1. An arc-resistant switchgear enclosure, comprising:
a) exterior walls;
b) plural compartments within the exterior walls including stacked first and second front compartments, with the first front compartment above the second front compartment, and a rearward compartment, each of the compartments formed by dividing walls that isolate the respective compartment from the other compartments so as to contain an arc fault explosion in the respective compartment from the other compartments;
c) each of the compartments having a vent in one of the exterior walls to vent an arc fault explosion, the vent of the second front compartment being a second vent and being between the first front compartment and the rearward compartment;
d) one of the first front compartment or the rearward compartment having an extension across the second vent to the other of the rearward compartment or the first front compartment, the extension isolating an arc fault explosion in the respective one of the first front compartment or the rearward compartment from the second front compartment and also from the other of the rearward compartment or the first front compartment;
e) electrical conductors extending from the rearward compartment to the first front compartment through the extension.
2. The arc-resistant switchgear enclosure of claim 1, further comprising:
a) a first dividing wall between the first front compartment and the vent of the second front compartment;
b) a second dividing wall between the rearward compartment and the vent of the second front compartment;
c) the extension comprising walls between the first and second dividing walls.
3. The arc-resistant switchgear enclosure of claim 2, wherein the electrical conductors in the extension pass through an opening in the respective first and second dividing walls on the other of the first front compartment or the rearward compartment.
4. The arc-resistant switchgear enclosure of claim 1, wherein the vent of the second front compartment is smaller than the vent of the first front compartment.
5. The arc-resistant switchgear enclosure of claim 1, wherein the rearward compartment is an intermediate compartment, further comprising a rear compartment, with the intermediate compartment between the rear compartment and the first and second front compartments, the extension extending between the rear compartment and the first front compartment.
6. The arc-resistant switchgear enclosure of claim 5, wherein the vents of the second front compartment and the intermediate compartment are smaller than the vent of the first front compartment.
7. The arc-resistant switchgear enclosure of claim 1, further comprising non-conductive supports for the electrical conductor in the extension.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system, comprising:
at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions;
at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
receive, from a customer computing device associated with a customer, a reservation inquiry to access a charging station to recharge an electric vehicle;
provide, to the customer computing device, a respective cost for accessing the charging station during one or more available time periods;
receive a selection from the customer computing device for at least a portion of the available time periods; and
deliver, to the customer computing device, a reservation confirmation for the selected time period.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the reservation inquiry includes a time frame requested by the customer, wherein prior to providing the respective cost, the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
determine that the charging station has at least one available time period within the requested time frame.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the charging station is one of a plurality of charging stations serviced by a transformer, wherein the charging station is determined to have at least one available time period based upon load-based availability at the charging station, the load-based availability determined based upon an expected load to be experienced by a transformer that services the plurality of charging stations.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the charging station is one of a plurality of charging stations serviced by a transformer, wherein the respective cost for a respective available time period is determined based at least in part on an expected load to be experienced by a transformer that services the plurality of charging stations during the respective available time period.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the reservation inquiry includes a location requested by the customer, wherein prior to providing the respective cost, the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
determine that the charging station is within the location requested by the customer.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the charging station is located within a home of the customer.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
receive payment or payment information from the customer prior to delivering the reservation confirmation to the customer computing device.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the payment information comprises a financial instrument.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor provides or interacts with a web portal interface for receiving the reservation inquiry, providing the respective cost, receiving the selection, or delivering the reservation confirmation.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the reservation confirmation includes a unique reservation code, the reservation code for entry by the customer at the charging station.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the respective cost includes a first cost for accessing the charging station during a first available time period of the one or more available time periods, and a second cost for accessing the charging station during a second available time period of the one or more available time periods, the first cost different from the second cost, the first time period different from the second time period.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the customer computing device comprises a tablet computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a personal communications device, or a smart phone.
13. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a service provider computer from a customer computing device associated with a customer, a reservation inquiry to access a charging station to recharge an electric vehicle;
providing, from the service provider computer to the customer computing device, a respective cost for accessing the charging station during one or more available time periods;
receiving, by the service provider computer, a selection from the customer computing device for at least a portion of the available time periods; and
delivering, from the service provider computer to the customer computing device, a reservation confirmation for the selected time period.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the reservation inquiry includes a time frame requested by the customer, wherein prior to providing the respective cost, the method further comprises:
determining, by the service provider computer, that the charging station has at least one available time period within the requested time frame.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the charging station is one of a plurality of charging stations serviced by a transformer, wherein the charging station is determined to have at least one available time period based upon load-based availability at the charging station, the load-based availability determined based upon an expected load to be experienced by a transformer that services the plurality of charging stations.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the charging station is one of a plurality of charging stations serviced by a transformer, wherein the respective cost for a respective available time period is determined based at least in part on an expected load to be experienced by a transformer that services the plurality of charging stations during the respective available time period.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein the reservation inquiry includes a location requested by the customer, wherein prior to providing the respective cost, the method further comprises:
determining, by the service provider computer, that the charging station is within the location requested by the customer.
18. The method of claim 13, wherein the charging station is located within a home of the customer.
19. The method of claim 13, further comprising:
receiving, by the service provider computer, payment or payment information from the customer prior to delivering the reservation confirmation to the customer computing device.
20. The method of claim 13, wherein the customer computing device communicates with the service provider computer via a web portal interface.