AndyH
Well-known member
I get that you'd prefer 120V/16A rather than 120V 12A. No worries there!
I really think it's important that we understand that neither the charger nor the EVSE should really care about either number per se - they're just random numbers on a scale between the 8A min and 80A max. The EVSE can dial-in a 10% duty cycle to signal 8A available just as easily as it can set a 50% duty cycle to signal 30A.
There should be no problem at all (ignoring EVSE warranty and possibly UL recognition) to hack the OEM L1 EVSE that's likely preset to 20% duty cycle for 12A and reset the duty cycle to about 27% to allow the charger to pull 16A.
My Chinese charger that auto dials from 85V to about 260V is pushing 21A into the battery from a standard 15 A circuit. I'll bet we can do the same with the Leaf's L1 unit if we want to hack it.
It's all good!
I really think it's important that we understand that neither the charger nor the EVSE should really care about either number per se - they're just random numbers on a scale between the 8A min and 80A max. The EVSE can dial-in a 10% duty cycle to signal 8A available just as easily as it can set a 50% duty cycle to signal 30A.
There should be no problem at all (ignoring EVSE warranty and possibly UL recognition) to hack the OEM L1 EVSE that's likely preset to 20% duty cycle for 12A and reset the duty cycle to about 27% to allow the charger to pull 16A.
My Chinese charger that auto dials from 85V to about 260V is pushing 21A into the battery from a standard 15 A circuit. I'll bet we can do the same with the Leaf's L1 unit if we want to hack it.
It's all good!