Recent content by johnrhansen

Thanks, Gerry, that was helpful info.

what if you have a 50 amp EVSE? What's the most current the leaf can draw at 208 volts?

It's not a terrible idea to raise 208 volts to 240. It's designed for 240. but anything past that I am dubious about, and this is why I asked.

I forgot to say. It would be after the evse. The evse would get the supply voltage.

I just got a 16/32 volt buck/boost transformer, 1kva. I'm thinking it might help my charge wait time on road trips by raising the charging voltage just a bit. I know 240 is good, and that's the main thing I'm trying to do is to take the 208 volts from some places and bump it to 240. But what if...

Something else that needs to be invented in parallel is local energy storage schemes. It would take such a load off of power generators if they could leave the nuke plant running at full power all the time regearless of load and add wind and solar to the system whenever it is available. I'd go...

I dont think the leaf can carry more than 4 people weight wise anyway

Whatever happened to thomas edisons favorite, the nickel iron battery? Those things are impossible to burn up and last 50 years, kind of bulky and heavy, but that doesnt matter in stationary applications.

Yes, and the cable connecting the keys is much thicker than before. Just release the key from one fob, and they seperate easily.

I wonder if converting a s to a heat pump would be as simple as adding a reversing valve and another expansion valve on the heat pump side. I think you'd also need some kind of system to detect icing on the evaporator coils outside when running in heat pump mode and reverse it to melt it off again..

It seems to me a waste of money and rresources to dump huge dollars into a investment that wears out simply by sitting there. If you aren't using the high range capabilities every day, then why toss an extra 10 grand into your car for something that does nothing but add weight to your car for...

and have it so it can charge up in 20 minutes with dc charging, and have a battery cooling system so the battery wont over heat. Then it would be useful for road trips.

You'd want a higher current evse for future proofing more than anything else.

there still is a mode distinct from the others listed in your post as I described earlier. "charge" mode. Which is "ON" mode with the battery idiot light off. Heat will work in the charge mode, it will not in on, but the fan will run. If you have it in charge mode, and the charger gets...

I was told its the same. Just the ac system has the ability to reverse itself.