Public Charger Cable Coiling: The Shopping Cart Theory of the BEV World

There would be no issues with public charging cord etiquette if people here had to bring their own cords the way they do on the other side of the Atlantic. Less opportunity for easy vandalism, too.

 

Interesting - I did not know other countries were "bring your own cord".

 

I wrote across the Atlantic, but I believe Australia, too, is BYC.

 

I believe this is known in professional (performing arts?) circles as the over-under method of coiling. Once I learned of this I've been doing it with everything – extension cords, hoses, rope, etc. – and it's so much nicer. Using this technique really helps with uncoiling too. It took some practice, but now it's so natural I can't imagine doing it any other way.

 

I would love if we adopted the “BYO” approach to charging cables. Charge stations would look less messy, the stations would cost less, and damaged plugs would be a non-issue.

I haven’t come across any such J1772 systems where the cable is removable. Could it be a regulatory issue in the US?

 

This is more blame on the media. Surface transfer of Covid is so minimal hospitals aren't even concerned with it anymore. It was basically false info but no one wants to point out further incorrect "science".


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I say to many, we took a while adjusting to it all, it will take time to adjust back. I have a 13yo we just vaccinated (2nd dose in 1.5 weeks) and I'm finally starting to relax about these things.

 

I thought, "my way works fine" so I ignored the video until just now after reading @electriceddy's post. It turns out "my way" ends up with the cord coiled the same as in the video but I was rotating the coil in the hand holding the coil 180 degrees before adding the next loop. I was proud of the technique I discovered many years ago, but this technique of reversing just the next loop instead of the whole coil is easier still. Thanks to all!

 

It turns out I don't do the 180º hand turn, but actually push up and under the next coil on alternating coils. I tried the 180º hand turn and that works great too, but not sure if either way is easier. Result is the same.

It's interesting how there are multiple ways to accomplish the same thing.

 

I fully support freedom and peoples right to do as they wish.


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As a millenial, I don't think this is a generational issue at all. There have always been lazy bones out there that don't put the shopping cart back or the coil the cord up. Calling people out on it is fine, if they want to get upset about it, let them fester, but move on either way.

The pictures look exactly like a whole foods in Pasadena lol.

 

Also a millennial. I will literally return other people’s carts along my path into a store. I don’t understand how people can push a cart around for an hour, but tire out the last 20 feet before the cart corral. Pure laziness!

 

GenX, we follow rules and don't care... no one notices what we do anyway

 

Is it better to be in the ignored generation, or the one blamed for all of society's problems?

I'm somewhere in between, in the fun-named "Geriatric Millenials"

https://www.cnet.com/news/geriatric-millennials-what-are-they-and-are-you-one/

 

I'll go with ignored... we're used to it anyway.

I am the younger end of GenX (youngest in my family) but still solidly Genx, however I have a lot of friends who are in that "Geriatric Millenial" category. Read a similar article about that last week. Just laughed and joked with my friends about how at least the ones older than them will just be forgotten, and never be viewed as old... or anything