phildw56au
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Having owned a 2012 ZE0 24kWh for a couple of years now (30000km on the odo, 65% SOH), and having read too many forum posts that I hope will answer this question but don't, the thing to do is to just ask the question as clearly as I can ...
WHEN does cell balancing happen in the Leaf battery pack?
It seems like such a simple question, but I've never found a simple answer.
I understand the HOW of cell balancing in a Nissan Leaf battery pack - a switched resistive bypass path across the cell/s that are identified as being too highly charged compared with others in the pack.
I've looked at plenty of Leaf Spy Pro graphs, but I can only see that when the car is either charging or turned on. What I want to know is if cell balancing is happening ALL THE TIME, irrespective of what the car is doing.
There is so much mythology around the charging habits of a Nissan Leaf, particularly the one that says that every once in a while, you should charge it up to 100% (both by fast charging and/or by slow charging, depending on which myth is being shared at the time) because only then will cell balancing occur.
If my car is sitting parked on my driveway, doing nothing but sunbathing, isn't that an ideal time to be balancing cells, irrespective of the state of charge of the pack?
Thanks in advance of any and all contributions to my better understanding.
WHEN does cell balancing happen in the Leaf battery pack?
It seems like such a simple question, but I've never found a simple answer.
I understand the HOW of cell balancing in a Nissan Leaf battery pack - a switched resistive bypass path across the cell/s that are identified as being too highly charged compared with others in the pack.
I've looked at plenty of Leaf Spy Pro graphs, but I can only see that when the car is either charging or turned on. What I want to know is if cell balancing is happening ALL THE TIME, irrespective of what the car is doing.
There is so much mythology around the charging habits of a Nissan Leaf, particularly the one that says that every once in a while, you should charge it up to 100% (both by fast charging and/or by slow charging, depending on which myth is being shared at the time) because only then will cell balancing occur.
If my car is sitting parked on my driveway, doing nothing but sunbathing, isn't that an ideal time to be balancing cells, irrespective of the state of charge of the pack?
Thanks in advance of any and all contributions to my better understanding.