Re: [EVDL] Level 1 charging solar

2016-06-16 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
I don't know how this one works - if the interface works well then just changing the Pilot duty cycle will allow the charger to tell the car how much it is allowed to pull and when the solar panel delivers less, the charger should simply shut down to avoid keeping the car "on" and actually

Re: [EVDL] Level 1 charging solar

2016-06-16 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On Thu Jun 16 20:55:37 PDT 2016 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >There have always been clouds, and yes, the inverters manage it. It is one >of their main functions. When the voltage of the supply exceeds the battery >voltage, the battery is charged (limited by the BMS). When there is >insufficient

Re: [EVDL] Level 1 charging solar

2016-06-16 Thread Michael Ross via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Level 1 charging solar

2016-06-16 Thread Alan Arrison via EV
What happens when clouds come by and randomly block the sun? Do the inverters start up and shut down gracefully? What does the car do when it sees the AC power going on and off? Sounds like a recipe for damaged electronics. Al On 6/16/2016 3:27 PM, Seth Rothenberg via EV wrote: Friends, I

Re: [EVDL] Driving a Leaf from San Francisco to Santa Cruz and back.

2016-06-16 Thread brucedp5 via EV
Most likely Lawrence's route was Hwy 101 south (flat) to Hwy 85 (small slopes) to Hwy 17 (1000' climb) down to Santa Cruz, CA. Here is a map https://goo.gl/maps/UnjxpeCFwLx Hopefully he left around noon to miss all the traffic. If Lawrence's choir was at UCSCruz they have a free EVSE to use.

Re: [EVDL] Driving a Leaf from San Francisco to Santa Cruz and back.

2016-06-16 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
Elevation of Patchen Pass is 1,808 feet.  The drive down is mostly flat til the pass.  70 Miles total.   I drive efficiently and keep freeway speeds between 45 and 65mph.  I do try to keep 45 mph on hills unless I can follow a slow truck.  Down hills I coast using D and D eco for braking. 

Re: [EVDL] Driving a Leaf from San Francisco to Santa Cruz and back.

2016-06-16 Thread Mark Fr via EV
Hi Lawrence, I wonder what your range would look like taking the coast route - Highway 1. No mountain. Mark, in Santa Cruz -- View this message in context:

Re: [EVDL] Driving a Leaf from San Francisco to Santa Cruz and back.

2016-06-16 Thread Rush Dougherty via EV
http://www.geocontext.org/publ/2010/04/profiler/en/?topo_ha=20160613731379516 Hi all, here's a link (I think it works...) to geocontext, if you take some time you can set up a route either by foot, bicycle, or car and find the up's and down's... It should be useful to some people that are really

Re: [EVDL] Level 1 charging solar

2016-06-16 Thread Seth Rothenberg via EV
The charging at work challenge is I work for a mid-sized empire that can't place a work order for a 5-20R GFCI outlet from their landlord (another empire :-). There's an SMB across the parking lot that had no trouble getting one. The charging @ Forest is not related to camping, it's only

Re: [EVDL] Level 1 charging solar

2016-06-16 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
The "wireless charger" solutions that I have seen use a modified J1772 plug that permanently sits behind the closed Leaf door without blocking the fast charging port, then route internally through the motor bay and under the car to the wireless receiving unit and logic. Cor van de Water Chief

Re: [EVDL] Level 1 charging solar

2016-06-16 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
What is your power consumption in the forest? When I was camping, all we used were a few 12V lights of a few watts, so the 50W solar panel and charge controller that I had brought were actually overkill to keep the small 12V gel cells charged up. What are you planning to run that you need to haul

[EVDL] Level 1 charging solar

2016-06-16 Thread Seth Rothenberg via EV
Friends, I saw a video of someone charging a Nissan Leaf (presumably) using the provided Level 1 charger and flexible solar panels attached to the car. (presumably with an off-grid inverter). The video had no information other than showing a clever routing the EVSE through the absent DCQC

Re: [EVDL] Driving a Leaf from San Francisco to Santa Cruz and back.

2016-06-16 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Willie, Both Santa Cruz and San Francisco are close to sea level, the road that Lawrence took is up the mountain and down the other side. Summit Road (as the name suggests) is the highest point in the route, it goes down on both sides although on the Silicon Valley side you still have a good

Re: [EVDL] Driving a Leaf from San Francisco to Santa Cruz and back.

2016-06-16 Thread Willie2 via EV
On 06/16/2016 11:52 AM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: I work as a musician as some of you know and I am part of the Freeway Philharmonic. I have to play a choral concert in Santa Cruz this month. I did my two ball routine which gives me on average 5miles per kw. By the time I hit the summit

[EVDL] Driving a Leaf from San Francisco to Santa Cruz and back.

2016-06-16 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
ch I was told was impossible on one charge in either direction because of the mountain.  Myth busted.  Lawrence Rhodes -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160616/93d77f92/attachm

[EVDL] EVent: EV Test drive @Low Carbon NK Partnership biz-breakfast.uk July 6

2016-06-16 Thread brucedp5 via EV
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Test-drive-electric-car-business-breakfast-event/story-29365848-detail/story.html Test drive electric car at business breakfast event June 06, 2016 SRussellTG [image

[EVDL] EVLN: EV-newswire posts for 20160616

2016-06-16 Thread brucedp5 via EV
ire-posts-for-20160616-tp4682602.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at h

[EVDL] EVLN: baicic.com wants to produce EVs in Mexico

2016-06-16 Thread brucedp5 via EV
[ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-baicic-com-wants-to-produce-Electric-cars-in-Mexico-td4682597.html ] http://cleantechnica.com/2016/06/12/chinas-baic-may-produce-electric-cars-mexico/ China’s BAIC May Produce Electric Cars In Mexico June 12th, 2016 James