An overnight at Durham Farm, Bundanoon
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We stayed last night in Bundanoon at Durham Farm. Beautiful place, along another unsealed road, in an Airbnb in a converted half of a barn. Beautiful dressage horses in the other half of the barn. We didn’t hear our equestrian neighbours during the night.
We asked our host, Virginia, about charging our EV overnight. She said they hadn’t had that request before, but she was very helpful in locating a power point for us. She asked “how much do you usually get charged for this?” I said “We don’t normally get charged, but I’m happy to pay you. I think it will cost you a about $4 (off the top of my head)”. I later calculated it at 15 hours (7pm to 10am), 10 amp outlet, 240 volts = 15 x 10 x 240 = 36kWh. At 14c per kWh (estimate based on our previous rate at home), that’s $5.04. We left $20 cash on the kitchen bench to cover it.
My residential off-peak in Sydney is $0.21 with a few discounts.
EnergyWatch tells me a business in regional NSW would be paying somewhere in the general area around $0.30 to $0.50, dependant upon Fixed/Single Rate or Time of Use Off-Peak/Shoulder/Peak.
So your $20 would cover a night’s charging.
FWIW, I offered to pay the caravan park we’re in at present $10 a night for charging, but they didn’t want anything. 😎
Paying/charging for power, nothing to be sniffed at.
People on time of use pay about this for the peak rates. Mind you, these are good rates down here. Friend on AGL pays more...
I’ve switched our business and home across