eleafchero
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Should I charge in my small basement garage?
In our climate in Seattle, people are putting heat pump hot water heaters in their garage, as they dry the air and use the waste heat.
We installed 5KW of PV a year ago, which we know will be minimal for charging a car also, but watching the wi-fi readout has shown us where the power goes, and are someday changing out the old resistance hot water heater.
Somewhere in these many pages I have read about 15% charging losses and I am wondering if I can use that heat, or if I risk cooking a Leafs battery in a semi-insulated (its cold in the winter, never warm) single car garage space.
Some junks gotta go, but we were really looking forward to a grease/exhaust free garage for a dry, pre-heated Leaf., we will likely mount the charger to run under the garage door for charging outside if charging heat looks like trouble.
In our climate in Seattle, people are putting heat pump hot water heaters in their garage, as they dry the air and use the waste heat.
We installed 5KW of PV a year ago, which we know will be minimal for charging a car also, but watching the wi-fi readout has shown us where the power goes, and are someday changing out the old resistance hot water heater.
Somewhere in these many pages I have read about 15% charging losses and I am wondering if I can use that heat, or if I risk cooking a Leafs battery in a semi-insulated (its cold in the winter, never warm) single car garage space.
Some junks gotta go, but we were really looking forward to a grease/exhaust free garage for a dry, pre-heated Leaf., we will likely mount the charger to run under the garage door for charging outside if charging heat looks like trouble.