Is charging electric car at holiday house "theft"? - eviltoast

Airbnb owner claims holiday makers running cables out the window is theft if electricity.

  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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    1 year 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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      1 year ago

      Air conditioning is usually 55 kWh per day. Electric furnaces are 25 kWh per day. Going to check with them before you use that too?

      • smeeps@feddit.uk
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        Air conditioning isn’t generally used in the UK, and no way would it take 55kWh a day to bring one of our houses a few degrees down. Most UK households use less than 10kWh a day total.

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        There’s absolutely no way that this home owner in North Wales would have aircon.

        But use of a built in appliance is not the same as running a cable out to power something that is likely to double the household’s normal usage. Just ask.