A tourist attraction has the dwell pattern AC charging was made for: visitors arrive, park for the visit, and leave once. A dual-connector station such as the EV-AC03201T — two Type 2 connectors, up to 22 kW each from a shared 43 kW ceiling — turns parked hours into charging hours, two cars at a time. The real questions are your calendar, first-time visitors, and pricing.
Key Takeaways
- At an attraction, the visit is the session — hours parked once suit 22 kW AC connectors, not rapid charging.
- Size the site from your own calendar — peak day for capacity, ordinary day for routine — never from a published average.
- First-timers need findable chargers, a one-line start instruction and honest stay terms.
- Free, bundled or separately priced: all the attraction’s commercial choice, run through the same platform records.
The Visit Is the Charging Session
An attraction sees each car once: there is no regular whose routine the station learns. What it gets is the visit itself. As labelled arithmetic — before losses, for a car that can accept the rate — a car plugged in for a three-hour visit at 22 kW takes on about 66 kWh; two cars sharing the 43 kW ceiling divide it, a smaller onboard charger takes less on either connector, with acceptance and taper near full setting the real figure. The consequence: a visitor does not need a full battery, just a worthwhile top-up inside a visit they were making anyway — exactly what a 22 kW connector delivers, and why rapid charging is usually the wrong tool here. More dwell-time logic: EV charging for restaurants and retail.
Your Calendar, Not an Average, Sizes the Site
| Day on your calendar | What the two bays face | The planning answer |
|---|---|---|
| Peak-season weekend or event day | Both bays wanted at once, cars arriving in waves | The day the station count is sized for — or queuing is accepted as policy |
| Ordinary open day | Steady, unhurried use across the day | The pattern the operating routine is built around |
| Quiet weekday or closed day | Little or no visitor use | When maintenance and staff charging fit without touching a visitor’s day |
No published figure knows your peak; your gate counts hold it. Size from your busiest realistic day, run from your ordinary day, and let the first season’s records correct both.
First-Time Visitors Need Finding, Not Just Hardware
- Findable from the entrance. A driver who cannot spot the chargers on arrival will not circle looking; entrance signage and the platform listing do the finding.
- Startable without local knowledge. The 7-inch touchscreen and RFID access are the stated ways in; your sign should say, in one line, which a visitor uses and what it costs.
- Honest about the stay. Stay limits or paid zones belong on the charging sign — learned before the session, not on a ticket afterwards.
Charging for Charging: The Attraction’s Own Choice
Three models all work; the choice is commercial, not technical: bundle charging into the admission price, offer it free as an amenity, or price sessions separately through the operator platform — per kWh, per session, or per hour, at rates you set. The station records sessions through its OCPP 1.6J platform connection and RFID access, so all three run on the same hardware. What this article cannot give you is a price: no tariff figure survives contact with your own visitor numbers. Overnight stays raise the same questions, as hotel EV charging covers.
The Station Behind the Visit
The EV-AC03201T is a floor-standing AC station with two Type 2 connectors sharing up to 43 kW (22 kW per connector, dynamically allocated), a 7-inch touchscreen, RFID access, an OCPP 1.6J platform connection and an IP54 enclosure. One footprint adds two bays without a wall to mount on — the usual situation at an attraction. Full specifications are on the product page, the wider range on the commercial charging page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many stations does an attraction need?
There is no sector number to copy. Count from your own peak day: how many EV-driving visitors arrive, how long they stay, how many bays you can give up. Each EV-AC03201T adds two bays; the first season’s platform records then show whether a second station earns its place.
Should charging be free for visitors?
Your commercial call, not a hardware question. Free, bundled and separately priced sessions all run through its platform and RFID access; choose by what charging should do — draw visitors, cover costs, or earn — and say it on the sign.
Is 22 kW per connector fast enough for a day visit?
For the visit pattern, yes — as labelled arithmetic, a few hours at up to 22 kW adds tens of kWh: a substantial top-up, not a splash-and-dash. Cars that accept less charge at their own rate on either connector; a rapid turnaround is a different use case.
Related Reading
- EV Charging for Restaurants and Retail: Turning Dwell Time Into Visits
- Hotel EV Charging: How to Plan Guest Charging That Pays Off
- How to Open an EV Charging Station: Step by Step
