JJMcCoySeattle
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Hi All
Partner and I were doing some grocery shoping yesterday, so I used the opportunity to try out the nearby Blink DC Fast charger for the first time. The car was just under 50% charged when I plugged in. I told the Blink charger to charge it to 80%. The car was set to go to 100%.
The DC charger turned itself off after just a few minutes, saying it had reached 80%. The Leaf was only reading around 65 miles, so this is considerably less than 80%.
While shopping, I came back and re-engaged the Blink DC charger, telling it to go to 90%. Again, it turned off just a few minutes later. The Leaf readout on the dash said it would need another 20 minutes on Level 2 to get to 80%, so it was clearly not yet there. I'm guestimating that the car thought it was about 78% charged.
Why the big discrepency? Do they actually talk to one another or is the Blink charger estimating the charge independently?
If I were doing a long trip, that difference would really matter, and this experience makes me wonder if the fast charger will even get me up anywhere near 100%.
Thanks.
Partner and I were doing some grocery shoping yesterday, so I used the opportunity to try out the nearby Blink DC Fast charger for the first time. The car was just under 50% charged when I plugged in. I told the Blink charger to charge it to 80%. The car was set to go to 100%.
The DC charger turned itself off after just a few minutes, saying it had reached 80%. The Leaf was only reading around 65 miles, so this is considerably less than 80%.
While shopping, I came back and re-engaged the Blink DC charger, telling it to go to 90%. Again, it turned off just a few minutes later. The Leaf readout on the dash said it would need another 20 minutes on Level 2 to get to 80%, so it was clearly not yet there. I'm guestimating that the car thought it was about 78% charged.
Why the big discrepency? Do they actually talk to one another or is the Blink charger estimating the charge independently?
If I were doing a long trip, that difference would really matter, and this experience makes me wonder if the fast charger will even get me up anywhere near 100%.
Thanks.