
Drive the car until the capacity is about 50%. Takes several days.Amazing1 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:33 pmI've seen in a number of threads on the Forum that many of you Leaf owners charge your battery only to 80% unless planning on driving the car soon after charging the battery to 100%. I have read the manual and see no way to plug in the charger and have it stop at any type of charge percentage, i.e. 80%. Would be very interested in knowing how some of you accomplish that? Thanks![]()
WetEV wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:20 pmDrive the car until the capacity is about 50%. Takes several days.Amazing1 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:33 pmI've seen in a number of threads on the Forum that many of you Leaf owners charge your battery only to 80% unless planning on driving the car soon after charging the battery to 100%. I have read the manual and see no way to plug in the charger and have it stop at any type of charge percentage, i.e. 80%. Would be very interested in knowing how some of you accomplish that? Thanks![]()
Plug in with a timer set for an hour overnight. 3AM to 4AM
6kWh/20kWh = 30%
50% + 30% = 80%
Not something you see often on this forum, but posts like this make me <3 my 2011...LeftieBiker wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:09 pmThat assumes a 30+ amp EVSE. The same charge with the OEM 120 volt cable would take about 6 hours, and a 16 amp 240 volt charging cable or station would take about 2 hours. The best way to accomplish an 80% charge is to observe how many percent of charge your own home charging system adds per hour, estimate how long a charge is needed based on that, and then either use a charge timer or plug the car in at a time that will make it convenient to unplug it when you've reached about 80%.
Why? Everything I've read says that Li batteries last longest when kept in the middle of their usable range and pushing them to either the high or low limit of the usable charge/voltage range accelerates capacity loss.GaleHawkins wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:40 amSince the Leaf software doesn't permit a true 100% I just charge until it reports 100% in our 2016 SL. I try to discharge to Turtle mode often for the month we have owned it