Hello all, have been thinking about charging quite a bit, and heat since I live in Texas. I commute with my leaf about 20 miles a day (early morning, afternoon)
I have the charge point charger, 15 amps I believe, installed and also the 110 volt charger. Have never needed a charging station away from the home.
To the question. Since I get home around 5 in the afternoon, I have 13 hours before I usually need the car again. Which would be better on my batteries:
1. Set the charging timer to be ready at 6 AM with the 15 amp charger. This lets the batteries get nice and cool and charges overnight, starting around midnight, to the cool part of the night.
2. Use the 110 volt charger and start charging when I get home. I suspect that this would have the car charged in the 12 hours overnight. Would charge when the car is hot, but at a way slower rate.
Boy I wish there were a 'charge after it's cool' timer!
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this!
Rob
I have the charge point charger, 15 amps I believe, installed and also the 110 volt charger. Have never needed a charging station away from the home.
To the question. Since I get home around 5 in the afternoon, I have 13 hours before I usually need the car again. Which would be better on my batteries:
1. Set the charging timer to be ready at 6 AM with the 15 amp charger. This lets the batteries get nice and cool and charges overnight, starting around midnight, to the cool part of the night.
2. Use the 110 volt charger and start charging when I get home. I suspect that this would have the car charged in the 12 hours overnight. Would charge when the car is hot, but at a way slower rate.
Boy I wish there were a 'charge after it's cool' timer!
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this!
Rob