For a residential community or HOA, a dual-connector floor station works as a shared amenity: two households charge from one footprint, residents start sessions with an RFID card, and the platform records who charged and how much. The board’s real work is not the hardware — it is the policy. Who may charge, how the electricity cost is split, and what guests may do are the community’s own decisions, and this article treats them that way.
Key Takeaways
- Two connectors on one footprint make the station a shared amenity two households use per night.
- Access, cost splits, and guest rules are the board’s own recorded decisions — never assumed law.
- RFID plus platform records are what make per-session settlement practical.
- Price the amenity from the community’s own tariff and session data, not copied figures.
Why Two Connectors Fit a Shared Car Park
Community charging is overnight charging. Cars sit for many hours, so what a shared car park needs is enough plugs, not maximum speed. One EV-AC03201T station puts two Type 2 connectors on a single floor-standing footprint, sharing up to 43 kW (22 kW per connector, dynamically distributed) — far more than two cars parked overnight will usually ask for, with the split handled between the connectors. That halves the groundwork of two separate posts and gives the board one asset to insure, maintain, and plan around. The wider options for shared parking are covered in our guide to apartment and condo EV charging.
The Policy Decisions the Board Owns
None of the following is settled by law in this article, because the rules differ by place and by the community’s own documents. They are decisions for the board to take, record in the meeting minutes, and review as more residents buy EVs.
| Decision | Options the community can choose between |
|---|---|
| Who can charge | Residents only, with access limited to the RFID cards the community issues — or open to any cardholder the board approves |
| How costs are split | A flat amenity charge in the service fees, or per-session settlement using the platform’s session records per card |
| Guests and visitors | Allowed with a host’s card, allowed for a fee the board sets, or not allowed — the board’s rule, stated to residents |
| Fair use | A move-when-charged expectation, booked slots, or first-come use — enforced by the community, not the hardware |
| Records | Session data from the platform (the station connects via OCPP 1.6J) kept by the community as its charging record |
Cost Splits Without Invented Numbers
A board does not need industry benchmarks to price its own amenity; it needs its own two inputs — the tariff the community pays for electricity and the session records the platform already keeps. The arithmetic is one line. As a worked example with invented figures: a 20 kWh overnight session at an example €0.30 per kWh costs €6.00 of electricity. Your community substitutes its real tariff and its real sessions. A flat amenity fee skips that arithmetic but spreads cost to households that do not charge; per-session settlement is fairer per user but needs someone to run it. Either is a legitimate board choice — what is not legitimate is copying a price from another community and calling it standard.
The Station in This Example
The EV-AC03201T is a floor-standing AC station: two Type 2 connectors, up to 43 kW shared (22 kW per connector, dynamically distributed), a 7-inch touchscreen, RFID access, OCPP 1.6J platform connection, and an IP54 enclosure for outdoor car parks. The RFID list is what makes “residents only” enforceable in practice, and the platform records are what make per-session cost splits possible at all. EVDANCE’s residential charging solutions cover the wider community picture.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can an HOA charge residents per session?
That is the community’s policy choice, not a hardware limit. With RFID access and platform session records, per-session settlement is technically possible; whether the board may or must do it depends on the community’s own documents and local rules — check those, not this article.
Do residents need an app to use a shared station?
Not necessarily. This station’s stated access is RFID, so a resident can start with an issued card. Whether a particular platform adds an app, and what it shows, depends on the platform the community contracts — confirm it in writing.
What happens when more households buy EVs?
The board has two levers: policy first (fair-use rules and rotation), then hardware (a second station on the same plan). The session records show when the two connectors stop being enough, which is a better trigger than guessing.
Related Reading
- Apartment and Condo EV Charging: Solutions for Shared Parking
- How to Charge an EV When You Live in an Apartment
- Can I Have an Electric Car Charger at Home? Houses, Rentals and Condos
- What Is a Dual Port EV Charger? How It Works and How to Choose
