Comment on Is charging electric car at holiday house "theft"?

• HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah you’re comparing Amps to Watts, apples to oranges

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    • mackwinston@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      4Ah at 5 volts is 20 watt hours, or 1/3100th of a Tesla battery.

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    • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’re absolutely right a Tesla model 3 battery is around 230 Amp hours

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      • Beryl@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        A smartphone battery is usually operatibg at 3.7V. so a 4500mAh cell would give you about 17Wh.

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  • Kerrigor@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • Kerrigor@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Air conditioning is usually 55 kWh per day, going to check with them before you use that too?

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  • money_loo@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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