Recent content by Tsiah

Where did you get quoted that much? One of my buddies was quoted over $8,000 for a 24kWh pack from Nissan.

My guess is because it's an RV park outlet. You theoretically could charge the car just about anywhere in the country.

So? It works. It's promising for other owners with very depleted batteries. It's at least something and probably cheaper than another 24kWh battery from Nissan.

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/08/10/a-2012-leaf-with-150-miles-of-range/ This company in Quebec is installing 40kWh packs in older cars with plans to do the same with 62kWh packs.

The pack shunts cells any time there is an imbalance in the pack, not just during charging.

Fair enough.

I guess I've missed something about them. Why is it funny?

I know they aren't in production yet, but what about a battery from https://fenix.systems/leafbattery?

I trust that the engineered systems that run the world will work properly when used in their intended conditions. If you can't, then why use any of it? Might as well live in a cabin. I assembled my level 2 EVSE and understand how it works. If there's a ground fault, it will shut down. I charge...

A 50A EVSE can give you 40A continuous. (80% of the rating) The Leaf can only take 6600W in. 26A at 240V, 30A at 208V.

My EVSE reads instantaneous amperage and the one at work shows kW load. The one at home is 240, the one at work is 208. The other readings I have are from leafspy. My car is a 16, but I don't think they would have changed the on board chargers that much. There's no particular reason it would be...

Then don't use a cheap Chinese EVSE if you have to charge in the rain...

It's not necessary and kind of a waste of time. If the car has a problem it'll stop charging. The EVSE has internal ground fault protection too.

The car doesn't care if you give it 208V or 240V. It'll draw 6.6kW and charge. It'll draw ~31A@208V and~27A@240V. I don't know what the max input voltage is for the charger, but I don't see any point or advantage to raising it above 240V, nor do I see any advantage to bumping to 240V from 208V...

Some of the units must be limited. All the ones at the dealerships are 25kW. There's only 3 I know of within 100 miles that are 50kW. It's a 2016, 30kW battery Nice, I'll check it out. I'm at 124 since October 2017. 7 per month average.