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IMO the electric oven is an appliance of the house, can be used at your better convenience. But the consumption of your car, was it by fuel or by electricity by charging a 80 - 100 kWh car battery, should not be supported by the property owner.

And you are comparing a phone battery with a car battery, I get that on paper it looks like that same but obviously this is messed up comparison. Sounds like comparing filling water for pasta cooking and filling a 40k L swimming pool…

In the end, the answer will be that renting prices will increase to support the extra electricity cost. And those not having an electric car will pay more for nothing more.

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Kerrigor@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Better not charge your phone or laptop either then 🙄

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- HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  A smartphone battery is about 4,000mAh a Tesla Model 3 is about 62kWh
  
  One thing is not like another
  
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  - JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yeah you’re comparing Amps to Watts, apples to oranges
    
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    mackwinston@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    4Ah at 5 volts is 20 watt hours, or 1/3100th of a Tesla battery.
    
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    HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You’re absolutely right a Tesla model 3 battery is around 230 Amp hours
    
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  - Kerrigor@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Oh no, oh no, it's a few pence worth of electricity. Screeching noises THIEF!! HOW DARE YOU USE THE INCLUDED UTILITIES
    
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    HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    According to my quick calculations- my current home tariff is 31p per kilowatt hour
    
    A Tesla model 3 has a 62kWh - so about £19 to recharge. If I’m staying there a couple of weeks and intend to drive heavily that would mount up. I’d definitely check with the house owner as a courtesy
    
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  - money_loo@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It's exactly the same except larger, unless you think the car is somehow pulling more than the house can give, which isn't how that works like, at all.
    
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    Hillock@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    The size is exactly what matters. I think we can all agree that filling up a 5,000 gallon water tank with tap water from a vacation home isn't acceptable use.
    
    So the only question is at what point becomes the use too much. A single car might seem harmless but what if it's a group of 4 all arriving with their own car, charging it at the home.
    
    Clarifying what's acceptable and what isn't, is the right decision.
    
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    HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    It’s about £19 to completely recharge the Tesla. A fraction of a penny to recharge the phone. It’s polite to ask
    
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Hogger85@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I get it’s different, but is it theft. If there was a wattmeter and I filled an inflatable swimming pools every day would that be theft… What if I brought an inflatable hot tub and ran the heater for the week. If electricity is included in the rate that implies the guest can use what they want

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