The timing of this discussion is great. My sidewalk is being replaced. I had asked the contractor before he started if I would be able to use my driveway and he said not at all.
So, on the way home, I stopped at the only fast charger in the neighborhood.... the ChadeMo plug was available, but the machine only serves one at a time, and there was a big NYC SUV-taxi charging on CCS. I talked to the driver, he was settled in for the long haul. I gave him encouragement about driving an EV. There are not so many places to charge in NYC at the moment. So I arrived home almost on empty. At about 1:00 am, I pulled my car into my neighbor's driveway, moved the cable for my OpenEVSE to that side of the house, put a note to say "Sorry to block you, Knock if you need to get out", and sat down in the DR to install a couple of Ensemble/HealthShare instances. There was no knock, and I moved the car at 2. The differences are - I was tresspassing/blocking him, but I knew if I had asked, he would allow. And it was my electricity, about 6 KWh. Then, last night, I wanted to top off.... Long ago, I had asked the City Code official if I would be allowed to put an outlet at the curb, and was told, no, it is a right-of-way.... and they won't allow a cord across the sidewalk. Well, my sidewalk is a construction zone. So I parked with the nose of my car touching the cones, ran 50' 12 gauge extension across the gravel and the forms, and charged over night. I might need to do the same Monday night, since I drive again on Tuesday. Or I can explore a Level 2 that I have not visited yet in a neighboring town.... On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 9:57 AM paul dove via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > What’s funny about that is that he couldn’t have gotten more than 2 or 3 > dollars worth of electricity. > > Maybe a misdemeanor not even sure a judge would bother when the did the > math but that is very rude. > > I can see the home owner being upset and worse yet parking in the grass. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 27, 2019, at 3:12 AM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a28524175/tesla-owner-steals-electricity-charging/ > > Florida Man Parks His Tesla Overnight on a Stranger's Lawn to Steal > > Electricity > > Jul 26, 2019 Clifford Atiyeh > > > > [image > > > https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/screen-shot-2019-07-26-at-6-16-20-pm-1564179397.png > > Tesla charging on front lawn / WPBF News > > ] > > > > The owner of the Tesla Model 3 used an extension cord to plug in to a > > complete stranger's outlet for 12 hours. > > > > This actually happened and is not a joke, as reported by WPBF 25 in > Lake > > Worth, Florida. > > > > A Tesla Model 3 was left outside on a homeowner's lawn for 12 hours to > > charge using his electricity, all without his knowledge or permission. > > > > Please do not be this pathetic while driving an EV. > > > > Driving an electric car can sometimes make a calm person slide into > bouts of > > extreme desperation. That may be the kindest way to describe why a > Florida > > man ditched his Tesla on another person's lawn, stole electricity from > that > > house, and walked off to party with friends in the middle of the night. > > > > WPBF 25 television reported this exact scene in Lake Worth, a seaside > locale > > just south of West Palm Beach, that occurred last Friday. The Model 3 > owner, > > who was lucky to be unnamed in the story and have trespassing charges > > dropped by the homeowner, said his car's battery had died on the way to a > > friend's house around midnight. So, he figured, why not pull up onto a > > stranger's front lawn and stretch a 120-volt cord to an external outlet—a > > grounded plug surrounded by well-manicured landscaping, just perfect—and > > leave the car for 12 hours? > > > > Homeowner Phil Phil Fraumeni said he woke up on that Friday morning to a > > call from his landscaper asking him to move his white Model 3 off the > lawn. > > Fraumeni replied he didn't have a Model 3. Then he saw the friendly setup > > that had been draining electricity while he slept. WPBF 25 said he waited > > several hours for the car's owner to return before calling police, who > then > > tracked down the owner's address and waited some more for the man to show > > up. He showed up, didn’t apologize, was told he'd committed a crime, and > > that was that. What's more, he didn’t pay Fraumeni a red cent for the > free > > charge. > > > > Low batteries can do something to the human psyche. Range anxiety is > still a > > thing, no matter if a Tesla can comfortably travel 250-plus miles per > > charge, when you're not following the car's prescribed instructions to > > charge at precisely the right times. But when you screw up, you ... 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