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The local heritage railway decided it would be a good idea if people using the railway could charge their car while on the train, so arrangements were made and a double charging point was fitted with some arrangement with a agent so people using it can pay.
So the railway gets the money for charging car minus a commission I would think, not used much as yet, but two 22 kW charge points are going to recharge most cars with a 2 hour train trip.
Today I was chatting to a guy charging his car, and he stopped talking to unplug the car and plug it back in, I asked why, and he said first 15 minutes is free, you only have to pay if using it for more than 15 minutes, so he goes to butty van and gets food and eats it in his car, unplugging and plugging back in every 15 minutes.
It seems idea is you can plug in and start the charge then arrange payment, not to give 15 minutes free, the railway guy was unaware this could be done, so it seems people are using the railways power without paying.
So I wonder how wide spread is this, do all charging stations allow 15 minutes free while your arranging payment, OK 80p is not that much, and if the person has gone on the train not that much of a problem, but the guy was not using the train, and butty van is not part of train system, to me it seems a bit off sitting there plugging the car in every 15 minutes to get 80p worth of power, just wondered how wide spread the problem is?
So the railway gets the money for charging car minus a commission I would think, not used much as yet, but two 22 kW charge points are going to recharge most cars with a 2 hour train trip.
Today I was chatting to a guy charging his car, and he stopped talking to unplug the car and plug it back in, I asked why, and he said first 15 minutes is free, you only have to pay if using it for more than 15 minutes, so he goes to butty van and gets food and eats it in his car, unplugging and plugging back in every 15 minutes.
It seems idea is you can plug in and start the charge then arrange payment, not to give 15 minutes free, the railway guy was unaware this could be done, so it seems people are using the railways power without paying.
So I wonder how wide spread is this, do all charging stations allow 15 minutes free while your arranging payment, OK 80p is not that much, and if the person has gone on the train not that much of a problem, but the guy was not using the train, and butty van is not part of train system, to me it seems a bit off sitting there plugging the car in every 15 minutes to get 80p worth of power, just wondered how wide spread the problem is?