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OK, first of all, I am not posting looking for brownie points in any way (although likes on the forum are always appreciated!!!) but I felt that I wanted to post what happened today when I charged at the Exeter services rapid as it is quite relevant to recent discussions.
As you saw in my previous post titled "How not to do it" the Exeter rapid has two chargers... one that has AC and CHAdeMO and a newer one that has CCS and CHAdeMO.
When I arrived there was no one on either so I parked on the left bay and plugged in using the one that has AC and CHAdeMO. This is the better choice if no one is there as it is further away from the normal bays which are always very heavily used.
Shortly after starting my charge a Tesla Model S arrived and parked next to me. Just to remind those that don't know... the Model S can only use the AC connection... but I was using the CHAdeMO on the charger that had the AC cable so he couldn't start his charge whilst I was still charging even though the other charger was available.
So, I did what I hope most Leaf drivers might do, I offered to move to the other charger so he could start his charge.
He was appreciative.
This is going to happen more and more now so it is probably a good idea for us all to have our own personal plan as to how we all handle these situations.
As you saw in my previous post titled "How not to do it" the Exeter rapid has two chargers... one that has AC and CHAdeMO and a newer one that has CCS and CHAdeMO.
When I arrived there was no one on either so I parked on the left bay and plugged in using the one that has AC and CHAdeMO. This is the better choice if no one is there as it is further away from the normal bays which are always very heavily used.
Shortly after starting my charge a Tesla Model S arrived and parked next to me. Just to remind those that don't know... the Model S can only use the AC connection... but I was using the CHAdeMO on the charger that had the AC cable so he couldn't start his charge whilst I was still charging even though the other charger was available.
So, I did what I hope most Leaf drivers might do, I offered to move to the other charger so he could start his charge.
He was appreciative.
This is going to happen more and more now so it is probably a good idea for us all to have our own personal plan as to how we all handle these situations.