-- Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James -- Lee A. Hart https://www.sunrise-ev.com -----Original Message----- (-Phil-) wrote: > No, if the battery is at 60F it's simply not going to be able to run the > reactions needed to charge. The minimum temp for full speed supercharging is > around 125F.
Wow; that's amazingly hot. I had no idea Tesla's batteries had to run that hot to charge. Do these temperature limits only apply to supercharging? I.e. can you charge at lower rates at lower temperatures? Is this a characteristic of Tesla's batteries? Or of LiFePO4 in general? My 2013 Leaf is sitting outside in 0 deg.F temperatures, and will charge and do regen. It has a battery heater, but it doesn't turn on until it gets below about -10 deg.F. Lee _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
