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The other challenge with using the NEMA plugs is I doubt many of them are rated for as many plug cycles as what a J1772 or Tesla connector is rated for. If that plug is going to get plugged and unplugged several times a day it'll wear out pretty quick.

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The plug can handle similar cycles under the spec, but a lot of residential plugs are not.

Those RV site plugs handle 1-2 cycles daily, but they're more robust, more expensive versions.

They have 1-2 different RVs coming in daily, per site? Wouldn't they normally get a new customer come in, plug in (1/2 a cycle), stay for a day or two (or more!) and then leave (1/2 a cycle), then opening the spot for someone and assuming an instant turn around get another customer? That's then 1 cycle every 1-2 days or more.

I figure most would get like 4-5 cycles a week, not 7-14. That's a difference of like 460 cycles a year.

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