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

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      A smartphone battery is about 4,000mAh a Tesla Model 3 is about 62kWh

      One thing is not like another

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        Oh no, oh no, it’s a few pence worth of electricity. Screeching noises THIEF!! HOW DARE YOU USE THE INCLUDED UTILITIES

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          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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            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?

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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.

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        It’s exactly the same except larger, unless you think the car is somehow pulling more than the house can give, which isn’t how that works like, at all.

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          The size is exactly what matters. I think we can all agree that filling up a 5,000 gallon water tank with tap water from a vacation home isn’t acceptable use.

          So the only question is at what point becomes the use too much. A single car might seem harmless but what if it’s a group of 4 all arriving with their own car, charging it at the home.

          Clarifying what’s acceptable and what isn’t, is the right decision.

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          It’s about £19 to completely recharge the Tesla. A fraction of a penny to recharge the phone. It’s polite to ask