Re: [EVDL] A couple of Leaf observations. With more added on.

2016-02-06 Thread Roland via EV
According to my Nissan data sheet I received when Nissan ship the modules to me, A maximum cell voltage of 4.2 volts require a charger voltage set to 4.5 volts. It was recommended to set the charge voltage to 4.16 volts for a cell voltage of 4.00 volts. This will give a very long battery

Re: [EVDL] A couple of Leaf observations. With more added on.

2016-02-06 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Lawrence Rhodes wrote: I noticed Lee Hart saying he doesn't charge to 100%. Why. Simple. I don't need the range. So there's no need to charge it to 100% or run it dead. And, there are reasons *not* to do it. My experience (with all types of batteries) has been that they last longer if

Re: [EVDL] A couple of Leaf observations. With more added on.

2016-02-06 Thread Cruisin via EV
Buy a Tesla and you can control the % of charge as well as Amperage. Used from Tesla with a 5 year warranty for as little as $50k. That's a real EV. -- View this message in context:

Re: [EVDL] A couple of Leaf observations. With more added on.

2016-02-05 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
I noticed Lee Hart saying he doesn't charge to 100%.  Why.  Nissan in their wisdom doesn't allow us to charge to 100%.  So if you don't you are more like at 70%.  I now have Leaf Spy and even on slow level two charge can't get more than 97.3%.  A fast charge in 45 minutes might get as high as