kurtlikevonnegut
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Hello friends, I have a confession to make. I'm not proud, but here it goes:
I left my first "note under the windshield wiper" of my life this morning. Today, I was "that guy"
Context: driving up to Greenville for the week where I'm staying at a hotel with charging stations (Chargepoint) and I decided to run a test last night using All Purpose instead of Conserve to compare efficiency on the same route and speed. Turned out to be a risky move as I pulled into the hotel around midnight with about as low of a range as I've ever had (about 6% SoC) and as I come to the chargers, my worst fear is confirmed: I've been ICEd. More context: this hotel has 4 Chargepoint chargers. One pedestal is not set up properly and therefore sort of works but doesn't really. The other pedestal is placed between a standard and a handicapped spot. Result, there is essentially one reliable charging spot at this hotel (and even then I have to park ON the line to get the cable to reach). The offender was parked in that one spot. It was a PHEV minivan that was not plugged in.
I chanced it and plugged into the sketchy charger and got it charging, but sure as rain it had a fault overnight and I awoke to find that I only ended up getting about 4 hours of charge at 6kw. Needless to say I was irate. I left a polite note on the windshield on my way out this morning.
Again, not proud, but I needed to get it out there. The van is lucky honestly because this situation resulted in the most frustrated DCFC session I've had yet, and if I had come back to the parking lot afterwards it probably would have been to put Kool Aid in their windshield wiper fluid.
I left my first "note under the windshield wiper" of my life this morning. Today, I was "that guy"
Context: driving up to Greenville for the week where I'm staying at a hotel with charging stations (Chargepoint) and I decided to run a test last night using All Purpose instead of Conserve to compare efficiency on the same route and speed. Turned out to be a risky move as I pulled into the hotel around midnight with about as low of a range as I've ever had (about 6% SoC) and as I come to the chargers, my worst fear is confirmed: I've been ICEd. More context: this hotel has 4 Chargepoint chargers. One pedestal is not set up properly and therefore sort of works but doesn't really. The other pedestal is placed between a standard and a handicapped spot. Result, there is essentially one reliable charging spot at this hotel (and even then I have to park ON the line to get the cable to reach). The offender was parked in that one spot. It was a PHEV minivan that was not plugged in.
I chanced it and plugged into the sketchy charger and got it charging, but sure as rain it had a fault overnight and I awoke to find that I only ended up getting about 4 hours of charge at 6kw. Needless to say I was irate. I left a polite note on the windshield on my way out this morning.
Again, not proud, but I needed to get it out there. The van is lucky honestly because this situation resulted in the most frustrated DCFC session I've had yet, and if I had come back to the parking lot afterwards it probably would have been to put Kool Aid in their windshield wiper fluid.
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