Hi everyone, Just bought the wife a new Leaf. While she's the primary driver, I'm trying to help her understand the car and its systems. She's the typical "gas it and go" type, so there's a steep learning curve for her.
My first question is, is their a way to set the charging limit to 80%, either with the car or the charger itself so that it stops charging once it's reached that level? My dealer said we ought to do this unless we're planning a long trip, but I can't find anything to set percentage limits short of doing it myself (I found the timers but I still have to manually calculate when to turn off). If I need to calculate and control this myself, then the next question is, does the Leaf charge linearly (i.e. the first hour's charge is no more or no less than every other hour's charge).
Does this math make sense?
-- 100% charge: batteries hold 24 kWh; Charger supplies 6.6 kW (on a 240v charger), three hours, 40 minutes to full 100% charge.
-- 80% charge: batteries charge to 19.2 kWh; Charger supplies 6.6 kW (on a 240v charger), two hours, 55 minutes to 80%.
I'm probably making this way more difficult than necessary. Any help would be appreciated...
J.D.
My first question is, is their a way to set the charging limit to 80%, either with the car or the charger itself so that it stops charging once it's reached that level? My dealer said we ought to do this unless we're planning a long trip, but I can't find anything to set percentage limits short of doing it myself (I found the timers but I still have to manually calculate when to turn off). If I need to calculate and control this myself, then the next question is, does the Leaf charge linearly (i.e. the first hour's charge is no more or no less than every other hour's charge).
Does this math make sense?
-- 100% charge: batteries hold 24 kWh; Charger supplies 6.6 kW (on a 240v charger), three hours, 40 minutes to full 100% charge.
-- 80% charge: batteries charge to 19.2 kWh; Charger supplies 6.6 kW (on a 240v charger), two hours, 55 minutes to 80%.
I'm probably making this way more difficult than necessary. Any help would be appreciated...
J.D.