Recent content by kcarmich

These stations use the older style CHAdeMO connectors, same as most of the original ABB/Eaton chargers in BC. please watch https://youtu.be/AAeyyLTx5WU to learn how to operate them correctly, 1 is already broken because new drivers do not know how to insert the connector into their...

The touch screen on the kiosk has been too flaky when the humidity levels get too high (usually as soon as the sun goes down), we have disabled the touch screen portion of the kiosk, and now you need to use the physical keyboard and touchpad. Hopefully that will make it more reliable. we have...

as we get ready to unleash the DC chargers at BCIT to the general public, I would like to take some time to show some people how to deal with these chargers to ensure they are able to deal with any issues that may happen at these stations, and hopefully they will be able to help other users as...

these are the only 2 Schneider DC chargers in Canada, and its power source isn't just plugged into the grid, this is a very complex setup with 250kw solar and 500kwh of battery, and big honking DC to DC and DC to AC inverter system, when the solar tries to connect to the grid or disconnect from...

BCIT is still experimental, many defects still exist that can cause you serious problems if you are not part of the testing team. it could leave your car unable to charge or stuck to the charging station or even destroy your battery. I keep having to remove it from plugshare because people...

New Eaton charging station in North Vancouver ... West 1st just west of Lonsdale. Curb side charging like Squamish station.

I use Morrey Nissan Burnaby, the techs are very good. Just gotta make sure you know what servicing you want them to do, otherwise you may get a larger bill than you expect. they also do the daytime running lights for about $250 if you want to bring in a US spec LEAF from WA state.

with 1000 Nissan LEAFs sold in 4 years in Canada, and they lost a tonne of money in 2012 when they brought in 600 LEAFs and sold only 200 of them, then had to deeply discount them to try to get rid of them, there is no way Nissan Canada could afford to do a strong marketing campaign. I have seen...

BCIT is not ready yet, depending on who is testing the system, it may be partially on, but I wouldn't count on it being available to the public just yet.

I just wanted to let everybody know that I decided to do the Coquihalla Challenge so I could comment on this from experience. I was driving my 2011 LEAF with its current battery capacity of 59ah (about 90% SOH). I left Surrey at about 11pm. drove to chilliwack , and charged up for about 1/2...

Timehorse I found the problem... you have a typo in your calculations above u = ((yh & 0xFFF0) << 18) | ((yh & 0x0003) << 16) | ((xh & 0xFFF0) << 2) | (xh & 0x0003) these should be 0xFFFC not 0xFFF0 I was missing two bits from both the X and Y in my result.

thanks I am getting -1530716221 as a result trying to follow your description. so I am missing something on the conversion ... I will dig through your code to see what I am missing.

you should look at http://www.jurassictest.ch/GR/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; to help you in calculating energy needs. the assumption that you wont need AC/HEAT may be an issue, if it is moist out you will need AC to keep the windows clear... you may want to try to get...

these calculations seem close but not quite right for my location. geo location 49.246389 -123.003611 griddata= -1528590221 xoffset=1798 yoffset=1719 If I follow the calculations to use lat/long to calculate the griddata and xoffset/yoffset, the offsets are within about +/- 16 but the...

BCIT is still in test mode, we encountered some defects that we want to address before opening it to the public. sorry about the delay. official announcement will be coming shortly.