pointlomadave
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Used the DC fast Charger at the Best Western in Escondido, CA, which was free btw. When I pulled in, I had 19% with two other Leafs parked in front of the charger. Only one car can charge at a time even though there are two ports. 1st person was almost done. After a 5 min wait, 1st car left, second car got their's charging after another few minutes, and they started at 13% and set it to charge up to 90%? I guess maybe higher level models with Carwings have that option? ANyway, it cut-off charging her car at 50% and after getting out her Blink card, unplugging and re-pluggin back in, was back to charging. We waited patiently, chatted a bit, rolled down the windows, etc. When it was our turn, I moved the car into the left spot as the right spot is officially a Handicapped spot. After struggling a bit to get the DC fast charge plug fully seated, got it up and running.
Approx 1 hr, 10 mins after pulling up, I was up to my 80% and drove away.
Now, my car with the 6.6KW charger charges at the L2 Blink stations at a rate of 30-32% per hour, meaning that I wouldn't have taken much longer just heading to the mall (destination) to charge and would have actually had things to do there rather than sit and wait while killing my car's battery pack slowly. Lol
Oh well, I wanted to try it. I can see using it when it's necessary, but I think it's a bit over-hyped. Really depends on your situation. I guess if you're leasing and confident of not returning the car, why not use it if it can work to your advantage. It's just that to go from 20-80% only takes 2 hours anyway, time that I can easily kill at a coffee shop, restaurant, beach, etc.
Even the fast charger seems kind of slow when you're staring at the numbers. True what they say about a "watched pot never boils!"
Approx 1 hr, 10 mins after pulling up, I was up to my 80% and drove away.
Now, my car with the 6.6KW charger charges at the L2 Blink stations at a rate of 30-32% per hour, meaning that I wouldn't have taken much longer just heading to the mall (destination) to charge and would have actually had things to do there rather than sit and wait while killing my car's battery pack slowly. Lol
Oh well, I wanted to try it. I can see using it when it's necessary, but I think it's a bit over-hyped. Really depends on your situation. I guess if you're leasing and confident of not returning the car, why not use it if it can work to your advantage. It's just that to go from 20-80% only takes 2 hours anyway, time that I can easily kill at a coffee shop, restaurant, beach, etc.
Even the fast charger seems kind of slow when you're staring at the numbers. True what they say about a "watched pot never boils!"