I am trying to get an ordinary 120-volt 15-ampere
household electrical outlet at my parking space in our Market Street at Town
Center Condominium. While such an outlet
could be used, for example, to plug in a vacuum cleaner to clean the carpet in
my car, I want the outlet so that I can charge an electric car—which I will buy
as soon as I have the electrical outlet at my parking space.
For most electric cars, you can get three or more
miles of driving range for each hour you charge the car batteries using such
an electrical outlet. Since I drive only
about 20 miles a day on average, that outlet would be more than adequate
for my needs.
While I will ultimately need approval from the Fairfax
County electrical building permit people and Dominion Virginia Power, I am
focusing first on obtaining approval of the Board of Directors of our
Condominium unit owners association (UOA).
As my next step in seeking that approval, I plan to speak briefly to the
Directors at the next regular Board of Directors meeting, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday,
September 22, 2016. The remainder of
this post is essentially what I plan to say to the Directors at that meeting.
I propose to rent, from the UOA, for $100 per year, an
unused electric-meter base located in a UOA electric-meter room located a
little over 100 feet away from my parking space, on the same level as my
parking space.
I agree that the UOA can take back the meter base for
its own use by giving me 60-days advance notice.
I agree to pay all expenses associated with the outlet
(electrical building permit, electrical cable to run from the meter base to the
120-volt 15-ampere outlet at my parking space, the outlet receptacle, services
of a master electrician to install the complete circuit, any costs associated
with meter installation, charges for electricity consumed, etc.).
Board approval of this request will cost the UOA
nothing. Instead, the opposite is
true: Approval of this proposal will
increase UOA income by $100 per year.
