Electric Vehicle charger for a hotel

user1977

mobileron said:

In the early days of wifi,sales reps would only stay in a hotel that had it.

...or which were across the road from somewhere that had it...

nickhampson

The point exactly. Our occupancy is excellent. Dont want other hotels selling on the grounds that "somewhere nearby" has somewhere you can charge

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AdrianC

Indeed. Cheap solution to start with to gauge demand, upgrade if it works out.

[Deleted User]

Loads of home chargers have locking / pin systems in place etc to stop unauthorised use. There are plenty of choices on the market. Not really a dilemma.

born_again

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Cheapest option would just be a basic 3kW charger and a switch indoors so your staff can turn it on after someone has parked there and paid.

It will be wired into your consumer unit and adding a switch is trivial, if they don't fit one anyway (my domestic one has a switch).

This is a great idea, by the way. I often look for hotels with chargers.

But OP is buying a EV themselves. 
So might as well get something that will give the best charging speed to themselves. Depending on their car usage, it may be worthwhile installing a 2nd one if they do a lot of miles that requires charging everyday. If not then just run on one to start & see how demand goes.
Which I guess will depend on exactly the OP is based.

BOWFER

DrEskimo said:

Nope, sounds like a simple and elegant solution!

Will you provide any markup on the cost to charge, or simply charge what ever your electricity provider charges you at?

Typically around £0.15/kWh, but I certainly wouldn't begrudge paying around £0.20/kWh for the privilege.

FWIW public charging where I live is charged at £0.19Kwh

Grey_Critic

Came across this that answers some questions

https://www.carwow.co.uk/electric-cars/charging-points