Paula said:Love my Leaf. Got a great deal in Orlando on a 2011 SL Blue Ocean, $20,200.
Congrats, you will love it.
Paula said:Love my Leaf. Got a great deal in Orlando on a 2011 SL Blue Ocean, $20,200.
Congratulations !500VDC said:Picked up my 2012 Silver SL (leased) today.
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Getting many looks...not many Leafs around here yet.
Matt
Congratulations !
And WHERE would that be ?
With experience your driving efficiency will improve and getting down to only one bar on the fuel gauge is no big deal because you have about one and a half hidden bars. The Low Battery Warning is at 17% charge, for example. If you haven't already done so, please take a look at Tony William's Range Chart. (Given that it is winter, note the temperature adjustments in the footnotes. And be cautious when driving in snow until you get some experience with how it affects your range.)500VDC said:Picked up my 2012 Silver SL (leased) today. Had to drive about 50 miles to get home, and even though I did not use the heat (30F outside...just used seat and steering wheel heat), and went to ECO mode after 15 miles or so, I did not make 50 miles before only one bar. Stopped at a charging station for about 15 minutes to be sure I would get those last 4 miles home...
Your experience with GFCI outlets tripping seems unusual. There are a lot of people here who use 120 V charging routinely with no such issues. I've charged at friends' houses and never had an outlet trip. So, I don't know what to suggest. Perhaps something is not quite right with your Nissan/Panasonic EVSE. If you got it upgraded by EVSE Upgrade it might be more stable when using the 120 V adapter than it is now. (But that's just a WAG.)500VDC said:...Once my charging station gets installed, less of a problem. But, how do people "opportunity charge" at friend's houses if this setup trips GFCI's so easily?
Your experience with GFCI outlets tripping seems unusual. There are a lot of people here who use 120 V charging routinely with no such issues. I've charged at friends' houses and never had an outlet trip. So, I don't know what to suggest. Perhaps something is not quite right with your Nissan/Panasonic EVSE. If you got it upgraded by EVSE Upgrade it might be more stable when using the 120 V adapter than it is now. (But that's just a WAG.)
Not sure if you saw my other post, but I'd personally return the GE Wattstation for another make of EVSE or not use it until Nissan releases their software fix to prevent the onboard charger of the Leaf from being blown. Without it, you might be inconvenienced...Publius said:I picked up my cayenne red Leaf (SL) last night. So far I absolutely love it. I've been charging it in my driveway with the Level 1 EVSE. A GE WattStation is sitting in my kitchen waiting to be installed, but I might try to go with the Level 1 for now because I may be moving to a new house in the near future.
cwerdna said:Not sure if you saw my other post, but I'd personally return the GE Wattstation for another make of EVSE or not use it until Nissan releases their software fix to prevent the onboard charger of the Leaf from being blown. Without it, you might be inconvenienced...Publius said:I picked up my cayenne red Leaf (SL) last night. So far I absolutely love it. I've been charging it in my driveway with the Level 1 EVSE. A GE WattStation is sitting in my kitchen waiting to be installed, but I might try to go with the Level 1 for now because I may be moving to a new house in the near future.
Some folks have blown multiple OBCs.
Re: the Wattsation, if you haven't looked at http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=7996" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, check it out. Maybe skip to the last few pages.Publius said:cwerdna said:Not sure if you saw my other post, but I'd personally return the GE Wattstation for another make of EVSE or not use it until Nissan releases their software fix to prevent the onboard charger of the Leaf from being blown. Without it, you might be inconvenienced...Publius said:I picked up my cayenne red Leaf (SL) last night. So far I absolutely love it. I've been charging it in my driveway with the Level 1 EVSE. A GE WattStation is sitting in my kitchen waiting to be installed, but I might try to go with the Level 1 for now because I may be moving to a new house in the near future.
Some folks have blown multiple OBCs.
I didn't until just now. Thanks for commenting again. Bummer, I picked the GE WattStation because it seems to be a good durable outdoors station that didn't look bad. I liked that the plug (that goes into the car) is protected from the elements when not in use, unlike some of the other stations that just hang the cord like the air pumps at gas stations. Maybe I'll send it back. My electrician said it's going to be more expensive to install than others because of the wire and plug required for a 40A breaker. Well, back to the drawing board... maybe I'll just wait until we move to purchase another one.
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