erco said:Welcome Gale! Personally, I think a 200-mile mission to drive your new Leaf home would have been a great adventure and shakedown cruise. Especially if you had a seasoned EV driver along and had your charging points all laid out. But glad you got her home and are learning the ropes. Home L2 charging is great, and finding all the local charge spots is fun. Get the Plugshare app and look around your neighborhood.
GaleHawkins said:Still working on the shifting thing. Normally I am fine with it but a few times I got stuck in N and could not get to R or D. After a second of panic I just rebooted the computer (turned the car off and right back on). The four external cameras let me see how to park now since I have no head movement.
Daklein said:Next up, I picked up a 62 kWh Leaf Plus pack from TN (salvage yard near the plant, from development or test vehicle). Allegedly about 6000 miles on it, and that sounds reasonable because it shows 97.5% SOH. Yeah, and 172 AHr capacity, Oh Yeah. Can't wait to get this put in the car and working!
TheLostPetrol said:I got a 2018 SV with Cold Weather package, Quick Charge port, ePedal and ProPilot Assist two weeks ago. Interestingly, the former owner left two EVSEs in the trunk. One is the standard Nissan Level 2 EVSE but without the NEMA 14-50 to 5-15 adapter, and the other is an unbranded Level 1 EVSE marked "16 Amps" that seems to charge at 1.5 kW on my garage's 120V outlet (which is on a 20 amp circuit). The one thing I miss from my 2015 Leaf is the Around-View cameras' display. Oh, well.
I like the dynamic cruise control (the only feature of my wife's Prius Prime that I envied), although it does tend to brake later and more strongly than I would, but the steering "Assist" is not an improvement over my manual steering. I've read elsewhere that the 2019 Leaf has less "ping-pong" steering than the 2018. ePedal is really growing on me for around-town driving.
DaveinOlyWA said:TheLostPetrol said:I got a 2018 SV with Cold Weather package, Quick Charge port, ePedal and ProPilot Assist two weeks ago. Interestingly, the former owner left two EVSEs in the trunk. One is the standard Nissan Level 2 EVSE but without the NEMA 14-50 to 5-15 adapter, and the other is an unbranded Level 1 EVSE marked "16 Amps" that seems to charge at 1.5 kW on my garage's 120V outlet (which is on a 20 amp circuit). The one thing I miss from my 2015 Leaf is the Around-View cameras' display. Oh, well.
I like the dynamic cruise control (the only feature of my wife's Prius Prime that I envied), although it does tend to brake later and more strongly than I would, but the steering "Assist" is not an improvement over my manual steering. I've read elsewhere that the 2019 Leaf has less "ping-pong" steering than the 2018. ePedal is really growing on me for around-town driving.
Sounds like they thru in the other EVSE to cover for the lost adapter. It wouldn't matter what amperage that EVSE was capable of. Your car can only do 12 amps on 120
I assumed that the 16A EVSE would have a NEMA 5-20 plug on it, making it impossible to plug into a 15A (5-15) outlet and pop a breaker.jjeff said:so in the OPs case if using the aftermarket 16a EVSE, they need to make sure they are plugging into a 20a circuit or they are sure to blow a breaker.
jjeff said:DaveinOlyWA said:TheLostPetrol said:I got a 2018 SV with Cold Weather package, Quick Charge port, ePedal and ProPilot Assist two weeks ago. Interestingly, the former owner left two EVSEs in the trunk. One is the standard Nissan Level 2 EVSE but without the NEMA 14-50 to 5-15 adapter, and the other is an unbranded Level 1 EVSE marked "16 Amps" that seems to charge at 1.5 kW on my garage's 120V outlet (which is on a 20 amp circuit). The one thing I miss from my 2015 Leaf is the Around-View cameras' display. Oh, well.
I like the dynamic cruise control (the only feature of my wife's Prius Prime that I envied), although it does tend to brake later and more strongly than I would, but the steering "Assist" is not an improvement over my manual steering. I've read elsewhere that the 2019 Leaf has less "ping-pong" steering than the 2018. ePedal is really growing on me for around-town driving.
Sounds like they thru in the other EVSE to cover for the lost adapter. It wouldn't matter what amperage that EVSE was capable of. Your car can only do 12 amps on 120
Unless Nissan reverted backward, that is not true Ever since '13 all Leafs except the S model(without the charge package) can charge up to 27.5a on not only 240v but also 120v, so in the OPs case if using the aftermarket 16a EVSE, they need to make sure they are plugging into a 20a circuit or they are sure to blow a breaker.
Because of this, I'd strongly suggest either buying or making a 14-50 to 5-15 adapter to be able to use the OEM EVSE, which tops out at 12a 120v. I guess if they are OK being limited to 20a 120v outlets the current setup is OK but I personally wouldn't want to be limited to only 20a outlets for emergency charging where you may only find a 15a outlet.
Oh really?
LeftieBiker said:Oh really?
I don't know about 27A on 120 volts, but most Leafs can charge at 16A at 120 volts, with the correct EVSE. Your hilarity is misplaced.
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