rawhog
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rawhog said:OK. Forgive me if this has already been covered. I could not find it using forum search. How does one charge to 100% with L1?
What are you looking at to come to that conclusion? How many bars are lit on the charge gauge? I hope you're not going by the estimated miles number.rawhog said:Well. I haven't used timers. It was my impression that the car stops at 80%. I haven't seen it any higher.
Do you want to stop at 80% sometimes, Gary, or is 100% what you need? We have been using the L1 EVSE to charge to 80% every day so far, since our Blink unit isn't installed yet. We just set a Timer once for 12AM-12AM and 80% charge, so any time we plug it in it starts immediately and stops at 80%. It couldn't be any more convenient. Until we get the L2 and second meter installed and go on TOU billing, it doesn't matter when we charge anyway.garygid said:I charge to 100% with L1 every time I charge.
Since all my charges are "immediate-start" (no timers), there is no
convenient way for me to set the LEAF to automatically stop at 80% full.
adric22 said:I'm thinking when I get my own Leaf in a few months (my wife stole mine! and I can rarely drive it) I might just set mine on that long-life 80% charge. Since I only drive 10 miles per day, and on rare occasion drive an extra 20 miles or so, 80 miles range should be fine for me. Also I plan to only charge mine with L1 since I don't want to pay for a second L2 EVSE. So i think between trickle charging and only going to 80%, my battery should last 10 years easily. Heck, by then my daughter will be 18 and maybe it will be her car?
Yah, both start and end time are set to midnight (or any other set of identical times), and it starts charging immediately upon plugging in and has never stopped before reaching 80%, even if the charging goes on past midnight. I think I read about this trick in one of the Blink threads where there was some discussion about how the Blink unit has a timer and the car has a timer, but only the Leaf timer can limit the charge to 80%, not the Blink timer. Even though our Blink is not installed yet, I decided to try the strategy with the L1 charger and it has worked perfectly so far.garygid said:TT,
You set the Start Timer AND the End Timer BOTH to 12AM (midnight)?
Then, when you plug in, it starts immediately, and NEITHER starts NOR stops at midnight?
Boy, THAT is not obvious!!!
ttweed said:Yah, both start and end time are set to midnight (or any other set of identical times), and it starts charging immediately upon plugging in and has never stopped before reaching 80%, even if the charging goes on past midnight. I think I read about this trick in one of the Blink threads where there was some discussion about how the Blink unit has a timer and the car has a timer, but only the Leaf timer can limit the charge to 80%, not the Blink timer. Even though our Blink is not installed yet, I decided to try the strategy with the L1 charger and it has worked perfectly so far.garygid said:TT,
You set the Start Timer AND the End Timer BOTH to 12AM (midnight)?
Then, when you plug in, it starts immediately, and NEITHER starts NOR stops at midnight?
Boy, THAT is not obvious!!!
Try it--I think you'll like it, if your desire is to charge to only 80% and you don't care about TOU.
TT
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