant local youth decides to try and haul the cable down.
Anybody else have complex charing arrangements?