Cal, we just acquired our second Leaf. My wife charges it with 120vac and is fully charged over night. You may try this before going to the expense of the 240vac outlet. Because then you need to convert the charger to work on 240vac if it is the one that comes with the car. Best of luck. Congrats with your purchase.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cal Frye via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 12:19:08 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Leaf recommendations? Peri, Tom (and others, particularly Bruce), I appreciate all the concern and good suggestions. You folks have greatly helped me feel I've thought this through very thoroughly. I purchased the Leaf today. Peri, it's a 2015 model S, with the battery apparently in top condition. It does come with the quick charger, so I'm set there. It does have the resistance heater, but so far I can see that the heated seats are almost all I need there. I think I will get a pair of fleece-lined boots for driving that will help keep my toes warm without having to resort to the cabin heater unless really necessary. I do see what effect that has on the miles remaining gauge. Overall, in my admittedly limited testing so far, I'm averaging 4 mi/kW, so I'm pleased. I've ordered an OBDII dongle for use with LeafSpy to keep better tabs on it. Tom, I do indeed have redundant charging options at work, four choices, actually, within easy walking distance from the office. There is a backup 3kW charger a mile from my house, but I will next be putting a 240v outlet in the garage for a home charger, too. Along the route, there are a couple of quick charger locations at two Walmarts, along with charging at two Nissan dealerships, all near the highways I would routinely use on my commute. I really think I've got charging covered with reasonable alternatives available should my preferred be ICEd or otherwise unavailable. I have not personally tested in our coldest weather, but I think there's sufficient reserve for this to work, and there's always an ICE for backup, but I'm adventurous enough to want to avoid that unless absolutely necessary. The biggest problem I find with the Leaf so far is it's so quiet I often am exceeding the speed limit without recognizing just how fast I'm going. I will learn to cope. Best regards, -- Cal Frye, www.calfrye.com /Be an Internet Sceptic/ Stop. Think. Connect. www.stopthinkconnect.org - Be at least as safe on the Internet as you are crossing the street! "Good generally conquers evil. Unless, of course, good is stupid." _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20170226/9c46d970/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
