I've got a 2017 Nissan Leaf, and I know my wiring at home is a little off. We quickly learned that while it was plugged in, in the garage, we couldn't use the microwave in the kitchen, or else we'd trip the breaker. The garage, laundry room, part of the kitchen, and a random room downstairs are all on the same circuit apparently.
After a couple months, we reached the point where plugging in the Leaf through the regular 110 outlet would produce an odd effect. Sometimes it would work fine. Sometimes it would work for 5 minutes and then stop. Sometimes it would work for an hour and then stop. If it stopped, we'd get the yellow dashboard light of a car, telling us to take it to the dealer for service. In any event, unplugging it and plugging it back in would always result in resuming the charging, but it would usually still cut out again at some point. And I didn't want to check on it every 30 minutes.
Anywhere else - no problem. Had trouble with it at a dealership ONCE, both the slow and fast charge. But apart from that one time, it's always worked fine elsewhere.
Took it to the dealership, and they said everything seemed fine. Got a new charging cord just in case it was the cord. Still had the same problem, just at home. Got an electrician to come out and wire a new outlet. Straight from the breaker box to the garage, on its own circuit, with a higher capacity in case I want to install a Level 2 charger at some point. Plugged it in this new outlet and had the same problem, first time.
I want to bring the electrician back out to fix the problem, but I don't know have the first clue what could be the problem. Any ideas?
After a couple months, we reached the point where plugging in the Leaf through the regular 110 outlet would produce an odd effect. Sometimes it would work fine. Sometimes it would work for 5 minutes and then stop. Sometimes it would work for an hour and then stop. If it stopped, we'd get the yellow dashboard light of a car, telling us to take it to the dealer for service. In any event, unplugging it and plugging it back in would always result in resuming the charging, but it would usually still cut out again at some point. And I didn't want to check on it every 30 minutes.
Anywhere else - no problem. Had trouble with it at a dealership ONCE, both the slow and fast charge. But apart from that one time, it's always worked fine elsewhere.
Took it to the dealership, and they said everything seemed fine. Got a new charging cord just in case it was the cord. Still had the same problem, just at home. Got an electrician to come out and wire a new outlet. Straight from the breaker box to the garage, on its own circuit, with a higher capacity in case I want to install a Level 2 charger at some point. Plugged it in this new outlet and had the same problem, first time.
I want to bring the electrician back out to fix the problem, but I don't know have the first clue what could be the problem. Any ideas?