An RV park certainly seems like an unlikely allay. There are lots of pickup trucks, perhaps some right leaning political signs. But hidden beneath a frosty face is genuine hospitality, and more importantly, lots of 50 A RV outlets that can charge your car, perfect for some L2 grazing along your journey.
There are quite a few RV resorts around. A quick google search finds loads of them in or near Toronto, search terms like RV resort, RV campground and the like might tell you if there are any in your area. These tend to operate on a seasonal basis, and as I happened to be attending a course in the area, I figured I could fork over the camping fee of about $80, which gave me access to two days of charging over a weekend, perfect for my weekend course.
To use RV electrical hookups, you need to have something that can plug into the common RV plugs found throughout your region. Here in North America, the ones to prep for are preferably “50A” service, or alternatively “30A” (see table below), and use the regular household 15A plug as a last resort.
| Buzword in the RV world | 50-Amp | 30-Amp | 15-Amp |
| NEMA standard | NEMA-14-50 | NEMA-TT-30 | NEMA 5-15 |
| Voltage | 2-phase, 240V total | 1 – phase, 120V | 1 – phase, 120V |
| Current | 50 – Amp, limit charging to 40 A | 30 – Amp, limit charging to 24 A | 15 – Amp, limit charging to 12 A |
| Max power | 9.6 kW | 2.8 kW | 1.4 kW |
As we can see from the table, a fair bit of juice can be had from your RV park outlets. Its probably not fast enough to “fill-er-up” in 20 minutes or less, but if you are spending a few hours there, RV parks can open up creative charging solutions.
In my case, I had a weekend class, going there and back both Saturday and Sunday. Distance was on the edge of what my 2018 Leaf can do on one charge. So I got two choices, drive like a saint at 90 km/hr (speed-limit is 100 km/hr), or make use of the RV park’s charging facilities, 6 hours would add about 50-60% of charge into the battery, so why not make use of the RV parks charging facilities?
Cost might be a point here. The camping fee, set me back $80, but I got the use of a shower, charging and it also included the cost of admissions I would have to pay anyways. That shower was very nice as it was a hot sticky weekend, and my class involved a fair bit of heavy lifting.
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