2k1Toaster
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I had my thermal camera out to measure the temperature of some FETs on a project board, and thought for fun I would go see what was up with the Leaf. It was not super hot out today, and it has been charging for 5 hours constantly, L1, at this point.
First image is of the Leaf from a good distance away. The mountains are in the background. The Leaf on the right has the cord going over to the left to the street light and the Nissan provided L1 EVSE is connected to a standard 110VAC GFCI outlet on the street lamp post.
Second photo is of the EVSE itself. The post is made of metal (steel most likely) and the foundation it sits on (the cylindrical pillar) is concrete. It is above ambient, but not bad at all. I expected to see more glowing...
Third photo is a closeup of the outlet. The pin being picked up as the hottest part of the image is acting like a heatsink since I can't see "under" the EVSE plug itself. Reading at just under 31C, not bad.
Fourth photo is a closeup on the Leaf of the charge port area, with the J1772 handle still connected. Not warm at all really.
I found the photos interesting, but nothing new revealed. If anything I was surprised by how little temperature variation there was. I expected to be able to see the cord much better.
First image is of the Leaf from a good distance away. The mountains are in the background. The Leaf on the right has the cord going over to the left to the street light and the Nissan provided L1 EVSE is connected to a standard 110VAC GFCI outlet on the street lamp post.
Second photo is of the EVSE itself. The post is made of metal (steel most likely) and the foundation it sits on (the cylindrical pillar) is concrete. It is above ambient, but not bad at all. I expected to see more glowing...
Third photo is a closeup of the outlet. The pin being picked up as the hottest part of the image is acting like a heatsink since I can't see "under" the EVSE plug itself. Reading at just under 31C, not bad.
Fourth photo is a closeup on the Leaf of the charge port area, with the J1772 handle still connected. Not warm at all really.
I found the photos interesting, but nothing new revealed. If anything I was surprised by how little temperature variation there was. I expected to be able to see the cord much better.