In a week's time I'll be driving from my cottage near Parry Sound to a friend's cottage on Manitoulin Island, total distance of about 400km. Thankfully, there are several places to charge in Sudbury (200km away).
The problem is, once I get to my destination, I have no place to charge; my friend's cottage is completely off-grid and is solar-powered, not enough capacity for charging.
There's a place called "Batmans Camping & RV" listed on PlugShare, but they are fully booked, and even if they weren't, I'd have to pay their overnight rate to charge just for a few hours.
My friend has a 7000kw Briggs & Stratton generator that has a NEMA L14-30 receptacle, so I made an adapter cord so that I can hook my 14-50 plug to it. I'm not sure the sine wave will be good enough to support charging, only time will tell.
Does anyone have any experience with charging anywhere on Manitoulin Island?
This will be my first long distance road trip, and also the first with my Whispbars and 2 WB200 bike racks and bikes installed, so I'm not really sure what to expect as far as range. I've set the car up for range mode, unticked "always connected", and won't be speeding.
George
2 month-old S85D
The problem is, once I get to my destination, I have no place to charge; my friend's cottage is completely off-grid and is solar-powered, not enough capacity for charging.
There's a place called "Batmans Camping & RV" listed on PlugShare, but they are fully booked, and even if they weren't, I'd have to pay their overnight rate to charge just for a few hours.
My friend has a 7000kw Briggs & Stratton generator that has a NEMA L14-30 receptacle, so I made an adapter cord so that I can hook my 14-50 plug to it. I'm not sure the sine wave will be good enough to support charging, only time will tell.
Does anyone have any experience with charging anywhere on Manitoulin Island?
This will be my first long distance road trip, and also the first with my Whispbars and 2 WB200 bike racks and bikes installed, so I'm not really sure what to expect as far as range. I've set the car up for range mode, unticked "always connected", and won't be speeding.
George
2 month-old S85D