What's the maximum charging voltage?

[johnrhansen]

what if you have a 50 amp EVSE? What's the most current the leaf can draw at 208 volts?

[TomT]

The car is likely to be the limiting factor as few can draw 50 amps (Tesla primarily) ...

what if you have a 50 amp EVSE? What's the most current the leaf can draw at 208 volts?

[GerryAZ]

what if you have a 50 amp EVSE? What's the most current the leaf can draw at 208 volts?

It would probably draw between 31 and 32 amperes if it has the 6 kW onboard charger, otherwise it would draw about 18 amperes for the 3.3 kW charger. It would draw a bit more to compensate if the voltage sags below 208.

Owner manual for 2015 lists maximum rated current at 32 amperes (if equipped with 6 kW charger) or 18 amperes (if equipped with 3.3 kW charger).

Gerry

[johnrhansen]

Thanks, Gerry, that was helpful info.

[Tsiah]

I just got a 16/32 volt buck/help transformer, 1kva. I'm supposing it may enable my charge to hold up time on excursions by raising the charging voltage a tad. I realize 240 is great, and that is the primary concern I'm attempting to do is to take the 208 volts from certain spots and knock it to 240. In any case, imagine a scenario in which I took the 240 and knock it up to 272. Would that sear the leaf

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.
1kVA is 1000W. You're going to decrease your charge wattage by 5600W with that little transformer.

[Nubo]

I just got a 16/32 volt buck/help transformer, 1kva. I'm supposing it may enable my charge to hold up time on excursions by raising the charging voltage a tad. I realize 240 is great, and that is the primary concern I'm attempting to do is to take the 208 volts from certain spots and knock it to 240. In any case, imagine a scenario in which I took the 240 and knock it up to 272. Would that sear the leaf

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[91040]

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[LeftieBiker]

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[jjeff]

I just got a 16/32 volt buck/help transformer, 1kva. I'm supposing it may enable my charge to hold up time on excursions by raising the charging voltage a tad. I realize 240 is great, and that is the primary concern I'm attempting to do is to take the 208 volts from certain spots and knock it to 240. In any case, imagine a scenario in which I took the 240 and knock it up to 272. Would that sear the leaf

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.
1kVA is 1000W. You're going to decrease your charge wattage by 5600W with that little transformer.

This is totally incorrect, at least for both my '12 and '13 Leafs
My cars max out at either 16a(for the '12) or 27.5a(for the '13) so voltage makes a large difference for me AFA charging speed. It's my belief the 3.6kW or 6.6kW ratings are at maximum voltage or 240v, if you use 208v the Kw will be less. Now you Leaf may be different than mine but I know voltages and amps and know how my Leafs work(and have several EVSEs that display instantaneous amperage)

[GerryAZ]

My 2011 would draw about 16 amperes at 240 volts at home and 18 amperes at 208 (usually about 212) volts at my workshop/garage. The 2015 draws about 27 amperes at 240 volts and 30 amperes at 212 volts. I suspect it would draw a little more (probably up to 32 amperes) if the voltage were lower. Therefore, as stated before, there is not much difference in charging rate unless EVSE current limit is reached.